Smoke Tube

FinsnFur · July 24, 2023, 08:13:36 PM

Never heard of these things until Friday at work somebody brought it up. I decided to buy one this weekend. Has anyone tried one of these? I am amazed at how well it works.

I put two cheap tenderized round steaks on the unlit grill with the smoke tube tonight for 45 minutes. Then I went out and lit the grill and cooked them for maybe 30 minutes on the lowest setting I possibly could. Left the smoke tube in the whole time.

I cannot believe how well they turned out. And the smoke taste was clear into the meat. I never would have thought this is possible with such a short smoking time.

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Okanagan · July 24, 2023, 10:17:20 PM

Never heard of a smoke tube but that steak sure looks good. Will look it up and see if we are civilized enough to have them out here on land's end.

nastygunz · July 25, 2023, 01:13:17 AM

We use a tin can 😂

FinsnFur · July 25, 2023, 08:43:33 PM

I've never used a smoker myself. I always thought it took a Loooooong time to do that.
I was/am impressed at the amount of flavor I got from an hour and 15 minutes.
I'm going to be using this thing some more.

I had maybe an hour left of burn time on it after the steaks were done so I shut off the grill, left the tube in there burning and dropped a couple blocks of Colby Jack in with it. Ohhhhhhh my gawdd

was that good.

pitw · July 26, 2023, 06:50:52 PM

We call them papers.

Glad you are enjoying steak.

Hawks Feather · July 26, 2023, 07:32:01 PM

What flavor of pellets did you use? I have had a smoker that is similar to that for about 10 years and never used it yet.

FinsnFur · July 26, 2023, 08:19:15 PM

Quote from: Hawks Feather on July 26, 2023, 07:32:01 PMWhat flavor of pellets did you use? I have had a smoker that is similar to that for about 10 years and never used it yet.

Jerry, I bought Mesquite.
Think I'm going to get some Hickory next time, to try also.

FinsnFur · July 26, 2023, 08:19:43 PM

Quote from: pitw on July 26, 2023, 06:50:52 PMWe call them papers.

Glad you are enjoying steak.

Barry, what'ya mean, "papers"

Todd Rahm · July 27, 2023, 10:10:40 PM

I use them on my pellet smokers for extra smoke.

They are really handy if you want to cold smoke things like cheese, salts, bourbons....etc.

I have one like that but they do make a box style that last longer.

bigben · July 28, 2023, 05:16:34 AM

Never heard of a smoke tube. I have a small cast iron box that I use for chips if I am grilling on propane. Cant say that I had smoke all the way through tho.

FinsnFur · July 28, 2023, 06:56:12 PM

Ben, maybe the pellets are the difference. I dont know for sure. I've never done this myself.

Tonight I smoked a couple Ribeyes with the pellet tube before grilling them. There are no words to describe the taste. I am so hooked.

bigben · July 31, 2023, 07:23:14 AM

Yea maybe. Never used pellets. Dad got me the cast iron box and a bunch of different compressed wafers for in it. They burn up quick at grill temps however. When I run my big smokers I use chunk wood. We just dropped a bunch of trees to get ready to put a house in and amongst them were wild cherry, wild pear, and a lot of hickory so Im stocked for a bit.

nastygunz · July 31, 2023, 02:09:21 PM

Wild cherry is some carving wood.

bigben · August 01, 2023, 06:37:05 AM

how big a chunks would you like? what are you carving out of it?