question on smoke stopping druing cook


 
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Chris S.

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I have done about 15 cooks on my 18.5" and notice that the smoke stops when it settles around the 250 -260 mark. As long as I am running around 270 and higher it seems to smoke. using the minion method and adding 4 - 6 chunks of any variety of wood (oak, peach, pecan, hickory etc..). If I stir the coals I get smoke for a short time, but it will stop after about thirty minutes. tried with a pitmaster 110 and without and get the same result. Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
When mine settles in the smoke is very light but continuous. That's normal. Sometimes you have to look carefully to see the thin blue smoke.
 
In some cases you won't get constant smoke throughout the cook - especially in a longer cook. It sounds like you have plenty of wood and your temps are ok too so I wouldn't sweat it. How does the meat taste? - and do you get a good smoke ring? As long as the meat tastes the way you want it to, then I wouldn't worry.
 
In addition to the above, don't know what you're smoking
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...but nut woods will smoke much longer than fruit woods. That said, I still like smoking with fruit woods, too. I just don't use much for butts or brisket cooks, and I'm careful to make sure the chunks start smoking very slowly at first. That's easy to accomplish if adding lit with a chimney, but I'll leave depressions around the perimeter to add two or three chunks after lighting if using my torch.

Are you burying any wood in the coals? Works for me.
 
if your using a fruit wood like apple or Cherry, at some point the smoke will subside and turn almost invisible...the thin blue smoke...that is what you are looking for, you won't see the visible white smoke that is coming out at first,,,,BUT be patient, and look carefully, you will see thin strands of smoke come out....when you have that It's MONEY!!!!!.......
 
Originally posted by Dave O'Brien:
if your using a fruit wood like apple or Cherry, at some point the smoke will subside and turn almost invisible...the thin blue smoke...
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Doesn't matter if it's a fruit wood or not; It'll take longer, but hickory or oak will end up smoking thin blue like that as well....and for much longer.
 
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