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DON'T buy a 40# bag ------ THAT will take forever to go thru and you are stuck with it forever...... Try one mix and then start picking up 20# bags of single flavors and start mixing them.

I would say swing by walmart and check out some of the Bear Mountain blends --- they have some nice ones that are only sold by walmart (that I've seen). I'll be checking out the Butchers Blend and Chefs Choice once I deplete my single bags eventually.
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Knotty Woods has some awesome flavors too...... sign up for their email notifications so you are alerted when they are on sale --- they ship for free from Home Depot and Lowes.

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Its hard to find sampler bags ~2.5-5#s without paying thru the nose for them.....
A 20# bag lasts a LOOOONNNNG time using it in a smoke tube ---- you don't want 40# - you'll be sick of it before you go thru even a quarter of it and will be wanting to try some other flavors.

The Knotty Woods plum and their almond are really nice --- you won't get sick of them at all. I haven't tried their wine blend, but I've heard really good things about them.

First off --- you need to figure out how to get a good amount of smoke on the meats ---- and then you need to figure out if you are actually able to taste the differences in the smoke flavors ---- there are many who can't and just taste 'smoke' - those are the ones that should buy the 40# bags.
 
They say '5 hours of smoke' from a full tube of pellets but I find its really closer to 3 hours depending on wood type. Granted I fill my tube ~3.4 full so it doesn't fall out when you lay the tube down.

I find ~3hours to be just about perfect for cooking chicken legs/thighs when you keep the (raised) grate temp ~250. BTW --- legs pick up smoke much better than thighs.
 
Jim Weber said:
Thats kinda silly.... you just put less in the tube.
The only reason for a shorter tube is for a smaller grill like a Q.
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I find having both is useful and I find that I use the shorter one more often with the gasser. It's easier to light when the tube is filled to the end, and I don't like putting the torch so far down the tube on the half-filled long tube and overheating the torch and the tube. If money is tight, you can stuff the big one with balled up aluminum foil to take up space, but again, I like the convenience of having both and using the shorter one for short cooks.
 
Matter of choice. But, I will tell you this: Smoke tubes are a lot easier and burn a lot longer and controlled. I have used both and I have lots of wood chips and pellets so I can do either. I haven't used chips in a couple years.

I find the wood chips hard to get started and keep going without them catching on fire and burning up. And even if they do burn gradual and controlled, they don't last nearly as long as pellets in the tube.
 
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