Corn Cobbs for Smoking?

[ddog27]

I was just watching "Good Eats" on food network and his show topic was corn. Alton Brown was showing how to remove the corn from the cobb with a knife. He then said not to throw away the cobb. He stated that you can take it and put it on top of your charcoal for smoking. He then stated that it beats wood chips any day. This is the first I have ever heard of doing this. Has anyone ever tried it? If so what were the results?

 

[BAG3]

Hmmm, corn cobs, not just for the outhouse anymore!!!!

 

[Neil]

worth trying on a yardbird. If that turns out then I'll try it with brisket, butt, or ribs.

 

[kcquer]

Doesn't really pertain to smoking, but my Dad used to tell stories of his Grandmother cooking the best meals, especially breakfasts, on an old wood cookstove usually fired by corncobs.
Fair warning, if dry (like field corn) corn cobs will burn very hot, fast but very hot. I suppose when sweet corn cobs dry out they would generate a lot of heat as well.

 

[mrkkti]

I know a guy that uses corn cobs amoung other stuff when smoking his deer sausage.

 

[icemn62]

Never used corn, but did throw the skin of a pineapple on the fire a long time ago, if I remember the results were quite satisfactiory.

 

[BrooklynQ]

Never used corn my self, but the best bacon I ever had was "corn cob smoked"

 

[Mark]

Corn cobs are very traditional in old-fashioned "cold smoking." They're not very dense though and I think fire tending would be much more demanding.