Just got my first smoker

[MileHighGrowler]

(08-11-2021, 11:57 AM)Sled21 Wrote: A lot has to do with what temperature you are smoking at as well. If you stay down around 225, the membrane will still be there and IMO is quite nasty. If you go up around 300, it burns away and you never know it was there.

I wonder what that length is.  I've never paid super close attention.  But I know that my ribs are hitting higher temps for sure at various points in the smoke.  A downside/benefit to the stick burner is some temp fluctuation!