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Pear Wood?

PNWFoodie
PNWFoodie Posts: 1,046
edited October 2014 in EggHead Forum
My BF just finished a week of chopping wood (he is a contractor and the latest job basically paid him to cut and then haul his own firewood.) Mostly it is oak, which I know people love, but I think may be a bit too smokey for me. He has a truck bed full of pear tree...and I've heard fruit woods are more subtle. Thoughts?
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,988
    edited October 2014
    Sister, pear wood is a semi sweet and very subtle wood. It's very close to Apple in the smoke taste that it imparts. Only a very trained tongue or a very astute bbq guru could pick out the difference between meat smoked with Apple or pear wood. They are that close in flavor profile. A word of caution. As when using Apple, pear can also over darken poultry if you are not careful. This is usually not a problem on the egg but is a real concern on true wood fired units. But worthy of mention nonetheless. Scoop up that pear wood and enjoy sister.

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  • stemc33
    stemc33 Posts: 3,567
    @PNWFoodie‌, Fruit woods are awesome for smoking. Especially foods that take on smoke easy and you don't want overpowering smoke. I mostly use cherry and apple. Also, in your part of the country you should have a nice supply of alder on hand. Alder is very mild as well.
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,528
    Once again, my never let me down smoke wood reference chart - Pear is similar to apple - not quite as strong. 

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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,877
    I would love to try some pear wood.  Peach wood is great.


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  • cook861
    cook861 Posts: 872
    I have a pear tree and i use the trimming in my egg nice mild flavour
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