Need longer smoke duration
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Brett-EDH
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Weber Summit smoke box help
Let me start by saying that I bought my Summit knowing that the smoke box could not be used to make the grill function as a true smoker. Having said that, is there some trick to getting it to add any smoke flavor at all to food? I bought a bag of Weber pecan wood chips, soaked them for 30...
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lots of good info in this entire thread.
Jim C in Denver
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Pellet tubes work well.
Easiest to put up on the grate.
But you can also get a v shaped tube that sits between flav bars.
Easiest to put up on the grate.
But you can also get a v shaped tube that sits between flav bars.
LMichaels
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
Any good pellets many of us with pellet grills report on will work. Smoke at grate level though does little to nothing for flavor. It has to come up from under the food and surround it for best results. I have been having great results with Sam's Club and the ones I find at Costco at $12.99 for 40lbs
TimA
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Green Mountain gold blend is about the best I’ve had. Good, damn good flavor.
Brett-EDH
TVWBB Olympian
for my salmon lox, i use Trager brand 100% maple pellets. i haven't used any other brands for flavors. my results have been superb. i'd buy them again if still available.
Jim C in Denver
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Smoke at grate level though does little to nothing for flavor. It has to come up from under the food and surround it for best results.
I knew Larry was gonna say that...
There are many of us on here who use a tube on the grate in gassers and pellet grills with good results.
It is much easier to fill, refill, light, blow out, etc. the tube when it is up on the grate. Anything under the grate is hard to manage if it goes out. Or more likely if it bursts into full flame (bad) because it is too close to the heat source.
I knew Larry was gonna say that...
There are many of us on here who use a tube on the grate in gassers and pellet grills with good results.
It is much easier to fill, refill, light, blow out, etc. the tube when it is up on the grate. Anything under the grate is hard to manage if it goes out. Or more likely if it bursts into full flame (bad) because it is too close to the heat source.
Brett-EDH
TVWBB Olympian
I disagree with the underneath. I cold smoke salmon and it gets plenty of smoke with the tube at grate level. So I’ll challenge the underneath the grate statement from my own results.
Smoke, filling the closed chamber will go all around the meat. And when I smoke in my S6, the deflector plate pushes the smoke around the plate’s perimeter, and not smoke under the protein, and my protein is fully bathed in smoke anyways.
It’s all that convection air, filled with smoke, which will stick to the protein.
Bruce
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
I am not a master smoker or BBQer, but the stuff I have read and watched regarding smoking meats is that it is optimal to have the smoke below the meat and then have it rise to above it. It makes sense that you will likely get a larger dose of smoke on the meat and maybe even an all over exposure to smoke could be considered a plus. I have seen several smokers and the smoke usually enters the cooking chamber near the bottom under the meat on the racks. It is then allowed to rise with the heat and eventually vent out the exhaust on the top.
My educated but inexperience guess is that smoke coming from below is the best situation, but the difference in effectiveness over a grate level smoke might not be enough to rise above the convenience of haveing the smoke tube easily accessible.
My educated but inexperience guess is that smoke coming from below is the best situation, but the difference in effectiveness over a grate level smoke might not be enough to rise above the convenience of haveing the smoke tube easily accessible.
Brett-EDH
TVWBB Olympian
LANNEY Pellet Smoker Tube, 12''... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N3QG4QL/?tag=tvwb-20I just want to know how you guys get your smoke tunes to stay litI cannot get mine to go. I’ve got the….oh dang the name escapes me right now. The tube, the common brand. Ugh.
Anyways, I can get it to start and then it dies.
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You must light the pellets on direct flame, I use the side burner, for 5 mins till you have a nice fire at the tip.
Then stand tube up and let burn for another 2-3 mins.
Then, with multiple tries, blow the fire out. Completely out. Then you’ll have smoldering pellets. And SMOKE!
Bob Bailey
TVWBB Guru
You need to get a decent flame going in the tube using a propane torch or something with a similar flame, and let it burn for several minutes before blowing the flame out. Once you light the pellets, keep the torch handy in case you need to relight them.I just want to know how you guys get your smoke tunes to stay lit
Anyways, I can get it to start and then it dies.
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Brett-EDH
TVWBB Olympian
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Bruce
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
I pulled the trigger on one. Thanks.
Brett-EDH
TVWBB Olympian
I have the top review on that tube. 549 likes. I came to love this smoke generator. Absolutely awesome. It took my lox game to ultimate levels. Better than any lox I ever had growing up in NYC.
Pellets are the key and making that flame up front will get you the smoldering smoke. Enjoy!
Post your results so we can learn more, please.
And WARNING
! Use an insulated hot glove to move the tube once lit. Ask me how I know. And how long it took to heal my fingertips.