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Default Best wood for beef?

Chemiker wrote:
> SWMBO brought home a $ale Brisket and asked me to Cook it in the BGE.
> I have the following woods available:
>
> Apple, pecan, mesquite, plum, fig, and Tabasco oak.
>
> Since I normally do pork, with apple smoke, I'm not sure what *really*
> works with beef. Other than mesquite, that is.
>
> Your thoughts on which woods will work with a trimmed Brisket?
>
> I intend to smoke/roast ear corn, also.
>
> Then I'm going to fill a S/S mixing bowl with sea salt, and make some
> smoked salt.
>
> TIA and good cookin'.
>
> Alex, checking out his library.


IMO, the best use for mesquite is a campfire...

If I were you I'd go with the pecan and maybe some apple mixed in.

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Steve