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making smoking chips smoke a long time

Egganomics
Egganomics Posts: 7
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Need help in making the smoke last a long time, any suggestions?
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  • Fidel
    Fidel Posts: 10,172
    Use fist sized chunks.
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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
    ...or more chips.
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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  • Egganomics
    Egganomics Posts: 7
    Thanks, but all I have is chips for tonight. Do you know where I can get apple chunks in or around Atlanta seeing that you’re just up the road?
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  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
    Wrap a handful in some HDAF packets and poke some holes in the packets.
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  • Morro Bay Rich
    Morro Bay Rich Posts: 2,227
    Put them in a foil packet and poke a hole the diameter of a pencil in it. Put it on the hot lump.
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  • TXTriker
    TXTriker Posts: 1,177
    I don't know if you can find them but my Egg dealer bought some John Henry chunks. Apple, cherry, among others. They come in a small bag that has a good number of them in it. About fist size. You might see if your dealer can get them.

    Ray
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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
    seriously. just use more. it's a fixed system. like having X amount of gasoline. if you want to go further, you need more gas. ...or chips.

    foiling and soaking won't help, because they only delay smoke. if all you have is chips, then use more.

    build the fire by putting in some of the charcoal, then some chips (dead center) then more charcoal, and then more chips (again, dead center).

    most times the fire burns downward, and in the center. don't fight city hall.

    i actually don't use chunks, because if the fire misses the chunk, you are out of luck. but a lot of chips spread out, and you are almost guaranteed smoke.
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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  • Morro Bay Rich
    Morro Bay Rich Posts: 2,227
    Sorry but I disagree.

    A foil packet will slow down the oxidation of the chips and allow them to smoke over a longer period. You're right in that it is a closed system. The amount of smoke you get from a set amount of chips is the same just that in a foil packet it is released at a slower rate (i.e. over an extended time).
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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
    you are free to disagree....
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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  • Car Wash Mike
    Car Wash Mike Posts: 11,244
    I soak mine in water for 45 minutes, but use chips when I want a little smoke. Chunks for longer and more smoke.

    Mike
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  • Mr. & Mrs Potatohead
    Mr. & Mrs Potatohead Posts: 2,037
    In addition to what “stike” has already mentioned with smoke wood atop smoke wood (burning down) you could also try some chips at different levels in a “wagon wheel” through you lump. It does burn outword too!
    As for the foil packet thing…I have head it works and have read more than once that this is the method to use. I did do this in a kettle grill, but have only done the chunks /chips in my Egg.
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