I originally posted this in rec.food.cooking and it was recommended that I
repost it here, but that I should be careful because you guys get a lot of
trolls from Vegetarians. I can assure you I have no attention of trolling
your group. I'm simply looking to tap the expertise of this group for some
advice on using my smoker grill now that I'm trying to give up meat.

I'm not a Strict vegetarian, nor would I come into this group to tell
others how or what to eat. I just choose not to eat meat due to my own
personal beliefs. It's a practice I struggle with greatly. :P

Hell, my friend gave me 5 Venison steaks last week and I have every
intention of eating them. I just choose to go veg. 9 days out of 10. I
already ate one of the steaks. I make my own Jalapeno Wine and marinated
one of the steaks in the wine with some onions and various spices. It was
probably the best steak I've every had! I used the left over marinate to
make a spicy gravy that went GREAT with the venison! It was unbelievable!
I'm not a big steak fan but HOLY CRAP was this good!!

Oh, that brings up another question: Do you think wood chips soaked in the
Jalapeno Wine would produce a Jalapeno Flavored smoke? What about a pan of
the Jalapeno Wine in the smoker? Would that instill a "smokey jalapeno
flavor" into whatever I'm smoking? I'm new to this so I figured I'd rely on
the expertise of this group before wasting a bottle of my Jalapeno Wine (it
takes 6 months to make a batch) on an experiment.

Anyway, Here is my original post from rec.food.cooking (Thanks for
reading):


Hello,

My brother (who recently died from cancer) tricked me into buying a small
smoker grill last year. He asked me to pick him up a smoker grill from K-
mart that was on clearance. It can be used 4 ways. Grill, Smoker, broiler
and something else that I can't quite remember off hand. When I arrived at
his house with the grill he was already assembling HIS grill!

I said, "WTF?!?! You asked me to pick this up for you!"

His response was: "yea, I knew you wouldn't buy one for yourself if I had
just asked you to"

The smoker grill was for sale for only 20 bucks! Normally like $150 It was
one of the BEST purchases I've ever made! And he was RIGHT! I wouldn't have
purchased it had he not tricked me into buying it!

Anyway, he taught me ALOT about smoking meat. What types of wood to use for
the type of meat. Apple wood works best with pork. Oak for this type of
meat. Certain types of wood for smoking fish. etc.......

I've recently been trying to become a vegetarian (since new years) but
STILL want to use my smoker. Does anyone out there have any suggestions on
Smoked Veggies meals? Skewers? Smoked Fajitas? Anything? and if so, what
kind of wood should be used? I'm assuming one should use a more mild wood,
like apple or cherry to smoke vegetables. Oak seems to be a "universal"
wood when smoking meat. Cherry seems to be a bit bitter for veggies. So
what wood should one use to smoke vegies?

I've looked all over the WWW but can only find matchings for woods/meat or
seafood. Not much out there for types of wood and smoked veggies.

Smoked Potatoes
Smoked Corn on the cob
Smoked Veggie Medley's

It has to be possible, and probably takes much less time than smoking meat.


Any other grilled veggie recipes would also be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance, I'm looking forward to some responses!

Robert