CeramicChef Posted April 22, 2015 Report Posted April 22, 2015 Howdy KKers! I love the whole concept of discussing what woods we use for smoking our cooks. To that end, below are a couple of links that detail various woods, their flavor profiles, appropriate use for various cooks, etc. Dee Jay's Smoke Pit Virtual Weber Bullet Amazing Ribs has a pretty good discussion of the Zen of Smoke. I hope this helps one and all!
Cookie Posted April 22, 2015 Report Posted April 22, 2015 I have been buying my smoking wood from Fruita for many years. Very high quality stuff, their chunks are big, and they got me hooked on peach wood for pork. Here is a link to their usage chart: http://www.fruitawoodchunks.com/wosmch.html Cookie 1
tony b Posted April 22, 2015 Report Posted April 22, 2015 To add to the theme, here's the smoking wood chart from Fruita Woods (my personal "go to" for all my smoking woods). http://www.fruitawoodchunks.com/wosmch.html
tony b Posted April 22, 2015 Report Posted April 22, 2015 Ha, ha, ha. Great minds, eh, Cookie. Looks like we posted within minutes of each other to the same page! How funny is that?
Cookie Posted April 22, 2015 Report Posted April 22, 2015 Great minds indeed. I'd get KK tattooed on one cheek and Fruita on the other...
tony b Posted April 22, 2015 Report Posted April 22, 2015 We'll stop there. No "body art" for this kid! Like a buddy told me, "Scars are like tattoos, but with better stories!"
Cookie Posted April 22, 2015 Report Posted April 22, 2015 I'm not inked either, but in the context of said products, branding would be more appropriate.
tony b Posted April 22, 2015 Report Posted April 22, 2015 I've got a couple of burn scars (inadvertent branding) from some culinary adventures. (And yes, alcohol was sometimes involved!) Like I said, there's always a good story behind a scar. Was doing a 4th of July cookout at a friends place for about 50 - 60 people. I was manning the Weber kettle doing roasted corn. Lifted up the lid and the wind caught it and pushed it back into my left arm. Had a nice 2nd degree burn on my forearm! Fortunately there was a paramedic in the crowd. Time heals, not much scar showing anymore. Reminded me of that opening scene on Kung Fu, where he grabs that blazing hot urn to "tattoo" his forearms with the dragon symbol.
CeramicChef Posted April 23, 2015 Author Report Posted April 23, 2015 Ain't it the truth with scars. Thanks be to God for arthroscopy. Those scars fade in a hurry otherwise I'd look like Frankenstein's Monster! And no body art for this fat rat. Is just don't get it. I've seen too many 40 year old tats on 60 year old bodies. Not pretty! Fruita is a wonderful purveyor of really good wood. I've been using them as my go to for quite some time. Highly recommend them.
GoFrogs91 Posted April 24, 2015 Report Posted April 24, 2015 I'm all in on Fruita as well. The only thing they are missing for me is red wine cask staves. However, they do have the bourbon barrel staves that are nice.
