I think I might do hickory mixed with pecan...that sounds like a good mix.

Do you guys inject yours before cooking?

 

Cherry

 

Surprisingly i haven't tried Cherry yet. I have tried apple, pecan or hickory for most of my smokes and so far like all of them.

 

Cherry > ALL

 

You use cherry for everything?

 

Curious what makes you choose cherry over all the other wood?

 

I'll stick with my grill, since I use it for making pizza (with a pizza stone) as well as smoking and grilling.
Nice to have it do three different things pretty well.

 

Not everything, but it is my go to

 

 

Their sausage was to die for

:nohomo:

 

That looks amazing!

 

I'm using the CookinPellets Perfect Mix pellets on everything ( Hickory, Cherry, Hard Maple & Apple ). They've been fantastic so far on Turkey, pork butt and brisket. Haven't done ribs yet.

https://www.amazon.com/CookinPellets...dp/B00819OICI/

 

That sounds like a good mix of wood there. Would be interesting to try a mix like that.

 

Thawed out smoked salmon from July 4th, made Smoked Salmon Salads with fresh veggies from my garden
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Used the rest of the smoked salmon to make omelettes yesterday, so freaking good!
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Smoked Salmon - good stuff!! Did you use cherry for Salmon as well?

 

 

How did that turn out? Not too strong?

 

This was smoked salmon I made back on July 4th, I made a 2.5 lb fillet and had to freeze some of it because I made so much
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It was amazing, . But half of it was gone in about 15 minutes between 3 of us

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TIL, I need to get a bag of cherry wood.

 

 

curious what makes you choose cherry as your go to wood?

 

Good flavor, it's what's worked best for me. I use oak hardwood lump charcoal and have used mesquite and hickory smoking chips as well, cherry has just been my preferred for smoke and flavor, plus it smells AMAZING

 

Woke up early to smoke some ribs on Sunday morning and came out to find that the smoker's control panel is non-responsive. Now I get to wait for Masterbuilt to send me a new one.

 

 

This is some what a common problem with Masterbuilt and one of the reason I decided to get a charcoal grill. Nothing worse than getting ready to smoke a bunch of meat for guests just to found out your electric smoker isn't working.

 

By the way I smoked some baby back ribs with cherry wood on the Weber Smokey Mountain for the first time this weekend and I know see why charcoal is better than electric. Nicer bark, better smokey flavor.

 

Yeah, they're like $30 though so I might just keep a spare around just in case. The flip side is that I don't have to do anything to maintain temp for hours on end for cooking.

 

I'm so glad that I stuck with charcoal and didn't make the switch to electric. There's just no comparison with flavor

 

Ack - I agree! I plan to sell my electric smoker and invest in a bigger Weber Smokey Mountain but for now my 14.5" WSM will do.

 

How hard is it to control the temp over time with the charcoal smokers?

 

I am not sure about all charcoal smokers but the Weber Smokey Mountain does a great job keep steady temps after you have it seasoned properly (usually takes 1/2 dozen of good smokes). One of the reason I didn't want to go charcoal in the beginning is because i though i will have to set there and baby sit the smoker the whole time but it turns out the WSM can go hours and temp won't move more then a few degrees.

Again the masterbuilt isn't a bad smoker for someone that wants to smoke meat without too much work but it does have it flaws with electronics and temperature differences between left and right side.

 

Really depends on the smoker, my old Brinkmann was tough to keep at proper temp, but my replacement one does a great job since it's not rusted out. From everything I read, the WSM is really good at keeping temp and is a much better design. It also has the vents to help control temp easier.

The main reason I steered away from the masterbuilt were all the reviews that I read about the faulty electronics and control panels

 

Yeah, if it turns out that this thing is done for, I'm going to upgrade to a pellet smoker instead.

 

Never tried anything that was smoked on a pellet smoker, would be interesting to see how it tastes.

 

I've heard mixed reviews on pellet smokers

 

Same here. I think the only reason people choose pellet smokers is again because they are easy to use just like electric smokers. I've never had anything that was done on a pellet smoker but I would think it won't be the same as charcoal because of the reviews i've read.

 

Nothing will be the same as charcoal, we had that discussion early on in this thread

 

Not saying you don't get smokey flavor from electric/pellet just saying it's not the same

 

Again, I'm after a combination of good flavor and ease of use. Electric and electronic control is ideal for me over absolute flavor.

 

I hear ya, different strokes for different folks man. Not hating at all