Gravy's Cooking Thread

Dr.Retarded

Dr.Retarded

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Rajaah said:
Nobody answered my wood chip questions so I just winged it. Had the foil pouch in there at a high point of about 370 and it never smoked. Eventually the coals were in danger of cooling off, it was taking so goddamn long, so I took it off and just got my steak going. Not sure what I did wrong. I might have poked too many holes in the foil and the heat wasn't able to build up inside. The metal box they sell at ACE Hardware has plenty of holes in the top though. Maybe the foil pack was stuffed too much and needed more air space on the inside. I really don't know. Throwing them on the grills right before cooking doesn't do much except make them burst into flames, which I suppose does emit some smoke.
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Just put the chips on the coals if all your doing is grilling and not reverse sear smoking the steak. A nice chunk of mesquite or two is all you need. A handful of pellets also works.
 
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Rajaah said:
Nobody answered my wood chip questions so I just winged it. Had the foil pouch in there at a high point of about 370 and it never smoked. Eventually the coals were in danger of cooling off, it was taking so goddamn long, so I took it off and just got my steak going. Not sure what I did wrong. I might have poked too many holes in the foil and the heat wasn't able to build up inside. The metal box they sell at ACE Hardware has plenty of holes in the top though. Maybe the foil pack was stuffed too much and needed more air space on the inside. I really don't know. Throwing them on the grills right before cooking doesn't do much except make them burst into flames, which I suppose does emit some smoke.
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i mean there is actually good smoke vs bad smoke, like smoke you can actually see and make smoke signals, is bad, this is all the vocs and bad stuff burning, basically if you put leaves on a fire, thats the kind of bad smoke. you usually get this when you just put wood on a fire that isnt hot and consistent enough.

you get good clean smoke (blue smoke) by keeping the coals burning at around 240 250. and the foil packet is a inbetween, not bad like leaf smoke, but not really blue smoke, but good enough wo a smoker
 
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