Ken Hendrix
New member
What's a good way to get additional wood chunks producing smoke before adding them to an existing fire? I anticipate doing a smoke with ribs and chicken thighs which will require different cooking times. Ideally I would like for everything to come off about the same time. The ribs take several hours so they will go on first. I anticipate the chicken thighs taking a couple of hours so I will put them on when the ribs are about 2 hours from being done. I want to insure that when the thighs go on they will get some good smoke but by that long into the cook I don't know that the original chunks of wood will still be producing enough smoke for the chicken thighs so Im thinking I will want to add an additional chunk or two. I think it will be too unpredictable to add wood to the coals at the same time the chicken goes on so I'm thinking of getting the wood ignited ahead of time but getting it past the 'white smoke' stage before adding it to the coals. What's a good way to do that? Ignite a few coals in a chimney with the wood chunks? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
