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Default Types of wood for smoking

Jack Curry wrote:
> snipped stuff-
>
>> Graeme (grapefruit & orange sound particularly good)
>>
>> In *my* experience, all citrus wood smoke tastes the same. It's great, but
>> relatively mild flavored. Think fish, maybe chicken if you haven't spiced it
>> up too much. Very subtle, but distinctive, and good.
>>
>> BOB
>> but *I* wouldn't pay for it (living in the citrus-belt of Florida)
>>

> What BOB said. I have lime wood, orange and grapefruit and can't tell 'em
> apart. BOB's right, they're mild smoke and very pleasant. I prefer bay (or
> alder) for fish and I like oak the best for most everything else, though if
> I can ever get my hands on some pecan...I did a cook with pecan shells once
> and they smelled divine.
>
> Jack Curry
> -we got wood in Fladera <grin>-


I got a bag of pecan chunks at Lowes a few weeks ago, it's a good change, but I
keep on returning to oak and hickory for the majority of my smoking.

BOB
who has a box of K-extruded coconut lump for you if you're ever in Orlando, or
I'm in the Daytona area