Louisiana Grills Tennessee Whiskey Barrel Pellets
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 5:55 am
Chasdev's post about the JD branded pellets made from their retired barrels made me want to try these when I saw them at the store:
Unlike the Jack Daniels pellets, these were all wood. The whiskey scent was VERY mild though. Not sure if the process of grinding them down and then compressing it into pellets squeezed out the booze, but the "devil's cut" was apparently very small here, LOL. This is the wood I used for my Santa Maria tri tip in the post I made just a little while ago. No whiskey flavor noticed, but to be fair, the meat had a rub and glaze both on it.
One thing I can say in it's favor is that the pellets must have a very high BTU rating, because the whole time that tri tip cooked, the Rec Tec barely used any pellets.
I'm going to try again tonight (we're doing ribs), and I'll let y'all know if we notice any flavor difference. So far they just seem like a good quality white oak pellet though.
Oh yeah... Gotta love the warning labels:
The scary thing is, these labels get put onto products because some doorknob actually tried to do what the label warns against, LOL. Here's yer sign...
Unlike the Jack Daniels pellets, these were all wood. The whiskey scent was VERY mild though. Not sure if the process of grinding them down and then compressing it into pellets squeezed out the booze, but the "devil's cut" was apparently very small here, LOL. This is the wood I used for my Santa Maria tri tip in the post I made just a little while ago. No whiskey flavor noticed, but to be fair, the meat had a rub and glaze both on it.
One thing I can say in it's favor is that the pellets must have a very high BTU rating, because the whole time that tri tip cooked, the Rec Tec barely used any pellets.
I'm going to try again tonight (we're doing ribs), and I'll let y'all know if we notice any flavor difference. So far they just seem like a good quality white oak pellet though.
Oh yeah... Gotta love the warning labels:
The scary thing is, these labels get put onto products because some doorknob actually tried to do what the label warns against, LOL. Here's yer sign...