Haha I won't be using pine. I had a lot of free pine last year to burn in my indoor open fire and it doesn't smell that great.
I do however have some lemon tree wood and plum tree wood so that might be worth trying out.
I weigh up cost vs grip vs expected lifetime of the tyres.
I've always chosen cheap tyres for the street.
I'm now looking to have a dedicated set of tyres for straight line performance at the drag strip.
Adjusting driving style seems to be a major factor in not wasting money.
Some nice tips there mate.
My local trees are mainly gum and pine.
I suspect I will be buying wood chips for smoking but that is ok.
It's funny that I'm almost 40 and have only really just discovered the joys of smoked and slow cooked meats.
It does have a lid.
I cooked a spicy onion marinated lamb shoulder a couple of months back along with a couple of lamb racks.
I did just as you said and had the tray at the opposite end from the heat.
I have a thermocouple attachment on my multimeter so I managed to get the heat right.
After 3 to 4 hours at 150c they came out quite good.
I'll definitely look into a smoking box as gas doesn't provide a smoke flavour apart from the smoking remnants of the last few cooks.
Holy cow that is a huge smoker that guy has.
I'm pretty sure I'll be watching a lot of these videos and trying some out for myself.
I only have a 3 plate, 6 burner bbq with a wok burner but I reckon I could pull some of it off.
I just found this bbq channel on youtube.
They are advertising for the cookers/smokers but holy cow the dude makes some mouthwatering dishes.
@Rab I figured a tag wouldn't go astray.