Soaking wood chips a myth?

[hifigary]

Have we all been doing it wrong? This article suggests there is no need to soak wood chips - kind of makes
sense!

http://amazingribs.com/tips_and_techniq ... _wood.html

[BadBoyzofBBQ]

Not all of us lol

[keith157]

It's an interesting experiment, I always thought soaking was to slow down combustion rather then prevent it, which it seems to do in chips. It would be interesting to hear from the more experienced members.
On a similar vein Steven Raichlen stated he has tried both soaked and dry wood skewers and found little or no difference in their combustion times.