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?