So what are your go to pellets?
Apple/Cherry for pork
Pecan for fish and poultry
Competition Blend (Hickory-Cherry-Maple) for beef
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Pellets
- Self High-Five
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Pellets
"Lisa, if the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing and such and such." - Homer Simpson
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Re: Pellets
I use chips, but my go to’s are apple, pecan, hickory, and jack daniels.
Maple is a good idea, might have to go to the in-laws and harvest one of their trees
Maple is a good idea, might have to go to the in-laws and harvest one of their trees
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Re: Pellets
I've been a big fan of pecan of late. Is the Jack Daniels mixed with anything?
"Lisa, if the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing and such and such." - Homer Simpson
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Re: Pellets
I too like pecan for the (I’d call it) clean smoke flavor that is pretty light. The jack daniels chips are made from used aging barrels at their facility. Basically, hickory/oak chips infused with whiskey. I typically mix with apple, great on chicken and pork!
- Ask Not
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Re: Pellets
Yep. My neighbor cuts a limb off his apple tree every year. Good flavor. A competition BBQer I talked to last fall uses plum from his backyard in his mix. He swears it's what sets his flavor apart.Abe Froman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 2:47 am So, my neighbor's apple tree blew over last summer, and she still hasn't cleaned up the mess. It's not a crab apple tree, but not a super sweet red apple either. Kinda a greenish red swirl thing going on with it. Think the wood would be alright for smoking if I go chop a few limbs off and let them dry out for a year or so?
Ketchup can be nuancy
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Re: Pellets
Other than something strong like hickory, I don't think the pellet wood makes a lot of difference. I love my pellet smoker/grill, but when I want solid smoke flavor I add chips.Self High-Five wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 3:51 pm So what are your go to pellets?
Apple/Cherry for pork
Pecan for fish and poultry
Competition Blend (Hickory-Cherry-Maple) for beef
Ketchup can be nuancy
- Cobey
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Re: Pellets
My grandparents had plum trees in their second property that they used as their own private apple orchard. It was in a small town about a mile from the South Dakota border.Abe Froman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:05 pmPlum? I don't think I've ever seen a plum tree before. Do they grow in these parts? I mean, ND could use another tree or two. Why not a plum tree. Then I could smuggle them.Nancy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:14 pmYep. My neighbor cuts a limb off his apple tree every year. Good flavor. A competition BBQer I talked to last fall uses plum from his backyard in his mix. He swears it's what sets his flavor apart.Abe Froman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 2:47 am So, my neighbor's apple tree blew over last summer, and she still hasn't cleaned up the mess. It's not a crab apple tree, but not a super sweet red apple either. Kinda a greenish red swirl thing going on with it. Think the wood would be alright for smoking if I go chop a few limbs off and let them dry out for a year or so?
- Ask Not
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Re: Pellets
My mom used to make plum jam from the trees in southern MN.Abe Froman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:05 pmPlum? I don't think I've ever seen a plum tree before. Do they grow in these parts? I mean, ND could use another tree or two. Why not a plum tree. Then I could smuggle them.Nancy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:14 pmYep. My neighbor cuts a limb off his apple tree every year. Good flavor. A competition BBQer I talked to last fall uses plum from his backyard in his mix. He swears it's what sets his flavor apart.Abe Froman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 2:47 am So, my neighbor's apple tree blew over last summer, and she still hasn't cleaned up the mess. It's not a crab apple tree, but not a super sweet red apple either. Kinda a greenish red swirl thing going on with it. Think the wood would be alright for smoking if I go chop a few limbs off and let them dry out for a year or so?
Ketchup can be nuancy
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Re: Pellets
For heavy smoke, I use that for beef. The others have a light smoke taste. With the apple/cherry, I can taste the sweetness of them.Ask Not wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:16 pmOther than something strong like hickory, I don't think the pellet wood makes a lot of difference. I love my pellet smoker/grill, but when I want solid smoke flavor I add chips.Self High-Five wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 3:51 pm So what are your go to pellets?
Apple/Cherry for pork
Pecan for fish and poultry
Competition Blend (Hickory-Cherry-Maple) for beef
"Lisa, if the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing and such and such." - Homer Simpson