DaveMW
is Blowin Smoke!
I have smoked several butts and they have all come out tasting great but a little weak on the smoke flavor. Last weekend I fired up the smoker (GOSM) and cooked 2 butts. Previously I have used hickory and have made sure that it had 2 hrs worth of steady blue smoke. This time I ran out of hickory so I used hickory (20%) and oak (80%) and made sure that I had nice blue smoke for 3 hrs. Upon pulling them the smoke ring was less pronounced and the smoke flavor was barely there, even less than before. My wife agreed that these 2 butts were less tasty. Was it that I used mostly oak rather than all hickory? Am I missing something? I also made some pig candy that was on the top rack and it was plenty smokey and tastey. All input welcome. Thanks.