I explained this to you & others many times:
When somebody (usually Newbies) Posts that they had "Bitter Meat", or "Tasted like an Ash Tray", or in this case "Pounds out the smoke", an alarm goes off in my head, as to "TOO HEAVY A SMOKE".
I don't care whether they're using the Awesome
AMNPS, or some other kind of Smoke Generator, too much (Heavy or Thick) smoke is not a good thing, when it's causing bitter taste, and the best way to avoid that is to limit the Thickness of the smoke. If I look in the window of my MES & I can't see the meat through the smoke, that's too much smoke (Too Heavy)!!!
Also---I didn't say "You Got Creosote, I made that comment about "Pounding the Smoke" as a warning, or Tip.
However I do hate when Veteran Smokers encourage Newbies to use too heavy a Smoke.
This is why we have "OTBS" (Order of Thin Blue Smoke).
And not "OBWS" (Order of Billowing White Smoke), or "OHBC" (Order of Heavy Black Creosote).
As for me---I enjoy more Smoke flavor than most, but I use Hickory Smoke for Many Hours to get that smoke flavor, not a short time of Bitter Heavy Creosote filled Smoke. And I'm not saying you got that---I'm only saying it's a bad thing, like I've been saying for many years before you were even here. It's never personal---Just Tips for Mostly "Newbies". Newbies usually listen to me, unless somebody says "Bear just has Sensitive Taste Buds".
Bear