Soaking yer Chips

[Kioti]

To soak or not to soak chips...that is the question.  What do most of you Smokeaholic's do and why?

[whitey]

Nope no soaking going on here.

[jaymark6655]

I soak and put them directly on coals, but I am also using a weber instead of a smoker.  One time that I used chunks, I didn't soak those.

[Kc_Kracker]

nope i dont want water dripping from the ceiling of my smoker, too much moisture 

[h20hunter]

I soak when adding chips to coals...don't soak when strictly smoking.

[CMG]

I soak when adding chips to coals...don't soak when strictly smoking

Somewhat the same, I soak when using indirect heat over coals (Not an offset). I do not soak when using the offset smoker.

[sirmissalot]

I soak when adding chips to coals...don't soak when strictly smoking.

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[NRA4LIFE]

No soaking here as I use a chip pan.  Like KC said, I don't care for the steam that it creates.

[Kioti]

nope i dont want water dripping from the ceiling of my smoker, too much moisture 

I can get behind that Kc...especially this time of the year.
Thanks

[Kc_Kracker]

once you pull your meat out and see that its covered in nasty wet stuff (someones gonna have fun with that sentence) and watery goo from the smoker is dripping on it too, you wont care for it. like they said on charcoal sure the heat kills the moisture, in a smoker i wouldnt ever, im trying to DEHYDRATE and cure the meat not moisten it

[dscubame]

No soak.

[turkeyfeather]

once you pull your meat out and see that its covered in nasty wet stuff (someones gonna have fun with that sentence)

Wait what are we talking about again?

And you posted it anyway.  I tried to let it go but I couldn't. Figured if I didn't do it somebody was gonna.

[Kc_Kracker]

once i saw i said o well i wasnt gonna retype it all just to stop someone from having fun with it 

[Fishstiq]

I soak, Big Chief smoker with a pan, but I do it because it says to... never really considered not soaking.  Now I gotta try that.  Oh wait, that means I need something to smoke.  S'cuse me, I gotta go check the fridge/freezer/backyard.

[Kc_Kracker]

I soak, Big Chief smoker with a pan, but I do it because it says to... never really considered not soaking.  Now I gotta try that.  Oh wait, that means I need something to smoke.  S'cuse me, I gotta go check the fridge/freezer/backyard.

backyard?  lookin for the neighbors cat? a squirrel?