preburning wood

[2010ultra]

hey all did a little experiment today while i was smoking a brisket and beef jerky. i fired up the smoker and got my charcoal good and hot. stuck my log in and noticed i was getting very heavy white smoker for 30 mins into starting. so i took out the already burning wood and stuck it in a bucket of water and let it soak for 10 mins. stuck it back into the smoker and low and behold after 10 mins i was getting a nice lite blue smoke. i tried this a second time and it worked again. heres my question does anybody preburn their wood prior to doing a long smoke? 

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• 2010ultra
• Aug 3, 2014

 

[2010ultra]

heres what im smoking today but the wife just told me i screwed up and used the inferno cure on the beef jerky guess we shall see how it turns out. 

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• 2010ultra
• Aug 3, 2014