Smoke Wood

[Don Hilliard]

I recently was able to acquire a fair quanity of English Walnut wood. I've found with some woods (hickory and mesquite in particular) a little bit goes a long way and to my taste can make the meat bitter tasting if too much is used. I usually use fruit woods or alder and am wondering what kind of flavor I might expect with walnut. Thanks in advance for your input and advice. P.S. I cooked 3 racks of baby backs and a dozen brats for the 4th, should have cooked more, no leftovers /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif
Don

 

[Jim Minion]

The walnut is also very strong you are going to want to mix with fruit woods or alser.
The fruit woods will be sweet in comparison to hickory and mesquite.
Jim