- Jun 5, 2017
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I got this smoker and I'm not sure I'm doing it right or what, but it wont ever go past 300 degrees, with full burners going and all vents closed as much as they can be.
Also, it doesn't seem to put out much smoke. I fill up the pan with 1 cup of chips and it smokes for a bit but stops. Do I have to keep adding chips? The instructions aren't very clear.
Also, do I need to soak them in water or does it matter? The chips turn black and appear to be used up but they are still hard and would burn if you put flame to them.
I have attached some pictures so you can see the setup. It is at 250 in the pictures because I have it turned down to lowish and have the vents open (getting ready to do wings) All the pictures are while it was on and had chips in it. see how there is no smoke? for like 10-15 mins when you first turn it on with fresh chips it KIND OF smokes. but then nothing and the smell even goes away. especially when I turned down the burners. do they always have to be on high and if so, how then do i get the heat down to 250 or lower, because even with all the vents open, on high, it just stayed at 300. this smoker seems to really like 300 LOL.
There is water in the water pan also. maybe half a inch to an inch full.
I'm just concerned about the lack of smoke and the fact it wont go higher than 300!
what am I doing wrong?
Thanks!
Also, it doesn't seem to put out much smoke. I fill up the pan with 1 cup of chips and it smokes for a bit but stops. Do I have to keep adding chips? The instructions aren't very clear.
Also, do I need to soak them in water or does it matter? The chips turn black and appear to be used up but they are still hard and would burn if you put flame to them.
I have attached some pictures so you can see the setup. It is at 250 in the pictures because I have it turned down to lowish and have the vents open (getting ready to do wings) All the pictures are while it was on and had chips in it. see how there is no smoke? for like 10-15 mins when you first turn it on with fresh chips it KIND OF smokes. but then nothing and the smell even goes away. especially when I turned down the burners. do they always have to be on high and if so, how then do i get the heat down to 250 or lower, because even with all the vents open, on high, it just stayed at 300. this smoker seems to really like 300 LOL.
There is water in the water pan also. maybe half a inch to an inch full.
I'm just concerned about the lack of smoke and the fact it wont go higher than 300!
what am I doing wrong?
Thanks!
