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Whats the proper way to add wood chips to a grill?

I have a 22" Weber kettle grill that a friend showed me how to smoke ribs in. Coals to the side with wood chips thrown in once ready to cook, ribs in the center.

I used to just soak my wood chips in water and throw them on the coals to smoke away adding soaked chips as needed. I've read that this really is not the proper way to do it as it just steams the water and the chips burn too fast and quickly. The proper way to do it is wrap the chips in foil and poke some holes in it and then throw it on the coals, is that correct?

I've found that the foil sometimes burns off, that can't be good for you. Well honestly it's happened once but I don't want that to happen again if it's bad for you.

So does it matter if the chips are in foil or not?