If you read the directions with your smoker it says nothing about soaking the chips only the bag of chips does.
Electric smoker chips won t smoke.
Wood chips are commonly used in an electric smoker and to make sure a good amount of smoke the wood chips need to soak in liquid properly and completely.
Soaking wood chips is not necessary to get a proper smoke.
Wood is loaded with water.
Why use an electric smoker easy to use.
Wait until you are getting thin blue smoke before you subject the food to the smoke.
Understand the basics of hardwood.
It s a common belief that you should soak your wood chips before putting them in the smoker.
Using an electric smoker is definitely the most convenient way to smoke your foods.
So you ll agree that spending hours trying to figure out how the smoker works shouldn t form part of your smoking experience.
I have a masterbuilt electric smoker.
Conversely the dry chips will burn.
When lighting the chips to smoke do not be afraid of letting them flame up initially.
Unlike the usual charcoal smoker you can set it and forget it with an electric smoker making them designed for your convenience.
Or worse yet they just burned up in minutes.
At that temp chips won t get hot enough to smoke.
I have a royal oak electric smoker e1609b this smoker is awesome i think the problem is you are soaking the chips that method is meant for gas and electric grill smoking.
I only use cured dry wood chips too.
Smoker won t smoke by.
It s time you learned exactly what to do with those wood chips so this never happens again.
To get good smoke there needs to be adequate temperature.
Are you soaking the chips before putting them in the smoker.
When you smoke meat with an electric smoker you will be.
Joe from tennessee.
In order to produce smoke from wet wood chips and cook food a temperature between 225 285 degrees fahrenheit is commonly used.
If the wood chip tray is too far from the element your wood chips simply won t get hot enough to burn.
Why won t my wood chips smoke.
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The wood chips failed to smoke.
No smoke when using my electric smoker by.
It doesn t produce the required amount of smoke to burn your meat.
As with electric smokers do not soak the chips you plan to smoke.
If no smoke or a low volume of smoke is produced check to ensure that the electric heating element is working correctly and evenly.
Control your vent position.