BRITU 101

[Dave Cason]

Hi Everyone,

Well tomorrow morning I'm gonna spark up the new shiny WSM and try the BRITU's for dinner.

I'm going for 10 lbs total spaced out on both grills ..... I even got a 10 lb bag of Weber briquets for the maiden voyage! Is that enough?

But, try to find seasoned wood in Canada in the middle of winter. (grin) I have a plastic bag of Cherry wood chips/dust from a company called True North and a box of "wine-soaked" Oak chips from a company called Charcoal Companion.

So, .... I'm guessing that I'll have to convert Chris's three split pieces of oak and two split pieces of cherry, about 2"x1"x4" each into a bunch of chips/shavings. They look pretty darn small, the cherry "chips" are no bigger than a small fingernail. So I guess I gotta soak em in some water and then get em in to coals.

Uhmmmmm??? How long should I soak em for, and how do you put them in the coals without them bursting to flame?

Cheers'
Dave

PS - I did build a lovely wind screen and I even lined it with Refletics, just like Chris's in "Cold Weather Cooking" at least I found that at home depot, yeaaa!


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[DeeC.]

Hey Dave, Good luck on your BRITU tomorrow. I think you will have enough charcoal. As far as the wood chips, if that is all I had available, I would soak overnight and put the chips in about six foil pouches with about 3 or 4 holes poked in the top of each pouch. A toothpick does a nice job for the holes. I used to do this smoking on my weber kettle before I got my WSM. Of course, chunks are better but I can appreciate the difficulty in finding them where you are. Home Depot and Lowes stores here carry Weber Hickory chunks. Enjoy those ribs!

 

[Jim Minion]

Dave
If you haven't already chipped up that wood, don't. Put in as is, only a couple of the pieces of oak. You can put the cherry in a bag made of double ply H/D foil, close up the bag and punch a few wholes in it with a pencil.
Don't need to soak it either.
Jim

[ 12-28-2001: Message edited by: Jim Minion ]

 

[Dave Cason]

Hey guys,

Well, the Cherry Wood is already chipped. The aveg. size of each piece is about the size of a fingernail so I guess I'll have to bag them.

The Oak Chips are also pretty small they seem to be about 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch as well.

So my questions are,

- would it be soak or not and for how long ofr both types of wood.

- how much of each wood should I put in a foil pouch?

- more than 1 pouch, 2 3 4?

- can I put both type of wood in the same pouch(s) and what ratio 1 cup of each or 2:1 or 1 cup of Oak to 1/2 cup of Cherry or what?

- can I use regular alum. foil doubled over a few times? I don't know of a place that sells heavy duty type.

(grin) Inquireing minds want to know !

I'm gonna go start setting up the wind screen...

Cheers'
Dave