I have had my stampede a few months now and so far I love it when grilling. My only issue thus far is I don't have much wood flavor when smoking meat. Is there anything I can do to fix this? My thought is maybe the feed rate would make a difference. Please help!
Stampede Smoke flavor
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Mastertech59
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Adjusting the minimum feed rate isn't going give you more smoke flavor, it's a adjustment to help maintain the temperature on low temperature cooks and to keep the fire burning. Get a smoke tube or you can place wood chips or pellets on top of the heat deflector sheld.
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Hi Have you tried putting wood chunks on the diffuser? I tried one time they didn't burn at all,maybe cause my temps were on the low side?
Dan
Mastertech59
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Yes but you need to run the grill up to 350 or so to get the chips to light then back the grills temperature down from there. I guess you could also use a propane torch to get them going when putting the chips on the deflector which would probably be quicker.
Bytor
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Have you tried the LO/ high smoke setting? This seems to add a little more smoke flavor. You may need to adjust your cook time though.
mooncusser2k
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What temps are you cooking at? For all pellet grills the amount of smoke depends on how efficiently the fuel is being burned: higher temp = less smoke, lower temp = more smoke.
Lots of folks will start out on LO - Extreme Smoke to start a cook, then bump up the temp. Smoke tubes are another option as mentioned above.
mooncusser2k
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What tube are you using? Mine can go longer than 2 hours.
Mastertech59
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Agree I get around 4 to 5 plus hours burn time out of this 12 inch octagon smoke tube, as you can see I don't fill it up fully either but do prop the open end up with a 4 inch long 1 inch round piece of scrap steel rod.
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mooncusser2k
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I have the tray too, though I've only used it in my MES, not in the RT yet. I have the large expanding oval tube. It's given 5-6 hours of smoke on top of what the RT makes.
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350!? I run chunks in mine all the time. I run it at 275 for a few mins, and your able to tell they light and start to smolder and I dial the temp down. never an issue, not one time have I been dissatisfied. and zero temp issues!!
Hi All Is it worth the extra $10 more for the expanable smoke tube, or is the 6" one enough?
Thanks Dan
Thanks Dan
mooncusser2k
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I use the 12-18" expandable tube just to have extra flexibility. Gives plenty of added smoke.
Grilltreats
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Try Lumberjack 100% wood flavor varieties.
6" tube will burn about 2 hrs. Tray will do about 8 -10 hrs. I don't fill rows completely full so there is no chance of it jumping rows.
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I use the standard 12".
What is the best way to grill hamburgers so they have a smoke flavor without having to use a smoke tube? I don't want to have to low heat for smoke flavor for couple of hours then turn up the heat.
mooncusser2k
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It's the nature of all pellet grills that higher temp = less smoke. That's because smoke is a result of a less efficient combustion of the fuel. Lower temp means less efficient and so you get more smoke.
Burgers are a quick cook - minutes not hours - not much opportunity to get smoke on them if you don't run at Lo for a bit before cranking up the temp.
Burgers are a quick cook - minutes not hours - not much opportunity to get smoke on them if you don't run at Lo for a bit before cranking up the temp.
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