Soaking Your Chips...

[karpenter]

I Don't Do It

I'm Sure Chips Are Dandy
But I Use The Kind That Look Like Thin Shingles
I Can Split 'Em, And Thread Them Through The Charcoal
Leave The Lid Closed
And The Reduced Air Flow And Smoke In The Container
Will Prevent Any Flame Flare-Ups

Also, I Suspect Soaking Re-Constitutes Sap & Oils
Instead Of Flashing Off
It Will Rise As Steam In The Smoke

My Brother-In-Law Is So Proud Of His Smoked Turkey He Could Pop
He Wets His Chips Into A Soggy Mess
And Dumps Them Straight On To His Fire
He Brings Out The Bird
And There's An Oil Film On The Skin
You Can Scribe A Line With Your Finger
The Meat Is Fantastic, But The Skin Is In-Edible

So I Just Don't Do It

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Ageed.
There's no need to soak your wood if you using proper size chunks.
At minimum they should be as big as your fist.
The best way to use wood is to start a fire in a pit and feed the smoker from there.
That way you avoid the thick white smoke.

 

[Toro]

I like to dip my chips in onion dip

 

[Dick Foster]

I Don't Do It

I'm Sure Chips Are Dandy
But I Use The Kind That Look Like Thin Shingles
I Can Split 'Em, And Thread Them Through The Charcoal
Leave The Lid Closed
And The Reduced Air Flow And Smoke In The Container
Will Prevent Any Flame Flare-Ups

Also, I Suspect Soaking Re-Constitutes Sap & Oils
Instead Of Flashing Off
It Will Rise As Steam In The Smoke

My Brother-In-Law Is So Proud Of His Smoked Turkey He Could Pop
He Wets His Chips Into A Soggy Mess
And Dumps Them Straight On To His Fire
He Brings Out The Bird
And There's An Oil Film On The Skin
You Can Scribe A Line With Your Finger
The Meat Is Fantastic, But The Skin Is In-Edible

So I Just Don't Do It

You're right not to soak. Soaking wood chips is silly as it just slows down burning the wood which is how the smoke is genersted and what you want. If anything soaking wood chips helps create creasote which is not good to eat. I was a lump n chunk fan for years but recently moved up to a pellet grill to make life easier for those longer all night smokes like butts and briskets.