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<blockquote data-quote="Tony" data-source="post: 168370" data-attributes="member: 1">I am full on wood. I have stacked wood in my backyard that I use. Pellets are used only for pellet grills. They don't work that great in any other grill. Chips are great if you are working with direct heat. Soak the chips in hot water (opens the pores) for 30 minutes and put them on the coals when you start cooking. Not that much smoke since they burn out pretty quickly. Chunk is great for the offset or indirect heat. Use good lump charcoal like Royal Oak to get a good hot bed of coals and toss some chunks on the fire. If you put the chunks beside the fire, it will dry them out and as soon as you put them on the fire, they will catch very quickly. Sticks is what I use. Basically it is split wood trunks that are cut to the length of your fire box. Put down some good lump charcoal and get a few good logs on teh fire. Let them fully catch and have a couple more smaller logs beside the fire to dry out. Regulate the airflow in and out and maintain the temp you are shooting for. The reason to put the wood beside the fire to dry it out is to keep the creosote down (the thick smoke that makes a black bark that is bitter). By allowing it to dry beside the fire it can burn off most of the moisture and stop a lot of the smoke production.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony, post: 168370, member: 1"] I am full on wood. I have stacked wood in my backyard that I use. Pellets are used only for pellet grills. They don't work that great in any other grill. Chips are great if you are working with direct heat. Soak the chips in hot water (opens the pores) for 30 minutes and put them on the coals when you start cooking. Not that much smoke since they burn out pretty quickly. Chunk is great for the offset or indirect heat. Use good lump charcoal like Royal Oak to get a good hot bed of coals and toss some chunks on the fire. If you put the chunks beside the fire, it will dry them out and as soon as you put them on the fire, they will catch very quickly. Sticks is what I use. Basically it is split wood trunks that are cut to the length of your fire box. Put down some good lump charcoal and get a few good logs on teh fire. Let them fully catch and have a couple more smaller logs beside the fire to dry out. Regulate the airflow in and out and maintain the temp you are shooting for. The reason to put the wood beside the fire to dry it out is to keep the creosote down (the thick smoke that makes a black bark that is bitter). By allowing it to dry beside the fire it can burn off most of the moisture and stop a lot of the smoke production. [/QUOTE]

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