newtosmokingwithpellets
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My mother cooked with logs since the 1970's and I've followed her methods. How do you convert log ratios to pellets?
Log Cooking VS Pellets on Commercial Smokers
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Salmonsmoker
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Welcome NTSWP, give BP a shot at your business. His service can't be beat. I think you'd be looking at BTU's for part of your conversion factor, also the way combustion air is supplied to the fire. Wood burner reaction times I think would be a lot slower, as a pellet smoker has a fan to provide the combustion air so the reaction time is a lot quicker and the use of fuel is probably more efficient. If I've slipped you some incorrect advice, the parlimentarians of pellet smoking will be along to set us both straight in short order.
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TentHunter
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Welcome to the forum!
If you're wondering how many bags of pellets would equal a given number of logs, it's difficult to convert that. You have to keep in mind that pellets have had the air compressed out of the wood fibers cells, making them very dense and efficient compared to logs.
I do know that both of my pellet cookers are pretty efficient. In smoke mode I usually burn less than a pound/hour. For Low & Slow BBQ temps it's usually close to 1 pound per hour. For higher temps the usage goes up depending on how hot you're cooking.
If you mix wood flavors with your logs, then you would simply follow suit with your mix ratio. If you use 50/50 Hickory/Apple mix for instance, then you'd still mix a 50/50 blend of pellets At least I do.
As far as cooking goes, the only real change I made on the pellet cookers was to run in smoke mode for a while first, for some cooks, to get a deeper smoke profile similar to what I got on my stick/charcoal burners with a light blueish gray smoke. And just like a stick burner, the hotter your temp, the less smoke profile you get.
I hope this helps answer your question.
If you're wondering how many bags of pellets would equal a given number of logs, it's difficult to convert that. You have to keep in mind that pellets have had the air compressed out of the wood fibers cells, making them very dense and efficient compared to logs.
I do know that both of my pellet cookers are pretty efficient. In smoke mode I usually burn less than a pound/hour. For Low & Slow BBQ temps it's usually close to 1 pound per hour. For higher temps the usage goes up depending on how hot you're cooking.
If you mix wood flavors with your logs, then you would simply follow suit with your mix ratio. If you use 50/50 Hickory/Apple mix for instance, then you'd still mix a 50/50 blend of pellets At least I do.
As far as cooking goes, the only real change I made on the pellet cookers was to run in smoke mode for a while first, for some cooks, to get a deeper smoke profile similar to what I got on my stick/charcoal burners with a light blueish gray smoke. And just like a stick burner, the hotter your temp, the less smoke profile you get.
I hope this helps answer your question.