So what are the wood types suitable for smoking?

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Re: So what are the wood types suitable for smoking?

Postby JustinCouch » Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:20 pm

The muscadine Vine that I got was absolutely wonderful. I hope to be able to get some more and I hope you all can find some too.
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Postby BigThicketBBQ » Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:40 pm

I haven’t noticed any real difference between strains of oak. I’ve had best results with oak, or a mixture of oak and hickory. Oak is always the primary, for me.
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Re: So what are the wood types suitable for smoking?

Postby rms827 » Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:52 pm

What about Kudzu? :?:

j/k, LOL.
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Postby BigThicketBBQ » Wed Aug 01, 2018 8:45 am

I used some pear this weekend and it was nice.
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So what are the wood types suitable for smoking?

Postby PinoyPitmaster » Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:58 pm

Pimento wood is fantastic on chicken but extremely rare and expensive to get.

If you get a chance try it out. I am saving the last batch i have for the next competition.

I get mine on pimentowood.com


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Postby Boots » Sun Sep 30, 2018 11:54 pm

rms827 wrote:What about Kudzu? :?:

j/k, LOL.


I hear this is big over in Georgia like the Redneck Olympics, LOL.
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Re: So what are the wood types suitable for smoking?

Postby rms827 » Sun Nov 04, 2018 4:42 pm

Boots wrote:
rms827 wrote:What about Kudzu? :?:

j/k, LOL.


I hear this is big over in Georgia like the Redneck Olympics, LOL.


I still have pics somewhere from my time living there of it completely overgrowing and smothering Georgia pines. Whoever the idjit was that brought it over from Africa as cattle food should have made sure the cattle would actually eat it, and that it wouldn't grow berserk. Double fail, lol.
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Re: So what are the wood types suitable for smoking?

Postby bbqqueens » Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:46 pm

The wood type suitable for smoking and grilling for you:

Mild Smoking Woods: Apple, Almond, Alder, Cherry.
Moderate Woods: Maple, Grapevine, Olive, Pecan.
Strong Smoking Woods: Oak, Hickory, Acacia, Beech.
Aggressive Smoking Woods: Mesquite, Manuka, Walnut, Pimento.

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Re: So what are the wood types suitable for smoking?

Postby ssentronsmoke » Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:54 pm

Do you ever soak your wood before hand?
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Postby OldUsedParts » Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:59 pm

I've been guilty of that BUT ONLY soaked wood chips to throw onto the hot coals at the beginning of the Smoking or Grilling - - - depends on what I'm wanting to add smoke to. :dont:
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Re: So what are the wood types suitable for smoking?

Postby Rambo » Sun Jul 21, 2019 3:45 pm

ssentronsmoke wrote:Do you ever soak your wood before hand?

No
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Re: So what are the wood types suitable for smoking?

Postby Boots » Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:32 pm

No soaky fer Smokey. Will produce a bitter, thick, whitish (or blackish if green wood) smoke. The key idea is to get a stick burner producing a pale translucent bluish smoke, which is a sign yer cooker is burning efficiently without a lot of byproduct. That takes hard cured dry wood.
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Re: So what are the wood types suitable for smoking?

Postby Txdragon » Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:24 am

Boots wrote:No soaky fer Smokey. Will produce a bitter, thick, whitish (or blackish if green wood) smoke. The key idea is to get a stick burner producing a pale translucent bluish smoke, which is a sign yer cooker is burning efficiently without a lot of byproduct. That takes hard cured dry wood.

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Re: So what are the wood types suitable for smoking?

Postby Smoking Piney » Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:57 pm

ssentronsmoke wrote:Do you ever soak your wood before hand?


No, and I'm cooking on a gravity feed with wood chunks. Wet wood smolders / steams and produces some nasty smoke.

Even grilling on my BGE, I use dry chips.
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