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Apple and cherry wood chunks

EGGARY
EGGARY Posts: 1,222
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
My Father-in-law picked up a bags of apple and cherry wood chunks at Lazarri Charcoal when he
was getting lump charcoal for me. I haven't smoked
much with those woods. What goes well with those
woods for smoking ?

Thanks. Gary
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  • NibbleMeThis
    NibbleMeThis Posts: 2,295
    I use cherry wood chunks a lot.

    In general, fruit woods like apple and cherry will add a darker color and tend to enhance the sweeter flavors in rubs.

    I use a hickory/cherry combination for just about anything I smoke. Apple goes well with pork.
    Knoxville, TN
    Nibble Me This
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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
    everything
    :laugh:
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,589
    i use cherry as the base, then add a little hickory or pecan,or guava. would think apple is the same. poultry i go really light with cherry with more pecan, pork i go light with hickory and heavey with cherry
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • AIM BBQ
    AIM BBQ Posts: 25
    I use apple, cherry and hickory for everything. Here in Kentucky I pretty much have an unlimited supply on our farm. I like to use apple for chicken, cherry for my ribs and hickory for the pork butts. I have 8 Boston Butts on my smoker now (not the egg unfortunately) and I'm using a hickory/cherry combo. Going heavy with the hickory.
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  • Morro Bay Rich
    Morro Bay Rich Posts: 2,227
    http://nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm#smokewoods
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  • LDD
    LDD Posts: 1,225
    I have 2 chickens on right now smoking away along with a couple of blade roasts. I'm using cherry.
    context is important :)
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  • Gator Bait
    Gator Bait Posts: 5,244
     
    I agree stike, just about everything. I use less on poultry as I find it sucks up smoke like a Hoover and can get to smoky fast. I have yet to find a smoke wood I don't like and will mix almost anything. A mix of apple and cherry is very nice. Lately to use up odds and ends I have been mixing up apple, cherry and mesquite and it has been very good. I also love oak, maple and hickory.


    Blair


     
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  • ranger ray
    ranger ray Posts: 812
    cherry is my fav for chicken....it's kinda sweet and turns the chicken a nice dark red color.... if you use apple.... it tastes good but has a tendency to turn the skin a really dark color.... pecan is great on chicken.... other woods work well on red meats.... you have to try them out and see what you like...rr
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