Just wondering if anyone has factual info on the subject of.unlit charcoal being added to a fire. Does anyone know why if you set a a chimney of charcoal and after is is ashed over you dump it in a weber it will burn perfectly clean no smoke just heat, no smell, no smoke,,but if you add any, even 2 or 3 unlit coals you will get some blue smoke, and that smoke will have a scent not a bad scent. But I am just wondering what causes the smoke. Why does charcoal produce any smoke at all at the beggining, and none after about 20 min.
I would expect the reason is incomplete combustion until the individual briquette gets to a temperature to promote efficient combustion but that is just a guess.
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