Love hearin' all these tips and first-hand experiences, everyone. Are there any recipes or other myths you'd like us to put to the test? 🔥

Bravo. Thanks , Beginers like me need you.

Awesome video, really well made.

Great video, plenty of info. Given for the beginner smoker or advice person. I use both chips and pellets in my gas and charcoal grills. It depends on what I am smoking and what flavor I am looking for. I think using pellets maybe slightly better, because U have more options of flavors that they come in.

Appreciate the info. Started with a wood chip box . Now I have a pellet grill. (Just got it ) I'm learning. (My wife is mad I'm watching all these videos) I love bbq thanks.😊

@Excalibur2

6 ай бұрын

Can you tell the difference, either one taste better? Any advice?

@mattk8810

3 ай бұрын

@@Excalibur2it depends on the pellet!

A great informative video! Thank you!

@sonnysbbq68

Жыл бұрын

Very welcome!

You’re the smoker king! Thanks!

I just got a pellet grill and will be trying it out. But I will forever be a fan of natural lump charcoal and wood chunks in a off set or a grill. I always go with charcoal and wood chunks in a grill, offset uses some charcoal to start and wood splits to maintain, propane grill gets wood chips in a foil pouch, pellets get wood blend pellets but I have not tried charcoal pellets yet.

@MountReal786

11 ай бұрын

Carbon emissions for charcoal is not good

Loved the info, great video 😊

@sonnysbbq68

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the kind words! 😊

Hi there, and thanks for this video. I am new to the whole smoking thing and have a real basic question, if you could answer it, I would really appreciate it. I have been making sausage for a long time, but would now like to smoke the links, before cooking them. I have a recently acquired WSM and was wondering if I could use it and a pellet tube, to cold smoke my sausages? If so, what would be best to use in the pellet tube, pellets or woodchips? Thanks so much.

Great video Broham

Great video.. I use wood chips..but been thinking about switching over to pellets and your video answers all my questions... I think pellets wins...

Thanks Shannon, have you ever stuff some the wood chips in the tube with pellets?

Can you put wood chips in the metal tube and lay the tube right on charcoal? Just like you would make a pouch out of aluminum foil? I’m assuming it would work but haven’t seen anyone on KZread use it that way.

use a 50/50 blend in your smoker, Chips/ pellets.. works awesome gives more smoke flaver. i never had a problem with the auger jamming

Can you do a video on which flavors of the pellets burn longer then others?, And can you mix flavors of the pellets? Because I use apple and cherry wood chips to get that sweet and fruity flavor which my family love because I think with those two flavors combined give you enough sweet to where everyone I've cooked for said no bbq sauce needed... So my question is can you mix pellets

I personally don't soak my wood chips and if I do it won't be more than 30 minutes. I use a blend of cherry , apple , pecan , maple , gum , oak and Hickory. I've been smoking for quite some time over the years and tried the pellets in smoke tube and preferred small wood chips as pellets doesn't burn that well enough it just dies. I use a stainless steel chip box to put my wood chips in. I never used a electric smoker and I think the pellets will work great in them. I got the chargrill bbq gas and charcoal combination just like yours and it's fantastic. I had to change my gas burners as the gas burners cracked from all the use , I converted myne to gas ceramic burners and is heaps better. You keep well.

I use a regular heat gun to light the pellets it works great

I'm trying to avoid shelling out for a pellet grill by using a smoke generator with pellets on my existing gas and coal rigs, so far so good. (Famous outdoor supply brand starts with C 😃 ) Looks like I can get 5-6 hours easy out of a full tray, very consistent burning and I love how little ash they make too!

What kind of coating?

Thanks for the information. I like the convenience of the pellets. Easier to use for me personally.

@sonnysbbq68

Жыл бұрын

Whatever helps you cook up the best BBQ! 😊

I will say I’ve used both and I prefer wood chips in my electric smoker. I also have a pellet grill that’s way more expensive and like the wood chips better.

Just used a pellet smoker from Pitboss for the first time yesterday… I have a MasterBuilt wood chip smoker and I’ll say you definitely go thru a lot more pounds of Pellets when cooking for 10-12hrs as opposed to Woodchips… and I felt you get far more smoke with the woodchips since they are just smoldering and not actually flaming up… I mean most the time, you only smoke for 3-4 hours on most food, since you can really trap that smoke… and then you can stop smoking and just let the wood chip smoker work like an oven for the remaining several hours…. With the Pitboss I got, it gave a great flavor but all and any smoke just runs right out the top and I feel it doesn’t insulate as well like the MasterBuilt upright smoker I have.. one seals really well while the other doesn’t which let’s all your smoke out

@kylejonesUB

Жыл бұрын

Which Masterbilt do/ did you have? I use a John Mclemore series and use a cast iron pan as my chip tray, running on natural gas. It does okay, but struggles to get above 265 with 2 rack of St. Louis ribs and a whole chicken. I'm looking at a GMG pellet and your comment is exactly what I need to know- what's the difference between pellet and chip as far as flavor? I assume pellet is easier and more consistent. I did run LavaLock around both my doors but it still leaks like a sieve.

@smsmith857

Жыл бұрын

Yes I have a traeger and I just don’t get the smoke flavor like a master built cabinet smoker. I’m actually thinking of getting the campchef wood wind pro. Been getting a lot of good reviews about being closer to a offset smoker in flavor.

My choice in order: 1. My offset running on pure wood. 2. My offset running a charcoal basket with minion plates. Briquette base layer, charcoal layer on top, wood chunks on top. 3. Traeger plus a smoke tube full of wood chips, not pellets. Tube runs out, but the meat won't take any more smoke anyway. 4. Gas BBQ with smoke tube full of wood chips.

@sonnysbbq68

Жыл бұрын

Great insight here!

I use pellets & splits in my offset smoker and I get 20lb bags for $6. They burn forever and release a bunch of heat and clean smoke.

Great Channel😀😀😀😀😀😀

I love my wood pellet smoker. Give me that every time who the hell wants to babysit charcoal

I use leeks onions chips work

@sonnysbbq68

Жыл бұрын

Ooh! Nice tip, makin' sure to share it with our Pitmasters.

chips ...always chips

Pellets have always had a worse taste for me. The smoke is way more mild.

Soaked wood chips turns your smoker into a steamer and no bark

Thumbs down when you mentioned lighter fluid. You cannot make the Pitmaster Hall of Fame with that talk 🙂

@sonnysbbq68

Ай бұрын

For the record, Shannon did say he doesn't recommend lighter fluid in one of our later videos. 😊

@Redridge07

Ай бұрын

@@sonnysbbq68 Ok, I guess that is a redemption 🙂

Wood chunks are all natural. We don't really know what all goes inside those wood pellets during the process of making them. Not to mention if the coating over the pellet is toxic or not.