Tom, for the past 45 min I have been reading what you wrote, I am learning, slowly but learning :) I am using maple chips right now in a tin can and have nice smoke. I am going to pull the cheese soon but I LOVE maple smoked bacon, so that puppy will stay on a while longer. One of your comments made me laugh, you wrote "newbies tend to oversmoke" I will never forget my first smoke, it tasted good but yeah I did that hah.
I also added a slab of colbert cheese I found in the fridge, so more goodness.
Thank you again for your posts, it has helped me a lot. I got my notebook out and am taking notes. I love this forum, you guys rock.
Barry