RevZiLLa
05-25-2014, 03:14 PM
I did a couple of butts yesterday on a vertical gas smoker with water bowl and chip box between the burner and the bowl. I had gone to buy wood chips the day before and they were totally sold out of hickory....I panicked. I walked all over the store finding other displays of smoking wood...NO HICKORY!!
Then I remembered the Brethren and the glowing praise of pecan. I got apple and pecan and smoked the butts over the mix (75% pecan). I went to an internal temp of 190 for slicing...just when the probe went in real smooth.
The smoke was much thinner than hickory, but it had a light pleasant smell. I worried that there would not be enough smoke flavor in the meat. When the meat came off, it had a great smell.
After resting, I sliced one of the butts and got some chef's pickings as I sliced. WOW! Pecan is great! The wood smoke taste was less sharp than hickory, but very full bodied. We did not sauce the meat, but served it on the side. The smoke ring was deep and red, more red than hickory. If you like hickory, you will at the very least, like pecan.
The wife may not let me buy hickory again...but she doesn't go with me to the store every time...
How do you guys compare them?
Then I remembered the Brethren and the glowing praise of pecan. I got apple and pecan and smoked the butts over the mix (75% pecan). I went to an internal temp of 190 for slicing...just when the probe went in real smooth.
The smoke was much thinner than hickory, but it had a light pleasant smell. I worried that there would not be enough smoke flavor in the meat. When the meat came off, it had a great smell.
After resting, I sliced one of the butts and got some chef's pickings as I sliced. WOW! Pecan is great! The wood smoke taste was less sharp than hickory, but very full bodied. We did not sauce the meat, but served it on the side. The smoke ring was deep and red, more red than hickory. If you like hickory, you will at the very least, like pecan.
The wife may not let me buy hickory again...but she doesn't go with me to the store every time...
How do you guys compare them?