Pellets are made of compressed sawdust.  They are wood, and wood

burns when heated.  If you starve wood of oxygen when you heat it,

it smokes rather than burning to ash. 

If you don't have a BBQr's Delight Cast Iron Smoker Pot,

a pouch made of heavy duty aluminum foil with just one tiny hole in one

side works great to provide smoke in most outdoor cookers.

To make a foil pouch, cut a piece of heavy duty aluminum foil 6" by 12" and

fold in half making a 6"x6" square. Fold the side edges at least twice,

pressing each fold firmly along the entire side.  Put 1/3 cup of pellets in

the pouch and fold the top to seal.  Poke one (1) tiny hole in one side of the

pouch with a toothpick.  Place the pouch above your charcoal briquettes

or above the gas flame where the pellets will get very hot, but not catch fire.

(Sometimes this takes practice to find just the right spot.)

When the smoke starts coming out of the hole in the pouch,

put your food on the cooking grate and close the cover

of your cooker. 

Smoke should last up to 30 minutes depending on the

temperature of your cooker. If you want more smoke, you can

use slightly larger foil packets, or use multiple packets.

Why Pellets?