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[SuperDave]

Al, what is your aversion to a little bark?

 

[AlinMA]

Al, what is your aversion to a little bark?

The bark could contain mold spores and insect larva.

 

[KAG]

just a noob to the forum but not smoking. I never worry too much about moisture content of small pieces of wood. No real issues with dry meat or combustion. Most of the stuff I smoke I start them almost all out with cold smoke before adding heat.

Now dry wood was an issue I fixated on with my old log smoker but since going electric it just hasn't been a big challenge to over come. I do store most of my wood products outside. Log smoking was time consuming and I went electric for a reason but maybe I just am not looking at this right. I am certainly brand new to the SI brand and maybe its an issue to be concerned about. Plus I am a keep it simple type of guy

Certainly interested..........

 

[Limey]

KAG, when you say you start out with cold smoke before adding heat are you using an external smoke generator or the SI with just enough heat to generate smoke?

 

[KAG]

My new SI 3 has not even arrived yet so i really am new to the SI brand. In other smokers I just put a smoke tray in for about 2 hrs on ribs and longer for hams and brisket. I add the meat from the frig and this also allows the meat to warm up before adding heat. I do a lot of cold smoking, curing both dry, wet and brine. Not wet but Pretty humid around here a lot and the wood I get right out of my split fire wood piles and trim down with my radial arm saw then just keep in a bucket on the covered porch. Lots of Mulberry and such

I guess I am interested in learning if wood moisture is a big deal in the SI smoker.   

 

[SuperDave]

KAG, have you owned a 3 oz. to 6 oz. of wood per smoke electric before?  I never worried about combustion on my propane but now that the door gets shut once and never to be opened again, it is an issue with smoke flavor and quality.  I would rather use techniques to resolve combustion than buy more expensive wood.