Just got my first smoker

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(03-02-2022, 06:12 PM)CloeHokie Wrote: Lol. If all 47 people I know are using too much smoke I'd be surprised

Wouldn't surprise me one bit. Most people I know who smoke use too much smoke. And, to be honest "too much smoke" is subjective. I've seen the gamut from "soak green wood" to those who use properly cured wood but run a dirty fire, to those who run a small hot fire properly. What it all comes down to, is if you can't taste anything but smoke, it's oversmoked. And if that's what a person likes, then so be it. Myself, I do not use the heavy smoke woods like mesquite, and have even gone away from using hickory, because I do not like a heavy smoke flavor. I tend to cook with oak or pecan. And if I'm doing poultry, I use nothing but charcoal with maybe 1 or 2 pieces of fruit wood at the start of the cook. I run a fire that you can barely see blue smoke coming out of the stack, and I can tell you the difference in what rubs I used that day. There are rubs I buy and toss after one cook because I did not like them, and rubs I buy over and over. You sould be able to tell. If you can't taste anything but smoke, you're doing it wrong. Unless, you like the taste of heavy smoke, in which case you're doing it right. That's the thing about BBQ, cook what you like....