hOTSAUCE Posted April 3, 2007 Report Posted April 3, 2007 How do you all go about adding more wood chips during a cook? Even if you can move the food around a little to open the hinged part of the main grill, you still have the HD in the way.
Curly Posted April 3, 2007 Report Posted April 3, 2007 Re: adding more wood chips How do you all go about adding more wood chips during a cook? Even if you can move the food around a little to open the hinged part of the main grill' date=' you still have the HD in the way.[/quote'] Yeah, when it's indirect and the HD is in there...it's just really hard.
GSWHoops Posted April 3, 2007 Report Posted April 3, 2007 When I did my last cook, I had this problem. I started thinking about building some sort of a slide or tube that could go through the hinged part of the grate around the heat deflector, and over the coals. Then you just slide your wood chips down and they go to the right spot. Anyone ever try building something like this? I'm imagining some sort of a curved piece of metal with sides.
Firemonkey Posted April 3, 2007 Report Posted April 3, 2007 If you are using chips, you are wrapping them in foil first, to keep them from burning up too quickly, right? I suspect that just making the pouch flat enough to drop down beside the deflector would suffice. A foil pouch (with holes punched in it) just laying beside the basket should get hot enough to produce smoke.
leejp Posted April 3, 2007 Report Posted April 3, 2007 No need to... The meat will only take smoke in the first few hours of the cook. Just load up with a several big chunks at the beginning of the cook. Kind of defeats the purpose of having a KK if you have to open the cooker to tend the fire. Get a cold one and relax. DON'T OPEN THE COOKER UNTIL THE MEAT IS READY TO COME OUT!
ThreeDJ16 Posted April 3, 2007 Report Posted April 3, 2007 Re: No need to... The meat will only take smoke in the first few hours of the cook. Just load up with a several big chunks at the beginning of the cook. Kind of defeats the purpose of having a KK if you have to open the cooker to tend the fire. Get a cold one and relax. DON'T OPEN THE COOKER UNTIL THE MEAT IS READY TO COME OUT!
ToastedMorsel Posted April 4, 2007 Report Posted April 4, 2007 140º does it... If my memory serves me, once your meat hits 140º it does not absorb much more smoke. That's why people cold smoke... If I pre-soak big chunks, the smoke usually lasts thru the 140º cut off. If you want more smoke put in more wood. My family got tired of strong smoke flavored meat quickly. My flavor target is the more subtle the smoke flavors now.. Photo w/ lots of wood courtesy of our very own TWharton
hOTSAUCE Posted April 4, 2007 Author Report Posted April 4, 2007 Thanks to all for your responses, very new at this (with a KK that is) and you guys are all lot of help. Nice pic Toasted and I think you are probably right on not using too much smoke.
TheNakedWhiz Posted April 4, 2007 Report Posted April 4, 2007 Let me correct the misinformation that is circulating about smoke and 140 degrees. The SMOKE RING forms below 140 degrees. SMOKE FLAVOR will continue to accumulate on the meat as long as there is smoke in the cooker, regardless of the meat temperature. The smoke ring is the result of a series of chemical reactions that can only occur below 140 degrees. Smoke flavor is the result of the deposition of smoke particles on the surface of the meat, and this deposition continues as long as there is smoke present in the cooker.
twharton Posted April 5, 2007 Report Posted April 5, 2007 As stated above just load up when u put the meat on. The hardest thing about this is not opening to peek before it's ready. No....the hardest thing is not running out of frosty, malted, beverages. No...the hardest thing is not posting photos every time I cook something. No...the hardest thing is not expecting my wife and kids to roll on the ground and drool every time I think about KK'ing (The dogs do!) No...the hardest thing is coming up with more hardest things. No...the hardest thing is not feeling guilty for not posting in the 'Happy Kampers' section yet. (Sorry Dennis) No...the hardest thing is________(fill in the blanks)_________ (Apologies to Monty Python and The Spanish Inquisition Sketch)
PaulR Posted April 5, 2007 Report Posted April 5, 2007 No....the hardest thing is getting the wife to ok the purchase of a KK (when you already have 3 BBQ's on the porch) No....the hardest thing is looking at all these great KK cooks and not having a KK (yet)
twharton Posted April 5, 2007 Report Posted April 5, 2007 See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Beer Me. Your humor made this Tommy laugh so hard my cork popped out!!!
PaulR Posted April 5, 2007 Report Posted April 5, 2007 Glad to bring joy to the forum! I always have friendly neigbours/friends supplying me with beer during BBQs so I don't have to move away from my BBQ Before you ask .............. just the beer!
Fetzervalve Posted April 6, 2007 Report Posted April 6, 2007 No...the hardest thing is not posting photos every time I cook something. Dude - don't hurt yourself, let photos flow - I know I never shy away from looking at a nice butt!! The hardest thing is......... not firing up the KK to boil the water for the spaghetti!
LeadDog Posted April 6, 2007 Report Posted April 6, 2007 The hardest thing to do is to quit finding things to cook in the KK once you have it fired up.
PaulR Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 The hardest thing is ordering a KK and then having to wait for it to arrive!
Firemonkey Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 Actually, its even harder to order, one and wait for it to arrive without even seeing any pictures of it!
Sanny Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 What? No ultrasound??? Do you know its gender? How to know what color to paint the nursery? Hope you ordered your cover from Johnnyboy! (Johnnyboy's Jammies) They're WONDERFUL!! Perfect "receiving blanket" for your bundle of joy.
Firemonkey Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 What? No ultrasound??? Do you know its gender? How to know what color to paint the nursery? My Doctor is remiss in sending these items I went with the Terra blue, so it will have some brown in it...that way it will at least compliment its step-brother from Mexico!
ThreeDJ16 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 What? No ultrasound??? Do you know its gender? How to know what color to paint the nursery? My Doctor is remiss in sending these items I went with the Terra blue, so it will have some brown in it...that way it will at least compliment its step-brother from Mexico! How so, it does not have any pink in it?? hehe -=Jasen=-
