I have a vertical Mr Smoker/Brinkman style smoker that used to barely get 160-180 degrees, especially in the fall when the weather is cooler outside. I have found that you have to stoke it with wood, around 50% or half charcoal and half wood. Any type, although, not lumber, plywood, cedar, or pine, or you will add a real bad flavor to what you smoke. Wood from fruit trees is generally ok. Some charcoal has a higher content of wood in it and may produce enough heat, but generally none work well in a smoker. The natural chunk charcoal works better than briquets if you don't have access to a neighbors fruit tree.
Yes! -Brinkman's makes a great one!
Like a woodburning smoker, the Masterbuilt is designed to smoke meat over the user's choice of wood, but it uses a tempature controlled electric heating element to heat the wood and produce the smoke.
Heat, smoke, and charcoal.
Put a rub or marinade on the fish for no more than 2 hours before you put on the smoker or the fish will begin to cook from the marinade itself and become mushy. If you have a true smoker, prepare fire in the firebox so main chamber gets between 210 and 225 degrees F and place fish on foil in the main chamber for approximately 3 hours until internal temperature of the fish is 145 to 150 degrees F. Use charcoal with wood chips or chunks. I start with charcoal and then wet down hickory or pecan wood chunks and place on the charcoal after they ash over. This creates a good smoke.
Burning charcoal is spontaneous, but not at room temperature. To start the combustion energy must be added (in the form of heat). Once the temperature of the charcoal reaches a certain temperature it reacts exothermically and releases heat. This heat of reaction is sufficient to locally heat more charcoal so that it burns continuously.
A barbecue grill smoker can take several hours or days to smoke foods completely. The placement of any smoker that is not on an elevated frame needs to be chosen carefully before cooking begins. If a smoker comes into contact with dead plants in a yard, dry wood on a deck or lawn debris then a fire can easily start as the heat accumulates. It is usually best to place a barbecue grill smoker over heat-resistant bricks that protect the ground and surrounding area.
Some professional chefs and barbecue experts consider a vertical water smoker the best BBQ smoker available. This unit is different from the more common offset smoker. A vertical water smoker is basically a box that has wood, charcoal or electrical elements in the bottom. A pan of water rests above this heat source. The top of the box is a small closet-like area where meat can be set on racks or hung. The smoker keeps meat very moist over long periods of time and is very simple to use.
A barbecue grill is a device for cooking food by applying heat directly from below. There are several varieties of such grills, with most falling into one of two categories: gas-fueled and charcoal. There is a great debate over the merits of charcoal or gas for use as the cooking method between barbecue grillers.
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The key to successfully cooking with wood smoker grills is to control the temperature inside of the grill at all times. The grill needs to stay hot enough to create smoke and to slowly cook the food. If the temperature rises too high, however, then the food will cook quickly and dry out without gaining any smoke flavor. Proper use of the vents, flues and dampers is what will control the oxygen and heat inside of the unit.
heat is needed to disperse the atom.by Sarah Jane fundal
1. It release less smoke whereas wood releases a lot. 2. It has greater efficiency of producing heat than the wood.