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Red Wine BarrelStaves

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Bob923
Bob923 Posts: 23
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Have anyone used Red Wine Barrel Staves to smoke on the green egg?
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    I saw some on sale at Williams-Sonoma. I wondered the same thing. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • Chubby
    Chubby Posts: 2,955
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    yep!!

    I usually chunk in 3' pieces them and use them for shorter cooks...Mainly Prime Rib, or Cowboy Ribeyes!

    You could of course use them for longer cooks as well...basically  starting with the thought they are essentially white oak...(soaked in wine of course)...lol!!

     

    Evans

    I spent most of my money on good bourbon, and bad women...the rest, I just wasted!!
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  • Bob923
    Bob923 Posts: 23
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    Thanks Chubby
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  • smokesniffer
    smokesniffer Posts: 2,016
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    Saw some at World Market on our holidays. Now we are back home and back in the saddle.. :-?
    Large, small, and a mini
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  • bud812
    bud812 Posts: 1,869
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    They work good, I buy wine barrels & cut them up.

    Not to get technical, but according to chemistry alcohol is a solution...

    Large & Small BGE

    Stockton Ca.

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  • MO_Eggin
    MO_Eggin Posts: 282
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    Yes, I've used them, but didn't find much if any additional flavor beyond just oak.  There is a bit of wine smell to the smoke initially, but it didn't last.   
    LBGE - St. Louis, MO; MM & LBGE - around 8100' somewhere in the CO Front Range
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  • smokesniffer
    smokesniffer Posts: 2,016
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    @bud 812 did you buy your barrels from a local winery, or???

     

    Large, small, and a mini
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  • bud812
    bud812 Posts: 1,869
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    smokesniffer said:

    @bud 812 did you buy your barrels from a local winery, or???

     

    Yeah, I get them for $40 a barrel. It's nice living in a wine producing area.

    Not to get technical, but according to chemistry alcohol is a solution...

    Large & Small BGE

    Stockton Ca.

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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
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    Bob923 said:
    Have anyone used Red Wine Barrel Staves to smoke on the green egg?

    Dude! They are totally unsafe because of the tanins in the wine. Send them to me and I will dispose of them in an environmentally responsible fashion.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • bud812
    bud812 Posts: 1,869
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    No can do brother, I drink all the tannins before I smoke them. But thanks for the offer. But it's a hell of a lot cheeper than buying smoke wood.

    Not to get technical, but according to chemistry alcohol is a solution...

    Large & Small BGE

    Stockton Ca.

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