I guess I was thinking incorrectly that more wood would equal more smoke. I will try to make the fire smolder when we make venison sausage in a few weeks. Does anyone here start smoking as soon as you put the sausage in the smoker at 120-130F? I thought maybe I should try starting a little earlier i...

I recently built a smokehouse in the backyard using a lot of information from this site and the corresponding book. It has internal dimensions of 7'W X 3'D X 6.5'H. I have used it 4-5 times now and the temperature control from my homemade propane pipe burner works perfectly. I can maintain any temp ...