When To Add The Meat?

[andrewj]

Hi
Could any tell me how long you should wait after adding wood chips before you put your meat in the smoker. I did pulled pork for the first time this weekend and I put the meat in straight after I put the wood chips on (only used a handful of oak chips). The first ten mins of the cook were very smokey and the meat did have a strong, but not overpowering smokey taste (it did have a wonderful smoke ring though ).

So I was just wondering if there was a set time you had to wait before adding your meat or is it down to personal taste and experience?

Cheers.

[Tyrone1Wils]

Generally, when the smoke isn't thick. When the smoke turns thin blue, almost invisible.

[robgunby]

I don't use chips, I use chunks the size of my fist, and I don't wait for the smoke to change, I wait for the smoker to be at the right temperature. If you're using chips, I would have thought you would want to add your meat straight away as they aren't gonna last that long.

If your experiment with adding straight away worked, I say you're on to a winner!