340 fuel/ignition issue?

I have found with the Edelbrock Performer carbs that Edelbrock recommends it set to "best lean" idle" and that backing the screws out untill the engine "sounds good" may lead to fouled plugs. I would suspect the TQ to be similar in carb tuning and setup? How is the mixture at idledoes the exhaust stink like rich? any black smoke?

Always smells a little rich to me even when the A/F meter reads 14.5 or so. No black smoke, though there might have been when the A/F all of a sudden went from 14's to 10:1.