02-26-2021, 12:34 PM
(02-18-2021, 09:24 PM)michaelsean Wrote: A couple questions if I’m not bothering you. (Nothing to do with the post I quoted)
Pit Boss now has charcoal pellets. What would be your opinion on mixing some in with my regular pellets? Is that a desired flavor?
That leads to question #2. What role does charcoal play for the real stick burner smokers? It is used just to start the fire? Do you rely on it to provide some or a lot of the cooking heat? Do you want it contributing much in the way of smoke?
My offset is pretty big, relatively speaking, but to answer your question I use charcoal just for a bed of coals to lay my splits on, then just use wood. Unless I'm doing poultry, in that case I use the charcoal for the cook and only add a few wood chunks. ( I just don't personally care for a lot of smoke on birds)
