New SM 025

Welcome to the forum, if you use the find feature and key in smoke ring you will find a lot of threads on the subject. A charcoal briquette will work to a degree but with the great Q coming from your CS you will not miss the smoke ring. Come to think of it no one has ever said this smoke ring taste great while devouring my brisket!

I have tried the charcoal with an SMO45 and haven't been able to get the smoke ring. However, as Wilber said- I haven't had anybody complain because they didn't have a smoke ring to go with great BBQ.

Welcome to the forum- there's lots of great advice here.

Enjoy the great BBQ and eat it with sunglasses on

There's always the Tenderquick cheat but really...who cares?

I have not been able to get a smoke ring using charcoal either, not that it really matters.

I wonder if lump charcoal would produce a smoke ring...hummm?

When I owned a Smokette, I was able to achieve a thin SR using 3 lumps of Kingsford. Think I've read that Kingsford is the preferred SR faker-upper

I gave lump charcoal a try once. I couldn't see or tell any difference. So I save the lump for the Weber.

Like MaxQ says.If someone gives you a handful of Kingsford,other than that,it ain't worth the drive to walmart.

Trying to figure out the physics of how come it cant form a ring using wood but can get a small one with Kingsford. Only thing I can come up with is a lack of air maybe. Somebody kindly edumacate me here. Thanks. Not that a ring is all that critical as most have said..though it is mighty nice to have one in comp cooking. Have seen some potential grand prize winning briskets which failed to get picked because of a lack thereof. The problem usually being attributed to some kind of funky marinade on the front end. Now the judges tell them dont pay any mind to whether it has one or not..but I think it helps. lol

Good article at Amazing Ribs about the smoke ring.

http://amazingribs.com/tips_an..._the_smoke_ring.html

Thanks to everyone who replied ....Tried the Kingsford coal method on a turkey last weekend and still no ring...but ...and this is huge...Best smoked turkey ever way better than any other smoker I've owned / trashed. The moisture in the meat was fantastic Learning that these Cookshack units are way more efficient than other cookers and food is done faster than other smokers I've owned. Still learning the unit but loving the results

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Originally posted by bigwheel:
Trying to figure out the physics of how come it cant form a ring using wood but can get a small one with Kingsford.

If you really want to go all Big Bang Theory (I can) but I'll keep it simple.

The Electric CS only burn a few chunks of wood and the amount of gases created (that create the SR) just aren't enough to do the work AND the fact they are a very moist smoker (water affects it too).

The Kingsford produces more of the gases.