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How to Get More Smoke Flavor on a Pellet Grill using Real Wood

Get stick burner flavor on your pellet grill by following these simple steps to create a firebox that burns charcoal and real wood chunks.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Author Mads Martigan

Ingredients

  • 1 Flip Smoker Box
  • 3 Charcoal Briquettes
  • 1 Aluminum Foil Loaf Pan
  • 1 Fire Starter Cube
  • 1 Wand Lighter
  • 3-6 pieces Wood Chunks
  • 1 set Long Handled BBQ Tongs
  • 1 set Heat Resistant BBQ Gloves

Instructions

  • Preheat your pellet grill like you normally would, setting it to your desired temperature.
  • Place one fire starter cube in the bottom of a loaf pan..
    Firestarter cube in the bottom of an aluminum foil loaf pan on a charcoal grill
  • Light the fire starter with a wand lighter and allow it to ignite fully.
    lighting a firestarter cube inside an aluminum foil loaf pan on a charcoal grill
  • Add three charcoal briquettes inside the smoker box. Make sure the stand is installed on the bottom of the box.
    charcoal briquettes inside a smoker box on top of a charcoal grill
  • Place the smoker box in the loaf pan on top of the lit fire starter. Allow the charcoal to ignite.
    gloved hand placing the smoker box filled with charcoal briquettes into an aluminum foil loaf pan with a lit fire starter inside
  • Using long handed tongs, flip the charcoal briquettes over to ignite the other side of each.
    tongs turning over lit charcoal briquettes in the smoker box
  • Add the wood chunks on top of the lit charcoal. Arrange the pieces so that the lid will fit on top of the box. Allow the wood to start smoldering.
    wood chunks in a firebox set inside an aluminum foil loaf pan
  • Wearing heatproof gloves, carefully place the lid on top of the smoking wood.
    a gloved hand placing the lid on top of the smoking smoker box
  • If cooking on the bottom grates without the top rack installed, place the loaf pan containing the lit smoker box on the grates of the grill, preferable toward the back left side but away from the grill temperature probe.
    turkey breast on a v shaped rack inside an aluminum foil pan on the grates of a pit boss pellet grill with a smoker box to the left
  • If cooking on the top rack, remove the stand from the firebox and place it directly on the grill grates toward the back left side, not too close to the grill temperature probe.
    pit boss set up for smoking salmon with the salmon on the right of the top rack, a water pan on the left of the top rack, a water pan on the right of the bottom rack and a smoker box on the left of the bottom rack
  • Add your food to the smoker and cook according to your recipe.

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