On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:33:10 -0500, jay > wrote:

>In article >,
> Lou Decruss > wrote:
>
>
>> A small hot fire with very thin blue smoke. Cuchulain Libby spoke
>> years ago about feeling your smoke. If you rub your fingers together
>> over the exhaust if should feel dry.
>>
>> Lou
>
>Interesting...

I thought so.

>Cuchulain was trolling.

Wasn't his style.

>I don't believe feeling the smoke makes much sense or that he would even
>be able to detect variations with his fangers.

It was his teaching method I think. Maybe bordering on hyperbole. Go
make a fire with thick white smoke and feel the exhaust. Then go back
after it's burnt down and has a thin blue smoke and feel it.

>Good BBQ is actually somewhat fool proof.

I don't think so. But it ain't rocket science.

>Don't burn it, make some smoke and use some fat meat, indirect low heat, give it plenty
>of time.

You make a small hot fire and the smoke is a given. If all that was
required was smoke you could cook with cherry bombs added to a gas
grill.

>The BBQ "fanciers" like to make a big rub-a-dub production out
>of it but it is mostly pure BULLSHIT.

Much it chest pounding which it why I don't read the Q group anymore.

Lou