Pigs On The Wing BBQ
Master Chef
Going to bed. Think you need just a little more quality time with it before you hit the sack. Was there a breeze going?
WOW I don't use that much wood on a whole hog cook. I think Scotty may be corect.ScottyDaQ said:10 chuncks?
Maybe your wood is catching fire.....how's the smoke color coming out of the top?
Daddy's KungfuBBQ said:[quote="Larry Wolfe":3v9ceqi9]10 chunks is alot of wood, unless they are very very small chunks.
How many lit coals are you starting off with?
Ya know you just might have something there.brian j said:this is just a theory, but i'm betting the smoke from all that hickory is preventing the fire from getting big enough to heat up the smoker. then after the hickory either burns up or estinguishes the kingsford uses all the now available oxygen and the temp rises to 300.
Pigs On The Wing BBQ said:I kind of think Brian is on to something. I preheat my wood chunks, I think perheating them may add to a longer smoke time. Just a thought.
smoke is made up of co2, not oxygen, and it's filling the wsm preventing the oxygen needed for a hotter fire from getting in.[/quote:1am453hc]brian j said:[quote="Larry Wolfe":1am453hc]...I didn't understand Brians post either about how "too much smoke would keep the temps down"? I guess I am not understanding the rationale...
Pigs On The Wing BBQ said:Larry: What I mean by preheating the wood is kind of like a kiln process. You want to heat the wood till all the water evaporates along with the tar and resins from the wood. That way you have a nice thin blue smoke from the wood. Water in wood along with tar and resins produces a what I think as bad smoke. I guess in better terms as drying the wood before adding it to the coals. I know, I know, sounds like it will burn faster. I have found it does not there for I can get more wood flavor and it cut's down on wood consumption. I put about 3 fist size chunks of wood in my chimney and put it on the turkey fryer on a piece of steel never let it get to the smoldering point.(glowing embers on the side of the wood) It will emit smoke, White smoke is water, black to tan smoke is tar and resins, When it turns blue, it's good to go. The wood should never be on fire at all! your drying it. Not burning it. That's for the pit. May sound like a big PITA but worth it. I think.
Nick Prochilo said:Stop foiling the wood!