There's an old saying," too many cooks in the kitchen". If you ask 25 people you're likely to get 15 different answers.
I wouldn't get hung up on "whats the best way etc" answers. Some folks are stuck in their ways and that's the only way
it can be.
This isn't rocket science, we're smoking dried tobacco in a dried cob or a piece of wood.
Get a general idea and adapt what works for you. You may even figure out a better way than what people are suggesting.