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question is black cherry good for burning or smoking meats
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7 hrs in. Sittin at 150* sauced her up at 3 hrs with sweet baby rays. 
Why you open at three hours? Yer loosing yer heat when you open.
Cuz im bad with surprises! Lol! Never done one before. Better to be longer than over cook iguess. Rotate? Flip? All new to me? Smell the cherry smoke? It was delicious! 10 total hrs. And i think we could of had the heat higher at the end to add to the tenderness. Learning process. Id say me and the BIL got a B+. He got smack plastered in the process and i had to take the wheel in uncharted teritory. At the end. All in all a sucess
Looks good. Save me some.Cuz im bad with surprises! Lol! Never done one before. Better to be longer than over cook iguess. Rotate? Flip? All new to me? Smell the cherry smoke? It was delicious! 10 total hrs. And i think we could of had the heat higher at the end to add to the tenderness. Learning process. Id say me and the BIL got a B+. He got smack plastered in the process and i had to take the wheel in uncharted teritory. At the end. All in all a sucess
I'm chipping some Hickory, Cherry, Oak and Maple this year.
I even have my hands on some Apple and Pear limbs.
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Most fruit woods work fine for smoking. They are usually very mild and give food an almost “sweet” flavor that reminds me of “Oscar Mayer weiners”. Not my personal preference but I would use cherry over mesquite.
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Cuz im bad with surprises! Lol! Never done one before. Better to be longer than over cook iguess. Rotate? Flip? All new to me? Smell the cherry smoke? It was delicious! 10 total hrs. And i think we could of had the heat higher at the end to add to the tenderness. Learning process. Id say me and the BIL got a B+. He got smack plastered in the process and i had to take the wheel in uncharted teritory. At the end. All in all a sucess
Smoking meats is great fun. Do yourself a favor and get a good digital thermometer, takes the guesswork out of things. Google faux cambro, they make a big difference in your finished product.
Question for you smokers. I recently knocked down a hickory which took some 4” and smaller wild cherry diwn with it. Im gonna chunk up some the hickory but wondered how thick i should slice the cherry. Got it sitting in my sawbuck. all help greatly preciated
Last year.
Cherry.
Ended up with five @ 2x14x60, no sapwood.
It be dry now.
What size should I cut it to for smoking wood?
And what’s it worth?
Cherry.
Ended up with five @ 2x14x60, no sapwood.
It be dry now.
What size should I cut it to for smoking wood?
And what’s it worth?
I have to ask how JohnnyBlade cut his logs in the bucket shown in post #13 short enough after he soaked him so that he could then use the then in his rather small meat smoker.
Every customer I have who orders smokin' wood wants their logs buck cut under a foot long.
Every customer I have who orders smokin' wood wants their logs buck cut under a foot long.
I cut most of my cherry out if 4-5" wood. About 8" long. Then split it with a boys axe maybe in thirds. Like some bigger and some smaller. The thing is with smaller pieces its easier to control temp with my side fire box. Cuz after all the moisture is smoked out, the wood burns and temps go up. Big pieces could be catostrophic. Dont really loose heat cus the smoker is seprate from the fire box. So if u open it every once in awhile to add wood its not the end of the world. Throw a monster log in there and
ur eatin early
That's about how I do it also. See the thread I started recently on processing BBQ smokin' wood. My first truckload order of this arrived. I could not believe that much going to one household. I figure close to 1000 pieces will be needed to fill my truck, even in a random pile. A farmer told me that's enough to cook about 30 hogs and would last the average outdoor cooker about 4 years. I have to wonder about this customer's sanity but she insists that I deliver a truckload to her house.I cut most of my cherry out if 4-5" wood. About 8" long. Then split it with a boys axe maybe in thirds. Like some bigger and some smaller. The thing is with smaller pieces its easier to control temp with my side fire box. Cuz after all the moisture is smoked out, the wood burns and temps go up. Big pieces could be catastrophic. Don't really loose heat cus the smoker is separate from the fire box. So if u open it every once in awhile to add wood its not the end of the world. Throw a monster log in there and ur eatin early
Ill have to check out ur new thread! And ur farmer buddy is prob rite! Lol!! Thats a lot
Of wood for cooking. That brisket took about 1/2 of a five gallon bucket full of cherry in 10 hrs. I started the grillin year with about a wheel barrow full and ill bet i got a bucket full left. Now a truck load? Shes gonna be a cookin fool. Id politely invite myself over for dinner...alot
Of wood for cooking. That brisket took about 1/2 of a five gallon bucket full of cherry in 10 hrs. I started the grillin year with about a wheel barrow full and ill bet i got a bucket full left. Now a truck load? Shes gonna be a cookin fool. Id politely invite myself over for dinner...alot
I figure that my delivery will be enough to cook 30 hogs. I cut and split about one-third of the load today. I asked her yesterday if she had enough space to store a pile of smokin' logs 4' high and 1o' in diameter. No response back. Johnny, I'm a bit worried about all of this. I'm sure you and others do as well.Ill have to check out ur new thread! And ur farmer buddy is prob rite! Lol!! That's a lot of wood for cooking. That brisket took about 1/2 of a five gallon bucket full of cherry in 10 hrs. I started the grilling year with about a wheel barrow full and ill bet i got a bucket full left. Now a truck load? She's gonna be a cookin fool. I'd politely invite myself over for dinner...alot
Well Edwin, maybe she was busy. Give her a ring tomorrow. Hell u may have the cheapest prices she found on good cooking wood and she wants to take advantage of the deal while its available. I guess if she falls through ull be that much further ahead with ur work load for ur premade bundles u sell anyways. R U money out from purchasing the wood or is it just ur labor to get it and process it for selling?
