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All of the smoking groups seem to have concern if smoke comes out of anything but their smoke stack. Smoke has always come out around the door on my @2 as well as the vent in the top. Is this common or do I have a problem? Just wondering.

If you cold smoke with the aid of a smoke generator, do you still need to use any heat in the smoker?

Why can I not pre-heat my smoker? If I cannot pre-heat can I use something like I did in the tunimg process to get it to desired temp?

Have had my smoker for two years and have not touched the inside of it at all.  How much, if any, of the gunk inside can I remove without removing all of the seasoning flavor?  Sure do not want to mess up my smoking flavor.

Has anyone had any experience with the smoke chief cold smoke generator?  If so, any suggestions on how to connect to the SI?

Have never been real happy with the Auber and the temperature swing.  For some reason I was not able to get the auto tune down. I installed the permanent probe this week and followed the directions on the website to auto tune.  Smoked some chicken breast yesterday.  Set the temp at 225 and for...

Have only cooked a couple racks of rib at one time so far but need cook about 20# in my number 2.  Will the number of ribs being cooked cause the time needed to be  longer or will the standard cooking time be about right?

I am new to smoking so just want to ask question about the foiling part of the 2-2-1 process.  Instead of wrapping each rack, will it work as well to place the ribs in an aluminum foil pan and cover the top with foil?  Sounds like a dumb question but just want to know.

Just got my #2.  Have been reading about blue smoke.  How do I get this with my smoker.  New to smoking and just need to know some facts.