WSM Smoking too smokey


 
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Mark Childers

TVWBB Member
I have been smoking for 20 years. Never turned out great on the Smokey Mountain. Using lump, using charcoal. It smells like a forest fire. Using pecan, hickory, and apple. Any suggestions? I even cut down my ribs to only smoke for 40 min. then wrap.
 
What color is your smoke?

Is it thin blue smoke?
Billowy white smoke?
some off color like greenish tan?

The color of the smoke is an indication of the burning of the coal and smoke wood.

edit: if the coal or smoke wood is not burning cleanly it will give off billowy white smoke, or worse an off color greenish/tan smoke that tastes very bad
 
Here's a pic with thin blue smoke from both WSK and the bge.

WSK was smoking pork shoulder using lump coal with peach chunks.

The BGE was cold smoking tri tip using a mix of pecan chips and cherry chips in two smoke tubes.

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Mark, you’ve been a member for 20+ years and NOW you’re having second thoughts? Take some pictures of your “exhaust” color. Old coal, old smoke wood might be part of the issue but, you are asking the right folks to set you to right! The WSM is a pretty forgiving unit and with a little practice, you should be happier with results
 
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