The newspaper is only to extinguish the fire.  Normally I would have stuffed
a piece of corncob in the tip after working my last hive.  I'm guessing that
much of the creosote forms as the fire is dying.  Perhaps others have a
different experience.

Mike Swintosky


I wrote:  > Lay a piece of newspaper across the open smoker and close the
lid over it.

Aaron Morris wrote:  So how does the smoke come out?