How to Use a Smoker BBQ
- 1). Familiarize yourself with your smoker barbecue. It typically has a grill with a lid, and a firebox. The firebox is where the fire will be built, and the grill is where the meat will be placed.
- 2). Place a large pan under the grill. The pan will catch the juices that drip down from the meat on the grill. Add water to the pan to provide moisture during the cooking process.
- 3). Build a fire in the firebox using charcoal. Pile the charcoal in the firebox, squirt lighter fluid over the top of the charcoal and light it with a match or barbecue lighter to start the fire.
- 4). Soak the woodchips in water for about 30 minutes. Add a handful of drained woodchips to the firebox every hour or so, after the charcoal is white-hot and fully lit.
- 5). Add the meat to the grill when the temperature is about 180 to 225 degrees F. It will get much hotter at first, and then will cool down to 225 degrees.
- 6). Add charcoal and a few damp woodchips to the firebox every hour or so, to keep the fire going.
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