Davedubanoski
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I also have same problem. I would like to have a deeper smoke taste then just at the surface. You would think that as much smoke as it produces you would have better flavor.
Wife complains that my cooking taste like it came out the oven instead of a grill/smoker
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I have a new update I would like to add. Labor Day cook turned out great for me on my Pro 1100. I grilled chicken legs and thighs, ribeye and t-bone steaks and 5 ears of corn, oh plus some fresh sausage. According to everyone who ate it came out great. I used my smoke tube for the first time and I cooked around 450 degress most of the time. It all came out like everything was grilled this time and with a slight smokey flavor not like a smoker but just like I think food should taste when grilled it had a nice smokey flavor.
I guess the biggest difference this time was that I cranked up the heat more. Again, this is only my 5th cook on the pellet grill. I was use to the kamado grill where you have to watch that the temps don't take off. Now I think I have a good understanding of the difference between the gas grill, kamado and now the pellet grill.
Well, maybe not just yet I got it a day late but I purchased a set of the GrillGrates. I can use these on all three grills. I'll let you know how they work out when I get to use these.
I guess the biggest difference this time was that I cranked up the heat more. Again, this is only my 5th cook on the pellet grill. I was use to the kamado grill where you have to watch that the temps don't take off. Now I think I have a good understanding of the difference between the gas grill, kamado and now the pellet grill.
Well, maybe not just yet I got it a day late but I purchased a set of the GrillGrates. I can use these on all three grills. I'll let you know how they work out when I get to use these.
I grilled Ribeyes for Labor Day. Turned the Pit Boss to 475 and did them 4 minutes per side. Not much smoke there for an 8 minute cook but they turned out awesome. My PB is older and does not have the sliding sear plate so I didn't have dark grill marks but that's ok. I have used to Amaz-n smoke tube many times on longer cooks and it does seem to add more smoke. Currently going through a bag of Kingsford Cherry Pellets and waiting on my Bear Mountain pellets to ship.
I just did my first pork butt on my new vertical copperhead 5. 250 for 12 hours until 200. Rested for 3 hours in a cooler. Pulled it, it was really tender, but lacked smoke flavor. Nothing like what I get from my BGE. Crazy to me as I saw it smoking during the process. Sometimes heavier. Sometimes the thin nice smoke. I don’t get how that doesn’t translate to a nice smoke flavor.
DaveXDm9
Retired Moderator
If you compare a pellet grill/smoker to a stick burner smoker the true BBQ smoke is not going to be there on the pellet grill.
The stick burner uses larger pieces of solid wood which when is burned produces more acid, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, polymers, and alcohols. Wood pellets are basically compressed saw dust that has already lost majority of it influences to produce smoke.
Some have added a smoke tube which tells you that pellets can produce the smoke, but the smoker needs more pellets. My personal opinion that a pellet grill just a grill and not a traditional smoker. Yes I get smoke flavor from my pellet grill. Is it the same as a stick burner not even close, but the pellet grill is hell of a lot easier to handle than a stick burner.
Davedubanoski
New member
I smoked a pork loin marinaded in Creole butter and used a coffee rub . Mesquite pellets and cherry pellets in a SS bag. I used the smoke setting for about 4 hours. Then wrapped it for about 1 1/2 hours then let it rest for an hour. It had a good Smokey flavor all the way through but I would still like it stronger. I'm gonna smoke another
tomorrow and see if I can improve on it.
Big Ron
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I use a $10 smoke tube from amazon in my electric smoker and my Lockhart platinum combo, creates a good smoky flavor and will smoke for 3-4 hours. As stated in earlier replies, pellet smokers/grills don’t really generate much smoke.
