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User Guidelines and Instructions => Guide to Smoking Times, Temps, Woods => Topic started by: Nikk on April 13, 2019, 09:44:38 AM
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Extreme newbie here, just got my model #1 a couple of days ago and I'm about to do my first smoke today - St. Louis style ribs! I have some wood chips leftover from a previous propane smoker that I barely used (and I came to find out I was approaching smoking entirely wrong), and I was wondering if it's bad practice to use both chips and chunks in the electric smoker? I currently have some maple wood chunks leftover and the hickory that came with the smoker.
Excited to be a part of the community!
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Won’t hurt a thing. Did you season your smoker? Highly recommended. Either way, you are fine mixing chips and chunks. Good luck with your maiden smoke!
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There's absolutely no problem mixing them. Just keep in mind that you don't need a lot of wood for ribs. 3 oz maximum. If you don't have a scale then think of wooden alphabet blocks that children play with; each block is ~1 oz.
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Thanks Steve and Larry! I did the initial season and used 2 blocks for my first set of ribs, which came to be right around 3 oz. Hopefully it's not too much, but I got antsy and started the smoke before I saw the reply that I could mix chips in with it. This is good to know for the future! I'll be sure to post some pics when it's done.
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Attached is a picture before I started the smoke. I should note that I didn't forget to add water, it's just not in the picture :)
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Water won't hurt anything and I don't use it for ribs. Hope you enjoy them!
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I have never used a water pan in a smoker like this. They are plenty moist without a water pan. Just my opinion, but I have never considered it.
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Welcome to the forum from SE Arizona. Enjoy!
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Welcome! And I use both chips and chunks when I smoke things that are shorter in time in the box. Pork belly’s for bacon, fish.
Hope the ribs turn out wonderful!