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Selecting the right wood...adding a touch of flavor
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Wood Type:
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Characteristics:
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Use With:
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Alder
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Very Delicate with a hint of sweetness
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Fish, Pork, Poultry, Light-Meat Game Birds; also used in the NW to smoke Salmon
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Almond
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Nutty and sweet smoke flavor, light ash
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Any Meat
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Apple
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Slightly sweet but denser, fruity smoke flavor
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Beef, Poultry, Game Birds, Ham
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Apricot
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Milder and sweeter than Hickory
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Great on White or Pink meats; Chicken, Turkey, Pork, Fish
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Ash
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Fast burner, light but distinctive flavor
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Fish and Red Meats
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Birch
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Medium hard wood with flavor similar to maple
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Pork and Poultry
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Cedar
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Western Red -Only (no other)
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Seafood
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Cherry
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Slightly sweet; Fruity smoke flavor
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All Meats
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Chestnut
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Slightly sweet nutty smoke flavor; mostly used in the UK
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All meats
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Grapefruit
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Nice smoky flavor
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Beef, Poultry, Pork, Fish
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Grapevine
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Aromatic, similar to fruit wood
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All meats
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Hickory
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Pungent, smoky, bacon like flavor- Most common wood used
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Pork and Ribs
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Lemon
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Medium smoke flavor with a hint of fruit
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Beef, Pork, Poultry
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Lilac
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Very light, subtle with a hint of floral
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Seafood, Lamb
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Lime
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Medium smoke flavor, hint of fruit
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Beef, Pork, Poultry
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Maple
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Mild smoke flavor, somewhat sweet
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Pork, Poultry, Cheese, Vegetables, Small Game Birds
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Mesquite
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Strong earthy flavor
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All Meats, Especially Beef; Most Vegetables
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Mulberry
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Sweet and similar to apple
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Beef, Poultry, Game Burds, Pork (especially Ham)
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Nectarine
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Flavor milder and sweeter than hickory
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Meats, Great on White or Pink Meats; Especially Chicken, Turkey, Pork, and Fish
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Oak
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Similar to Mesquite, but lighter; heavy smoke flavor
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Red Meat, Pork, Fish, and Big Game; Red Oak recommended for Ribs
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Olive
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Smoke flavor similar to mesquite but lighter
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Poultry
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Orange
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Medium smoke flavor, hint of fruit
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Beef, Poultry, Pork
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Peach
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Slightly sweet, woodsy flavor, milder and sweeter than Hickory
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All Meats, Great on White and Pink Meats; Especially Chicken, Turkey, Pork, and Fish
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Pear
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Slightly sweet,woodsy flavor
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Poultry, Game Birds, Pork
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Pecan
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Sweet and mild with a flavor similar to Hickory but not as strong, Tasty with subtle character; an all around superior smoking wood; Smoke the shells as well
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Most meats, Especially Poultry, Beef, Pork, Cheese
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Plum/
Prune
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Milder and Sweeter tan Hickory
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Great on White or Pink Meats, Especially Chicken, Turkey, Pork, Fish
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Walnut
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Very heavy smoke flavor; Usually mixed with lighter woods like Almond, Apple, Pear, or Pecan; Can be bitter if used alone
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Red Meats and Game
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