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Duker15
Duker15 Posts: 22
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how long do you soak your wood chips for an 6-8 hour cook?

also do you soak your wood chunks 
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,186
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    I use chunks exclusively and don't soak them. I use a hatchet to break down larger chunks. About an hour soak on chips is probably sufficient. 

    Welcome to the forum. 
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  • HellrodKC
    HellrodKC Posts: 174
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    No need to soak. Just mix them throughout the lump and you should be good to go. 
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    Most folks on here don't soak chips or chunks. Doesn't do anything.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,522
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    Restricted air flow in a kamado does not require a soak to slow the ignition. Mix the chunks or chips throughout the lump for a long cook. Suggest if you are a WSM or kettle guy, use about half the amount of smoke wood you normally use and adjust accordingly. Don''t look for smoke to be curling from the daisy wheel, just smell it and you will know it is working. 
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,385
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    The key is as mentioned above, mix in with your lump load.  The fire has a tendency to burn toward the back slightly right of center first, then seek out new fuel.  Concentrate your lump load vertically in that area for heavier smoke.  FWIW-
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
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    The Egg's restricted airflow keeps the wood from catching fire, unless the dome is open for a long time. Anyway, even if wood is soaked long time, very little fluid penetrates. Try putting some wood in a water bath with food coloring overnite. Cut into it to see how much the fluid was absorbed.
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  • Duker15
    Duker15 Posts: 22
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    Right on thanks for the help
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