quote:Originally posted by SmokinMAINEiac:
All this talk of mesquite has me hankering to give it a try. All I've had in the past is some bag of old mesquite I bought at Wally World back long before I was serious about BBQ.
Any suggestions where I should shop of mesquite? I usually buy my wood off a vendor I found on eBay.
Since your 25 won't use much wood,you might still go to wally in the grill section and buy a smallest package.They might even be closing out their small bags of pellets for almost nothing.
Your local pool/ patio stores may have small pouches,as well.
If you still have your old bag of mesquite.,try some on a chicken quarter.If it didn't give a great amount of flavor,you can always add a couple more ounces.
I doubt you'll do many long smokes with it.
One thing to try it on is fish fillets.There used to be a post from Stuart about hot smoking catfish fillets for under an hr and they were excellent.
Ordering on line may give you a lot more than you'll ever use,which makes it expensive.