I have the old style Weber Genesis (with 2 rows of "flavorizer" bars). Last
year, I bought the Weber Steam 'N Chips smoker accessory. I've had little
luck, except at pretty high temperatures (350 +) in getting the thing to
emit ANY smoke. And 350 is way higher than the low temp cooking I'm
gravitating towards.

Weber's Hotline advisors have told me everything from "soak the wood chips
in water before putting them in the smoker box," to "don't soak the chips at
all." Neither seems to work at low temps (below 300).

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Alan

In article >,
"AlanRab" > wrote:

> I have the old style Weber Genesis (with 2 rows of "flavorizer" bars). Last
> year, I bought the Weber Steam 'N Chips smoker accessory. I've had little
> luck, except at pretty high temperatures (350 +) in getting the thing to
> emit ANY smoke. And 350 is way higher than the low temp cooking I'm
> gravitating towards.

Same here, new Weber Genesis. Last weekend we abandoned the smoker box
and wrapped the soaked chips in aluminimum foil. Shaped like a log,
with the ends open. Placed it right on the back vaporizer bar. It made
a little smoke, not much.

I'm going to try the suggestion of just placing a soaked chunk right on
the vaporizer bar. Maybe it'll get hot enough then.

We're also considering getting the Weber Smokey Mountain w/the rebate on
amazon.com and using that for butts, ribs and brisket. We'd continue to
use our Genesis for hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken.

You can get good smoke from a Weber Genesis by just throwing a chunk of wood
on the back flavorizer bar during heat-up. It will smoke for 30 minutes or
so during your cook, which is enough to give good flavor.

I haven't used the product, but for the Steam-n-Chips, you probably need to
get the chips up to temp to get the smoking started by having them in the
smoker box and setting the burners to H-H-H- for 10 minutes or so to
preheat. Once they start smoking, you can then cook at 300-350 or so and
they should smoke for some amount of time.

"AlanRab" > wrote in message
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> I have the old style Weber Genesis (with 2 rows of "flavorizer" bars).
Last
> year, I bought the Weber Steam 'N Chips smoker accessory. I've had little
> luck, except at pretty high temperatures (350 +) in getting the thing to
> emit ANY smoke. And 350 is way higher than the low temp cooking I'm
> gravitating towards.
>
> Weber's Hotline advisors have told me everything from "soak the wood chips
> in water before putting them in the smoker box," to "don't soak the chips
at
> all." Neither seems to work at low temps (below 300).
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Alan
>
>

"CSS" > wrote in message
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> You can get good smoke from a Weber Genesis by just throwing a chunk of
wood
> on the back flavorizer bar during heat-up. It will smoke for 30 minutes
or
> so during your cook, which is enough to give good flavor.
>
> I haven't used the product, but for the Steam-n-Chips, you probably need
to
> get the chips up to temp to get the smoking started by having them in the
> smoker box and setting the burners to H-H-H- for 10 minutes or so to
> preheat. Once they start smoking, you can then cook at 300-350 or so and
> they should smoke for some amount of time.

Do you or others recommend wet or dry chips? I always preheat at H-H-H for
15 minutes, but that doesn't consistently give smoke. Thanks for your ideas.

In article >,
"AlanRab" > wrote:

> I have the old style Weber Genesis (with 2 rows of "flavorizer" bars). Last
> year, I bought the Weber Steam 'N Chips smoker accessory. I've had little
> luck, except at pretty high temperatures (350 +) in getting the thing to
> emit ANY smoke. And 350 is way higher than the low temp cooking I'm
> gravitating towards.

Same here, new Weber Genesis. Last weekend we abandoned the smoker box
and wrapped the soaked chips in aluminimum foil. Shaped like a log,
with the ends open. Placed it right on the back vaporizer bar. It made
a little smoke, not much.

I'm going to try the suggestion of just placing a soaked chunk right on
the vaporizer bar. Maybe it'll get hot enough then.

We're also considering getting the Weber Smokey Mountain w/the rebate on
amazon.com and using that for butts, ribs and brisket. We'd continue to
use our Genesis for hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken.