fcnich Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 I finished cooking 107lbs of pork butts (pre cooked weight) over the weekend. The wife says that the finished pork had a sweet taste to it, I used my ECC for this cook. Has anyone else had this result with the new ECC from Dennis? I dont want to appear anal, its going around a bit on here... ha ha, but i just want to figure out why. Dont get me wrong, its a wonderful accent to the meat and hope i can duplicate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk1 Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Re: Sweet Flavor.. I think it adds a subtle sweetness to everything.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemonkey Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Re: Sweet Flavor.. Agreed. The coconut charcoal comes across as a mild sweet profile. Not sure if it is imparting an actual sweetness to the meat (like sugar would) or more the way our brains interpret the smell of the coconut smoke. So muchh of taste is actually smell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddysurf Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Re: Sweet Flavor.. Did you include any smoking wood or did you go straight CoCo? I'm currently using the CoCo with various smoking woods to see if I can differentiate between them. I have to admit, when I use hardwood charcoal with anything but mesquite or hickory, I can't tell much difference. Perhaps my pallet is simply trashed from the abuses of my college years, principally sampling my way through every bourbon and blended whiskey available. I just ordered some mahogany smoking wood to try and look forward to being able to try the coffee wood that Dennis may make available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcnich Posted December 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Re: Sweet Flavor.. My long weekend cook i used all pecan wood, a nice gentle smoke flavor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
