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Firs time I remember this happening

Dawgtired
Dawgtired Posts: 667
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I’ve been running the egg at 285 for well over an hour and still getting white smoke! Ideas?

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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,227
    Patience?  Maybe this particular bag of lump has more VOC's than most?  How does it smell?

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,794
    New brand lumo?  Give the smoke the smell test-smells good you are good to go. Otherwise patience.  FWIW-
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • hoosier_egger
    hoosier_egger Posts: 6,808
    Grease soaked platesetter?
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    XL BGE, LG BGE, Med BGE, BGE Chiminea, Ardore Pizza Oven
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,549
    Pope ?
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • Dawgtired
    Dawgtired Posts: 667
    It’s Fogo Premium, that I’ve been using for a year or so. I didn’t think it’s the platesetter since I always put foil down on it. 

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  • Dawgtired
    Dawgtired Posts: 667
    Also, not sure if it’s related, but it took a long time to get it up to temperature as well as being difficult to light. It wasn’t wet. I kept it in the garage. 

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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,549
    edited July 2021
    IMO, little do do with type, more to do with the condition of the fuel/fire....moisture seems you’ve already ruled out..is your thermo accurate, I’d try running it up and get a cool bed ( problem with Kamados ) and see if it cleans up

    assuming you have 
    no wood chunks in there that are contributing 

    just my thoughts
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • Dawgtired
    Dawgtired Posts: 667
    lkapigian said:
    IMO, little do do with type, more to do with the condition of the fuel/fire....moisture seems you’ve already ruled out..is your thermo accurate, I’d try running it up and get a cool bed ( problem with Kamados ) and see if it cleans up

    assuming you have 
    no wood chunks in there that are contributing 

    just my thoughts
    I do have a rather large chunk of pecan wood in there. That the problem?

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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,227

    I do have a rather large chunk of pecan wood in there. That the problem?
    Maybe.  That's why I suggest that you smell it.  If it smells like pecan wood and doesn't have a creosote or chemical smell to it, you're all set.

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • QDude
    QDude Posts: 1,066
    How long has it been since you gave it a thorough cleaning?  Perhaps restricted airflow?

    Northern Colorado Egghead since 2012.

    XL BGE and a KBQ.

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  • Dawgtired
    Dawgtired Posts: 667
    Probably about that time

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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Dawgtired said:
    lkapigian said:
    IMO, little do do with type, more to do with the condition of the fuel/fire....moisture seems you’ve already ruled out..is your thermo accurate, I’d try running it up and get a cool bed ( problem with Kamados ) and see if it cleans up

    assuming you have 
    no wood chunks in there that are contributing 

    just my thoughts
    I do have a rather large chunk of pecan wood in there. That the problem?
    Large chunk of smoldering wood in the lump will definitely smoke for awhile.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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