very little smoke

[Gwanger]

I can taste the smoke in the meat but not very strong and never get a good smoke ring

you need to burn carbon to get smoke ring,either charcoal or wood,I have a Smok n' tex electric smoker and had to add 2 pcs. of charcoal to chips to get smoke ring

 

[Thom71gt]

I always soak my wood before putting it in. Smokes like crazy. But I'm using chunks directly on the charcoal in a Kamado Joe.

 

[Gwanger]

I always soak my wood before putting it in. Smokes like crazy. But I'm using chunks directly on the charcoal in a Kamado Joe.

if using an electric smoker you won' get a smoke ring bc you are not burning carbon need to burn either wood or charcoal

 

[indaswamp]

A quick note on gas smokers...
propane will get all the air it needs for combustion through the venturi so if the venturi is outside the smokehouse no oxygen is used inside the smokehouse. This allows more oxygen to the smoker tray for the fire to burn cleaner. Nat gas on the other hand only gets 40% of it's oxygen needs through the venturi and the balance is used up from the surrounding air. The reason for this are due to the pressure through the orifice nozzle, not high enough with very low pressure Nat Gas.

Propane is a better fuel for a smokehouse than Nat Gas.