A Coffee Can for Wood Chunks

Q: Just reading your comments on propane smokers and I have a question, I just purchased a propane smoker from Costco, the Grand Cafe model, not sure if you are familiar with it. Anyway, I am haivng a hard time getting consistant smoke from it. I am thinking about doing your coffee can trick, and was wondering if you placed the can directly on the burners. In this cooker the chip tray sits about 4-5 inches above the burner, so I owuld have to remove some brackets to put the can directly on the burners, but maybe the distance from the burners is the problem.

Thanks!

A: I would not sit it directly on the burner.. put it in about the same location as your chip box is now. You may need to be creative if it won't sit there without falling thru.

You can also use a dremel tool or something similar to cut the coffee can down if it is too tall.

The nice thing about the coffee can trick is that the smoke usually starts in under a minute and that is what you want!


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