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how long to soak cedar planks

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edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Bought a 6 pak of cedar planks from costco, each is about 1/4" thick. It says to soak them for up to 4 hours--any harm if i soak them overnight?
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  • Richard
    Richard Posts: 698
    remdog,
    Should not hurt the process. I do mine 3-4 hours and they work fine. You might want to ask "Chubby" he has a special process and they sometimes burn up. Evans LOL.

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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
    remdog,
    soaking them just delays the char (and char=smoke). a little cedar smoke is good, hopefully it kicks in mid-cook.[p]a dry plank would smokke throughuout, and it can be resiny and acrid.[p]it's essentially being baked on a throwaway platter. and that platter starts to char and ends up adding a hint of smoe. 'hint' is the operative word.[p]oversoaking isn't a problem. NOT soaking would be.
    it's a great cook. a fave of ours.
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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