Adding wood to charcoal?

[Derrick Llewellyn]

Anyone ever add a chunk or two of wood to the grill when they put the foot on to give it that open fire smell? Grilling chicken for the game and thought I could add some hickory to the coals when I put chicken on.

 

[~Mark~]

I do this all the time when I'm cooking on the performer. I usually use chips that aren't soaked.

 

[Jim Lampe]

nearly ALL my cooks have wood on the coals.
apple is GREAT for chicken...
...as is hickory

 

[Bill Farmer]

When grilling I always throw on a chunk of hickory when doing beef or a chunk of apple for poultry

 

[timothy]

Hickory is great on grilled chicken and so is cherry, but alder is my favorite if I have any around.

Tim

 

[Craig Castille]

I prefer fruitwood with poultry.

Go easy on the amount of the wood used though.

 

[Chris in Louisiana]

Cherry is my choice for chicken.

 

[Jak Stepan]

wood goes on all my cooks whether long, short, gas, coal, etc. good idea - fruit woods are a great choice for poultry.

 

[Steve Cleveland]

i like maple with chicken, and red oak with beef or maple, cherry if I have it.