Smoke enhancement

[Daveschally]

Bought a smoke tube and it seems to work but have heard that you can also place some pellets on top of the fire pot cover. Is that a good practice?

 

[DenStinett]

I believe they are talking about a Cast Iron Heat Deflector there
Not sure if the Stainless ones will deal with it
You may have to call and ask RecTec on that

 

[SmokeOCD]

I wonder if you had the time and the patience to play with the temp control, if you could get the smoke you wanted. Say you get it up to 2-something and drop it to Lo, then crank it up again and drop it to Lo - repeat as often as you have patience for.... That drop cuts the feed, and the fan - giving you a less efficient burn, some smoldering - and therefore some smoke.
Me - I expect the grill not to taste like the stick burner I had or the charcoal grills I have. Seems like something to try on a day when the family has left, you have a cold six pack and nothing else to do. I think it might work - don't have the free time to test the theory.

 

[Daveschally]

I believe they are talking about a Cast Iron Heat Deflector there
Not sure if the Stainless ones will deal with it
You may have to call and ask RecTec on that

Yes on top of the cast iron deflector. Good practice?

 

[kstone113]

smoke tube with wood chips mixed in layered in a good practice if you need more smoke flavor.

 

[wigglemans]

Bought a smoke tube and it seems to work but have heard that you can also place some pellets on top of the fire pot cover. Is that a good practice?

The heavy d stick burning heat diffuser works really well but you need to do a modification so it sits over the fire pot like recteqs heat diffuser.

 

[Dr.Floyd]

I put cherry, apple, or post oak wood chips on the heat deflector, depending on what I'm cooking. I can definitely taste a difference in smokiness. I don't think I would ever use a smoke tube unless I was cold smoking something.

 

[Daveschally]

I put cherry, apple, or post oak wood chips on the heat deflector, depending on what I'm cooking. I can definitely taste a difference in smokiness. I don't think I would ever use a smoke tube unless I was cold smoking something.

Thank you. Just wanted to confirm it was ok