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User Guidelines and Instructions => Guide to Smoking Times, Temps, Woods => Topic started by: alanfred on January 06, 2019, 11:30:04 AM
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As a newbie I may be sweating the small stuff, lets say the smoke calls for 4oz.
1 - 4oz chunk ?
2 - 2oz chunks ?
4 - 1oz chunks ?
My gut tells me, the more chunks the more surface area = more smoke, and what I've learned from reading many posts I don't want to over smoke.
It's taken me a long time in life to break away from my favorite motto, "If a little is good, a lot is better"
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My gut tells me, the more chunks the more surface area = more smoke, and what I've learned from reading many posts I don't want to over smoke.
Hmm... just speculating as I've done no experiments. I would start by modifying your "more surface area = more smoke" to include "at one time, but not overall" because there is a finite amount of 'smoke' potential for a given mass of wood.
For short smoking sessions I tend to use more, smaller chunks to make sure they'll be used up before the end of the session and get the smoke rolling quickly. For long smoking sessions I tend to use larger blocks to try to extend the the smoke period through the session.
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This forum is great, love it, thanks.
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How much wood would a wood chunk be if a wood could chunk wood? :o
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You are thinking about it too much, toss a chunk in there and run it. Also if a recipe calls for ____ oz., think about what you like. If you like more smoke flavor then run a little bit more. I would make those adjustments in small amounts don't jump from 4oz to 9oz.