Maybe a stupid question but do you still add smoke wood when using lump? alot of the mass produced stuff I see is labeled mesquite wood. if I add a chunk of peach wood to mesquite is that over doing it?
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Definitely add it! May not do much for beef, but pork and poultry you'll love it.Comment
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Curious if anyone has tried the minion method with lump charcoal?Comment
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That would defeat the purpose of the barrel, which is to circulate vapor that comes from drippings onto the hot coal bed.
Edit: Actually that's what I would do if I were cooking 1 chunk of meat in the center, but for hanging multiple pieces I think multiple minions directly under them might work tooLast edited by Hrlytramp; March 12, 2021, 10:57 AM. -
That's pretty much how I light all of my fires. It works great, ESPECIALLY when you're trying to lower the temp a bit. How big of a fire you're starting with is really important
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I’ve been experimenting with lump in my WSM and it will be my new go to for WSM cooks. Much less ash, much more efficient in my opinion. The key is to getting a fan controller on your PBC.
I agree with Meathead’s book, briquettes are much more consistent, creating a set it and forget it scenario. However with a fan controller you can achieve the same level of effort, if not a little less because of the efficiency.Comment
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Lots of good discussion on this thread. Just keep in mind that lump smoke is fundamentally different from briquettes'. Lump yields little to no nitric oxide, and there are other compounds missing that you will find in smoke from briquettes (and even more from smoke via real wood.) Meathead makes a pretty strong case for briquettes over lump, but to each their own. If I'm going to clean out my Ash Pan after every cook, the benefits of no binder ash are somewhat lessened.
Full disclosure--I cooked on a PBC from 2014-2020, sold it and bought a ceramic kamodo cooker for which lump is highly recommended instead of briquettes. I haven't quite been able to recreate the results I was getting on the PBC. It may be the type of charcoal, or it may be the cooker, or it may be the cook. Bottom line: don't sell your PBC... unless you are going to an offset and have 12 hours to kill every Saturday.Comment
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The purpose of the barrel is to circulate vapor that comes from drippings onto the hot coal bed. You might be able to get closer to those results if you remove the diffuser, float a 1/4 to 1/2 chimney of small(1-2") chunks over your basket of small chunks and let it run hotter.Last edited by Hrlytramp; March 12, 2021, 10:45 AM.
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