Electric Smoker Chips Won T Smoke

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Electric smoker chips won t smoke. I ve found most recipes in the dadgum that s good too cook book call for a temp. So you ll agree that spending hours trying to figure out how the smoker works shouldn t form part of your smoking experience. Joe from tennessee. I have a royal oak electric smoker e1609b this smoker is awesome i think the problem is you are soaking the chips that method is meant for gas and electric grill smoking.

Control your vent position. Unlike the usual charcoal smoker you can set it and forget it with an electric smoker making them designed for your convenience. It s time you learned exactly what to do with those wood chips so this never happens again. Wait until you are getting thin blue smoke before you subject the food to the smoke.

Cooking the best salmon recipes for your family or your guests is probably your priority. It s a common belief that you should soak your wood chips before putting them in the smoker. I have a masterbuilt electric smoker. Why use an electric smoker easy to use.

In order to produce smoke from wet wood chips and cook food a temperature between 225 285 degrees fahrenheit is commonly used. To get good smoke there needs to be adequate temperature. If no smoke or a low volume of smoke is produced check to ensure that the electric heating element is working correctly and evenly. If the wood chip tray is too far from the element your wood chips simply won t get hot enough to burn.

Wood is loaded with water. This is because you won t need to spend half the day monitoring its operation. Last updated on october 30 2016. Click to tweet tip 1.

Wood chips are commonly used in an electric smoker and to make sure a good amount of smoke the wood chips need to soak in liquid properly and completely. No smoke when using my electric smoker by. Conversely the dry chips will burn. Why won t my wood chips smoke.

If you read the directions with your smoker it says nothing about soaking the chips only the bag of chips does. The wood chips failed to smoke. It doesn t produce the required amount of smoke to burn your meat. I only use cured dry wood chips too.

Are you soaking the chips before putting them in the smoker. At that temp chips won t get hot enough to smoke. When lighting the chips to smoke do not be afraid of letting them flame up initially. Using an electric smoker is definitely the most convenient way to smoke your foods.

As with electric smokers do not soak the chips you plan to smoke. Or worse yet they just burned up in minutes.