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Date: | Fri, 6 Sep 2013 11:00:14 -0400 |
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I agree, wood pellets, especially a hardwood (like oak), will burn for hours and produce a very nice sweet smelling smoke. I have kept my smoker going for 5+ hours and longer as I go from bee yard to bee yard (be sure to have a way to keep a lit smoker secure in the back of your truck).
To keep the pellets from falling out, I cut a piece of #8 hardware cloth (the same stuff used for screen bottom boards and inner covers) and put it inside side of the lid of the smoker. It will carbon/gum up over many uses, but is easy to clean with your hive tool.
I put a layer of wood pellets in the smoker and the light a strip of burlap which I have loosely rolled up in a coil. Once the burlap is smoldering good in the smoker, I then add wood pellets on top and the sides of the burlap. It is good when you need your smoker lit for many, many hours.
If I only need 15 minutes or so, I just roll up a strip of cardboard and light it. If I find I need more time, once the cardboard is getting close to being done, then I will stuff the smoker with pine needles to keep it going (and the pine needles smell nicer than the cardboard).
If I need about 45 minutes, I just use burlap.
Steve
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