When it comes to smoking food in an electric smoker the two main wood choices are wood chips and pellets.
Pellets or chips electric smoker.
This method also prolongs burning time.
In most cases it is simply a matter of taste or more exactly a combination of smoker and personal preference.
This pellet smoker is inexpensive very easy to use and provides consistent smoke.
So the best advice in this case is try them out for yourself.
An electric smoker on the other hand requires electrical power to produce pretty much all of the heat.
Pellets vs wood chips.
Soaking wood chips in water for about 30 minutes generates steam that adds moisture and heat to the smoking process.
However there are a couple of important differences.
This is where a pellet smoker comes in to play its part.
Others swear by pellets.
In both cases the basic principle remains the same fire is applied to the fuel and smoke is produced.
The truth is there s a considerable amount of difference between wood pellets and wood chips.
A pellet smoker will cost you 1 2 pounds of pellets per hour whereas an electric only consumes 6 8 ounces per cook.
From how wood pellets and wood chips are made to what their uses are to whether they are better for a grill or a smoker there s actually quite a fair bit to consider when you are trying to decide which is better for your purposes.
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Use chips one time pellets the next and then compare.
This smoker combines all the features of an electric smoker and a propane one too.
Wood chips burn faster than sawdust or pellets.
A small amount of heat will be created from the smouldering pellets wood chips required in the base of an electric smoker to produce the smoke however their heat output will be minimal.
The key with wood chips is to deny the wood of oxygen so it smolders and smokes.
For these reasons many barbecue enthusiasts out there have left the chip tray behind.
Pellet smokers work a lot differently than electric smokers and the process is a bit complicated too.
If you have an electric smoker just throw them in the tray.
As i mentioned above the electric might run you a buck.
Pellets run about 1 per pound so a 10 hr cook will run you 10.
In favor of a small tube which gives off up to 4 hours or box which gives off up to 11 hours of thin blue smoke the a maze n pellet smoker.
Smoker pellets and wood chips are two of the most accessible and popular options for smoking food.
Burnt wood chips will generate a bitter smoke.