Adding wood for more "smoke"

BigGreenGiant · June 2015

im doing my first pork butt on the egg!
i have a regular smoker that you can add wood chips too as you cook to keep smoke going

what do you do for the egg??

i put big chunks around the coals when i put the butt on the grill, but at roughly 2 hrs i lost my smoke..

any help is greatly appreciated

maso · June 2015

As you cook, other chunks should catch and light, giving more smoke. At least that's my experience. I wouldn't worry too much about it. See how it rides, then maybe next time try a different placement for the chunks. It's gonna be awesome either way!

BigGreenGiant · June 2015

Its a picnic shoulder because i didnt want that much meat that a butt would put out

i will post pics tonight

SkySaw · June 2015

Layer the chunks as well as some chips if you have them while you are loading the lump into the egg.

ChillyWillis · June 2015

I place chucks of wood all throughout when I'm loading the egg with lump. When you're doing a low and slow the fire will work its way around in the coals lighting more somkewood as it goes.

BigGreenGiant · June 2015

Ok
thats what i didnt do
i will layer next time

SmokeyPitt · June 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwnoNVOj1Fs

FearlessTheEggNoob · June 2015

Place a large fat smoking chunk bottom-center on the fire grate when you're loading up the lump mound. Others may hit earlier, but that shouldn't burn off until you're quite a ways into the cook.

onedbguru · June 2015

FearlessTheEggNoob said:

Place a large fat smoking chunk bottom-center on the fire grate when you're loading up the lump mound. Others may hit earlier, but that shouldn't burn off until you're quite a ways into the cook.

I have an XL so, I start with 1/2 Weber chimney in the bottom center, fill the firebox with wood chips (or chunks depending) "layered" throughout.

FearlessTheEggNoob · June 2015

onedbguru said:

FearlessTheEggNoob said:

Place a large fat smoking chunk bottom-center on the fire grate when you're loading up the lump mound. Others may hit earlier, but that shouldn't burn off until you're quite a ways into the cook.

I have an XL so, I start with 1/2 Weber chimney in the bottom center, fill the firebox with wood chips (or chunks depending) "layered" throughout.

That would work too!

Lit · June 2015

I stabilize the egg before I add so none burns off when bringing to temp. I usually only use 2-3 fist sized chunks depending on the wood I am using.

EggHead_Bubba · June 2015

Lit said:

I stabilize the egg before I add so none burns off when bringing to temp. I usually only use 2-3 fist sized chunks depending on the wood I am using.

I've seen a lot of people say that they use 2-3 fist sized chunks for a cook. Maybe I've done it wrong forever but I try to make sure I have plenty of smoke wood mixed in so I get smoke for several hours.

Adding wood for more "smoke"

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