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Chips or Chunks
TxBeekeeper
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First smoke coming up Sunday! Y'all a wood chips or chunks fan? Using my UDS over the past years I always used unsoaked chunks.
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What are you smoking? If it is poultry, I would recommend chips because you don't want too much smoke. For long smokes of pork or brisket, I prefer chunks. Everybody has their preference though. Just think of how long you are cooking and remember how many chips it will take to get a chunk. That is why I like chunks. Good luck.
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I'm cooking a pork butt first. How many chucks do you use? Couple handfuls?
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I've always brought chips when i had one of those gas BBQ things. lol now i onley buy Chucks... and if i need chips i trim with my hatchet...Most time i trim anyhow for the quick smoke start then the chucks take over.A child can ask questions a wise man can't answer!!!CanadaLarge @ Small BGE
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I tend to use both, through a few chunks on, toss a handful of chipsLarge BGE in a Sole' Gourmet Table
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With the butts I scatter 4 or 5 chunks in with the Lump so that as the lump burns down it starts the chunks. I also set one right on top. For poultry or short smokes, I use chips.
Bud
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Bought 2 bags of chips today at Big Lots, only $2 each, one Mesquite, one Hickory, steal of a deal.
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Using the Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter,
and a BBQ Guru temp controller.
Medium BGE in custom modified off-road nest.
Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter, and a Party-Q temp controller.
Location: somewhere West of the Mason-Dixon Line -
Wood is wood. It makes no difference what you use. The total volume of wood is what you want to pay attention to.Be careful, man! I've got a beverage here.
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travisstrick said:Wood is wood. It makes no difference what you use. The total volume of wood is what you want to pay attention to.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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I use chips, a whole bag of about 3 pounds, mixed in with the lump. No worries, it smokes for hours! love the final product whether it be pork butt, ribs, chicken, or brisket. Whatever works. $2.75 for 3 pounds of chips at my local grocer, HEB in San Antonio. Be it cherry, pecan, oak or hickory, it's all good in the end product.
Thanks for the opportunity for my 2 cents...
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Chunks, chop them if you need smaller size.
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Like everyone else said, as long as the amount is the same, it doesn't matter.
In one of the half cords of wood that I bought for our competition trailer last year, I got some very short (10" or so) hickory logs mixed in. I split them with the rest of the wood, but smaller, maybe 1" x 1" by 10". I tried using some of them in the Egg - no problem at all, they worked great.
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