Smoker's on it's way, what wood to buy?

Easy does it you will get some wood with the unit and remmber a little goes a long way in a Cookshack.I keep hickory and apple I bought from CS and it covers anything I am cooking I am trying cherry on a ham right now. I mix them up and look around you might fine wood near you home I live in the south and have plenty of oak and pecan.You will need a Polder thermomoter or one like it kind with a cable I have found them at Home Depoy to Walmart.Anyway do search to find things there are topic here that will answer all your questions you just have to go through them .
Again Welcome

High Mountain Seasonings has a real good product. I have the board and the knife and a lot of their seasonings. Super easy and great results. www.himtnjerky.com/

Recommended reading.

I know there are a lot of posts, but check out the Owners Archive on the main page. Will have a lot of lessons learned and suggestions from new users.

Owner's Archive

Then go over to the "Best of" Archive for some good posts.

My suggestions:

Keep a very detailed log of what you did, so you can repeat success and improve on mistakes.

Don't add to much wood. In a sealed unit like a CS, wood is not the source of heat, it's the source of smoke. A little goes a long way.

Pick something simple to learn on, master that. You need to learn the smoker and the basics before you move on to too many things.

Smokin'

Eldons Jerky and Sausage Supply located right here in good old Idaho has some great offerings for both sausage and jerky. You can get a free catalog off their website if you'd like: http://www.eldonsausage.com/

Idaho_Smokies,
I bought the sample pack from C.S. Came with Apple, Cherry, Hickory and Mesquite. See: (Sample Wood)

The unit comes with Hickory though. Oh yea, Good luck with the "wait till Christmas thing". I just recently got my Cookshack, but I couldn't wait...

You can always use it and put it back in the box, just don't clean that good 'seasoning' from the inside!


Enjoy!!