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Soaking wood chips

chickensteak
chickensteak Posts: 20
edited July 2014 in EggHead Forum
I notice when I soak wood chips for more that a couple days, the odor changes of time.  

Does is harm anything to over soak wood chips?  Does soaking them for too long diminsh the smoking affect
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  • rifrench
    rifrench Posts: 469
    The consensus here is not to soak them. 
     1 LBGE, 1 SBGE, 1 KBQ and a 26" Blackstone near Blackstone, Virginia
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  • wbradking
    wbradking Posts: 351
    I think most folks will tell you to not soak. Also I find that wood chunks work better than chips. Just mix the chunks in with the lump and you're good to go.
    Franklin, TN
    Large BGE+PSWoo2
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    non-soaker here too! Just think about it logically - the soaked wood has to dry out before it can start to smolder/burn/smoke!
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    Soaking them only makes for more smoke for a short time from what I have found. They would have to soak for a long time to even penetrate the wood and it doesn't really make that much difference that I have found. I just mix them in with them lump when I light it and let go from there.
    XL, WSM, Coleman Road Trip Gas Grill

    Kansas City, Mo.
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Non soaker here. No real need for the fact that the egg is so tight your chunks or chips will smolder and smoke but, not flare up and flash burn.
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • berndcrisp
    berndcrisp Posts: 1,166
    I don't soak. Soak some chips or chunks and the water turns brown. That is literally flavor down the drain.
    Hood Stars, Wrist Crowns and Obsession Dobs!


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  • Maccool
    Maccool Posts: 191
    I'm a non-soaker. I've moved to wood chunks. My preference has been for the Jack Daniels barrel chunks, but I also have been picking up applewood and hickory chunks off Amazon and just throwing a few onto the coals dry.
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