Liquid smoke is the most over powering distastful stuff in the world to me. It really doesn't do anything except camouflage meat flavor. Do yourself a flavor and pick up some hickory chips, chunks, misquite or something. Anything but liquid smoke. If you decide to go ahead with it, use about 1/4 of what they might say. It is rotten crap in my opinion. OH, and the wood chips, soak them in water for about 30 minutes to and hour before you use them.