Best wood chunk type if using over charcoal - Page 2

frognot · 01-15-2013, 02:14 AM

i'm a cheap farker & tend to mostly use free wood. I used to use peach a lot because i hunted a friend's property & he had a peach orchard. Then i started hunting a friend's place in SW Arkansas and we had hickory available so mostly used it. Now i'm using mostly pecan because my son brought me a bunch that he cut from a fallen tree at his grandmother's house.

Wampus sent me some cherry wood a couple of years ago & i used it sparingly because it was such incredible wood (and was very sad when i used the last of it).

If i had my druthers, i'd smoke with cherry all the time, if no cherry then pecan or peach with hickory close behind.

SmokinAussie · 01-15-2013, 03:27 AM

^^^ Yes,

Smoked with some Weber branded Hickory tonight. Nice, but my peach / nectarine / apple wood of my dad's hobby farm was better. I ran out of it and bought the Hickory chips. I'm not disappointed, but I'd prefer my own wood.

Cheers!

Bill

CarolinaQue · 01-15-2013, 05:13 AM

I'm a big fan of mixing white oak and peach chunks.

Jaskew82 · 01-15-2013, 09:41 AM

I pretty much exclusively use 1 part hickory, 1 part apple and 2 parts cherry on my chicken and pork smokes. I love the taste the hardwood hickory imparts and the color the cherry puts out. I always start with Cherry and hickory then go over to apple and cherry to finish.

When smoking brisket I use pecan and oak.

01-15-2013, 02:14 AM	#16
frognot Babbling Farker Join Date: 03-22-04 Location: Allen, Texas Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i'm a cheap farker & tend to mostly use free wood. I used to use peach a lot because i hunted a friend's property & he had a peach orchard. Then i started hunting a friend's place in SW Arkansas and we had hickory available so mostly used it. Now i'm using mostly pecan because my son brought me a bunch that he cut from a fallen tree at his grandmother's house. Wampus sent me some cherry wood a couple of years ago & i used it sparingly because it was such incredible wood (and was very sad when i used the last of it). If i had my druthers, i'd smoke with cherry all the time, if no cherry then pecan or peach with hickory close behind. __________________ Large Big Green Egg WSM Weber One Touch Gold Weber Summit Gold Super Fast, Super Accurate Orange Therma-Pen Retired: NB Bandera (2003-2009) that introduced me to y'all crazy farkers "If you really care about this place, you'll show some respect for it." deguerre Thanks to N8man & NorthwestBBQ for the custom avatars! (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") "Hang in there Dan Chambers!"

01-15-2013, 03:27 AM	#17
SmokinAussie Babbling Farker Join Date: 10-19-09 Location: Melbourne, VIC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	^^^ Yes, Smoked with some Weber branded Hickory tonight. Nice, but my peach / nectarine / apple wood of my dad's hobby farm was better. I ran out of it and bought the Hickory chips. I'm not disappointed, but I'd prefer my own wood. Cheers! Bill __________________ Creator of the Aussie Lamb Farker Awards!!! IMBAS Certified MOINK BALLER (NOSKOS RULE) "Bullet Bill" WSM "Blue Lou" Performer Small Offset Smoker... SOS Baby WGA, Upright Cabinet Gasser Smoker, and a Cheap Arse Satay Stick Grill Zero for MOINKS Farkanaut

01-15-2013, 05:13 AM	#18
CarolinaQue is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 06-23-07 Location: North Berwick, ME Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm a big fan of mixing white oak and peach chunks. __________________ Tim “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” - Mark Twain - Beautiful family - Home made trailer mounted reverse flow offset w/ vertical chamber, Weber OTG and an ECB

01-15-2013, 09:41 AM	#19
Jaskew82 is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-20-11 Location: Airmont, NY Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I pretty much exclusively use 1 part hickory, 1 part apple and 2 parts cherry on my chicken and pork smokes. I love the taste the hardwood hickory imparts and the color the cherry puts out. I always start with Cherry and hickory then go over to apple and cherry to finish. When smoking brisket I use pecan and oak. __________________ Hillside BBQ 2013 Stumps Classic - Delivered 4/15/13 Large BGE - Rescued 2012 2010 WSM 22.5" 2010 Weber genesis gas grill Rescued 22.5 Weber One-touch gold Yellow Thermopen BBQ Guru CyberQ 2011 Built UDS - Retired