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is Blowin Smoke!
always bark on.... can tell no difference and it's less work! :mrgreen:
Pecan Wood
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SanDiegoSooner
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Pecan is one of my favorites especially being from Oklahoma. However, now that I'm in San Diego it is very difficult to find unless I want to pay luxury car prices for it! I haven't really found a good wood supplier in these parts yet.
oldbill
is One Chatty Farker
The only reason that bark would cause a bitter taste is that it had too much moisture in it and smoldered instead of combusting. The bitter taste that you sometimes find in Q is actually creosote and that is either caused by wet fuel, poor draft in the cooker or a combination of the two.
jcinadr
Knows what a fatty is.
Most of my smoke is pecan twigs. Have made smoke with pecan hulls and have read that pecans themselves also make good smoke. Since I am using yard fall, it is generally small diameter and with thin bark. (I have 8 pecan trees that constantly shed limbs in my yard).
PekingPorker
is one Smokin' Farker
I cook with pecan and bark on a lot. However, if the bark is older and easily peels or knocks off I'll take it off. I've never noticed the bitter taste some people mention from pecan bark.
all about the que
Well-known member
I use to buy pecan wood from Home Depot, but recently found a guy who trimmed his pecan tree who sold me some nice logs for chunking. I could tell a huge difference in the flavor that it added to my meat compared to the Home Depot brand. So my question is, How long will pecan wood keep its flavor if I store it in a dry place? I don't want to buy store bought wood anymore.
2dumb2kwit
Full Fledged Farker
I don't actually worry about bark itself, but often I will knock it of, to be sure there are no critters under it, or if it has any moss/fungus on it.
