anyone use siver maple or any oyher type of maple?Got a bunch just waiting for it to season :-)
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Here's a chart covering wood types and smoking uses. Doesn't include Beechwood.
I looked up Beechwood online and found Budweiser uses Beechwood in one of their barbecue sauces. If Budweiser uses beechwood to add smoke flavor to their BBQ sauce, then it should be OK for smoking. Try it on a piece of chicken or pork butt and see how it tastes.
I looked up Beechwood online and found Budweiser uses Beechwood in one of their barbecue sauces. If Budweiser uses beechwood to add smoke flavor to their BBQ sauce, then it should be OK for smoking. Try it on a piece of chicken or pork butt and see how it tastes.
Thank you pags
quote:Originally posted by Pags:
Here's a chart covering wood types and smoking uses. Doesn't include Beechwood.
I looked up Beechwood online and found Budweiser uses Beechwood in one of their barbecue sauces. If Budweiser uses beechwood to add smoke flavor to their BBQ sauce, then it should be OK for smoking. Try it on a piece of chicken or pork butt and see how it tastes.
BBQ is scarce in Maine, but there is a place in Monson, Maine that uses only local woods, including beech. I have eaten there several times and their Q is righteous!
A friend of mine is saving some beech from his woodpile for me to try.
Sugar maple is also good wood for smoking and Red Oak is smooth.
SmokinMAINEiac
I use maple on my homemade bacon and sometimes on fish, not too strong, nice flavor.
I didn't know you could use birch. I have a whole lot of it. I usually just burn it in my wood stove. Has anyone ever smoked anything with it?
I'd say smoke from these woods will be somewhat mild.Sometimes cooks must use what is available to them,but given choices will often settle on nut,or fruit woods as they contine to do general smoking.
The easy and inexpensive approach is to buy a $2 yardbird to cook and form your own opinions.
The easy and inexpensive approach is to buy a $2 yardbird to cook and form your own opinions.