I couldn't find a place to put this so I'm sticking this here, it's a really noob question though.
I know when you smoke you are supposed to use a combination of charcoal and wood, but what is the ratio for this? Should I use charcoal just to start the process then use only wood throughout the rest of the cook or what. Also I keep finding a lot of debate on weather or not to soak wood in water, I don't but should I? And does bark on the logs really make that much difference (I use 6" split wood).
I'm just trying to find out all the basic stuff that that 5-day e-course hasn't answered yet.
Thanks
I know when you smoke you are supposed to use a combination of charcoal and wood, but what is the ratio for this? Should I use charcoal just to start the process then use only wood throughout the rest of the cook or what. Also I keep finding a lot of debate on weather or not to soak wood in water, I don't but should I? And does bark on the logs really make that much difference (I use 6" split wood).
I'm just trying to find out all the basic stuff that that 5-day e-course hasn't answered yet.
Thanks