General Meatsmoking Information

Brinkmann gas smoker black bitter meat 
I have smoked meat with my Brinkmann gas smoker several times without problems, but most recently, I smoked some ribs and they had the black bitter covering ...

Where to get Mahogany for Smoking 
I would like to get Mahogany chunks for smoking Jerky. I can't seem to find it anywhere. Does anyone know where I can get it. Thanks

Smoking more than one kind of meat at the same time 
Christmas brought me a MES 40 and it has tons of room!

Are there any safety concerns with putting lets say chicken and ribs(pork) in at the same time?...

cooking time in nordicware stovetop smoker 
We live in Scotland and have just bought a nordic ware stovetop kettle smoker. We are not sure when we need to start calculating the cooking time as it ...

Does food have to be cooked after smoking 
My son says that you have to cook the food after smoking. True? I thought smoking was a form of cooking?

Smoking Salmon and Venison 
Is it possible to smoke both salmon and venison at the same time? Or will one ruin the other? The venison is planned to be made into jerky.

Where to buy Mortons tender Quick 
Where can I buy Morton's Tender Quick - In zip code 31833
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using left over turkey brine 
Is there anything I can use the left over turkey brine for?

moist wood chips for smoking 
Do wood chips need to stay moist during the smoking process?

BBQ Sauce 
I used the Gates bbq recipe, but it had too much ketchup taste. It was pretty good overall, but definitely tasted ketchupy. Any thoughts?

smoked goose 
I am looking for a good recipe for smoking a whole goose! Any thoughts for marinades or brines? I plan on using pear wood soaked in apple juice for the ...

Beef Brisket and Turkey Smoked at Same Time 
I have a vertical smoker and have smoked a bunch of brisket and turkeys but have never had to do them at the same time. So what I am looking at is 2 turkeys ...

FIRST TIME SMOKING A TURKEY 
I have smoked other meats in my vertical gas smoker with good results, but now want to do a turkey. Question is should I put the turkey directly on the ...

Different Types of Lump Charcoal 
I use briquettes of oak, hickory, mesquite, MatchLight with mesquite, and Jack Daniel's.
Where do I find lump charcoal of all those woods?
I ...

maintaining charcoal smoker temperature 
We just bought a charcoal smoker today. How do we keep the temp right? We are doing cornish hens. The gauge on the smoker says "warm/ideal/2hot". We try ...

Is there a basic smoking time and temperature guide for meats 
I'm looking for a basic guide for time and temperature for smoking meats, poultry, etc. I know at the end I'll use a thermometer to ensure doneness.

I just won a smoker from Sam Adams Beer 
I won a smoker from Sam Adams beer and don't know what to do with the thing. Is there a how to somewhere that you'd recommend? I'm wondering if I should ...

Outside of meat too done in Traeger grill 
We have a Traeger smoker/grill and we keep having a problem with the outside of the meats being too done. We have to trim away all of the outside at the ...

BITTER TASTE 
WHY AFTER I WRAP THE MEAT IN FOIL FOR A FEW MORE HOURS OF SMOKING DO I GET A REAL BITTER TASTE TO MY MEAT?

smoking in a gas grill 
Gas grills are typically pretty vented...when I tried my first smoking It looked like most of the smoke was escaping instead of staying in the the grill ...

when to add new wood chips to smoker 
Do I have to use new wood chips every time I use my smoker?

Reheating and warming food in smoker 
If my smoked food is cooked and I need to keep it warm for people who are eating later, how long will the food keep in the smoker to stay warm without ...

Using water bowl in smoker 
Can I still put a bowl of water in my smoker even though the smoker is not made for a water bowl? So my meat is moist and not dry?

Hickory wood using shag bark hickory 
I have about 6 shag-bark hickory trees in my backyard. I did some trimming and now have hickory chunks. Is there a difference in hickory wood and should ...

internal temperature of meat wont go above 130 to 140? 
I have a new char-griller smoker with a side fire box and I have tried smoking a small pork tri-tip and a small Boston butt pork shoulder but I can't seem ...

smoking time for brisket cut in half 
I have a 14 pound brisket. You smoke it a hour per pound which would equal 14 hours. If I cut it in half and put both halves in the smoker at the same ...

quanity of hickory chunks 
I'm going for my first smoking in the morning. A 7lb beef brisket. I plan to use a charcoal bed and hickory chunks with a few apple chips about every two ...

White Oak Chips, et al where to find 
Live in Port St. Lucie, Fla// can't seem to find white oak chips, etc. Any suggestions or is this a mail order item.
Thanks, Harold

Who's the big winner of the Weber Smoker? 
Did you ever pick a winner for the weber smoker? I know the contest ended on Dec 23rd, but the link is gone and I did not see it.... I assume it wasn'...

Riclewis -- Can Kosher Salt Cure Meat? 
Can you use kosher salt for curing meat

Peach Wood who sells it 
I live in Southern California. Is there a place that sells peach wood that you know of?

John

Smoking in the winter, can it be done? 
Brinkman gourmet Charcoal smoker. Live in Ohio. it will be 20 to 30 deg f this weekend. I would like to smoke baby back ribs. Can it be done? How do ...

How much Mortons Tender Quick to create smoke ring? 
When smoking a 15 lb brisket and having trouble obtaining a smoke ring, how much Morton's Tender Quick do you rub on?

sooty covered meats 
I have a gas box smoker (Great Outdoors) and I am getting a grayish/black soot on my meats. Not the beautiful golden brown I would like. I use a water ...

What am I doing wrong???? Sooty Meat 
There's lots of recipes and rubs, but I need to start at the beginning. Every attempt is a failure on my Brinkman smoker. Meats all turn out sooty and ...

how do you regulate smoking temps 
I'm smoking a turkey. I want to keep the temp from 220-240. It keeps going above that temp. what do I do?

Liquid Smoke in brine recipe 
Can you use liquid smoke in a brine recipe for a turkey for roasting in the oven?

wood chips directly on heating element 
Can wood chips be placed directly on the lava rocks and heating element. Also what's the best way to get good intense smoke in an electric grill?

All I Ever Learned About Obstacles ... 
I learned from Bill's last newsletter, The Blue Smoke Gazette. I realize this is a comment and not a question, but I just wanted to congratulate Bill on ...

Soot on the meat when smoking 
There is soot build up in the smoker and now it's getting on the meat. What am I doing wrong?

Woods For Smokeing ? 
What woods do you recommend for smokeing? I've been useing oak and green apple for deer and fish.

Morton's Tender Quick In Canada 
Where can I buy Morton's Tender Quick in Canada?

Nut Shells- Using Hickory Nut Husks For Smoking 
I need to know, can you us the outer thick shell of a hickory nut to smoke with? I have a lot of them and I would like to us them if they were usable.
Thanks,...

Watching the pros 
Love your books! Love your website even more! Started BBQing a few years ago after a man I met from Texas turned me on to it. ( He explained to me the ...

Tender Quick- Where to buy 
I am looking for a place to buy Morton's Tender Quick. The stores around here don't know what it is.

Is there another option for this product?

Tough Outer Layer on Smoked Meats 
Just entered the world of smokers. I have a gas/water (BBQ Grillware from Lowes)smoker. I noticed my first couple tries of baby back ribs and pork chops ...

Black Bitter Smoked Meat 
Hi,

I have a pit smoker that I've been cooking briskets and ribs in. Why does the outside of what ever I put it turn black instead of brown? It always ...

Smoking with Match-Light Charcoal 
Is it safe to use Match Light Charcoal(charcoal with pre-soaked lighter fluid on it) to smoke meat?

Southern Boy Moving West - SW Colorado Smoke Woods 
I am moving from the deep south where we have lots of good woods available for smoking and barbequeing. I am moving to the Rockie Mountains of southwest ...

best way of measuring smoker temperature 
We recently purchased a CB600X Gas Charbroil Smoker. My husband loves it with the exception of the temperature gauge. He set it a 225 degrees but I think ...

Water Pan-Mesquite Wood 
Can I use mesquite wood chips when I smoke my Ribs? I just bought a vertical smoker..do you have to put water in the water pan when smoking ribs or turkey?...

not enough time to fully smoke a meat 
If you don't have enough time to fully smoke your meat can you continue the next day and if so, what would be the best way to store it until you can begin ...

How to dry woods for smoking 
I recently cut some limbs from our cherry tree. It's one of these - http://www.arborday.org/TREES/treeguide/TreeDetail.cfm?ID=9 . A flowering cherry tree ...

Is soaking wood chunks necessary? 
I have a new Brinkman Propane Vertical Smoker and have been reading different views on soaking wood chips and chunks. Most people say it makes sense to ...

Can you use green smoker wood? 
Should smoker wood be seasoned like firewood or can you use green wood? Also, do you use chips or chunks if smoking on a gas grill with the wood packets?...

Should the smoker "smoke" all the cooking time? 
I'm using a gas smoker and your country style rib recipe. I put hickory chips in the chip box. They had soaked in water for 2 hours prior to smoking....

Wood for grilling Is Magnolia Safe 
Is magnolia safe for grilling? A lightening strike recently felled a large magnolia in our yard and we are wondering if it is safe to use for grilling....

wood chips how many foil packs to add 
For a gas grill, how many packages of wood chips do you put into the grill and do you have to change them out or do you just leave the same ones in there?...

Woods for smoking - What trees can be used 
What about cherry or pear and why kind of hickory are you talking about when u say hickory. I own a tree service so I have many differant woods at my disposal,...

Different woods and their different flavors 
Have you ever gone over the different smoking woods and what the wood actually does to the flavor of the meat i.e. too strong flavor or too weak and are ...

Bitter after taste from ribs and brisket? 
Recently purchased new, small electric smoker. Instructions were to pre cure smoker by adding wood and then turning on smoker for a few hrs. This done;...

New Smoker Questions 
If I want to smoke a small whole turkey, some beef jerkey and a half of a salmon all together would the flavors and or different marinades drip on one ...

newbie 
We have a new electric smoker (cabela's) and are trying it for the first time. With the old (non-electric) smoker the wood chips were soaked prior to ...

New to smoking! 
Hi,
I wanted to find out more information about smoking... apples! Yes you heard me right, apples. What are the best apples to smoke? How long do they ...

smoker wood choke cherry 
Hi, just wondering if i can use a choke cherry tree as smoking wood in my smoker?
What other woods can I use?

Is the wood suppose to burn 
I just bought an electric smoker and my first time using it I put 5 wood chunks (soaked for 20 min) on top of the lava rocks and about 45 minutes late ...

What goes in water pan 
What do you add to the water bowl in the smoker?

Smoking with coffee beans 
On Iron Chef America recently they had coffee beans as the theme ingredient and the Iron Chef used them in a stove top smoker. Could that actually work ...

Wet smoking wood versus dry wood 
Is it better to use more dry wood than using less wet wood? I have heard that wet wood produces white smoke that is overpowering, and dry wood produces ...

Magnolia wood for smoking 
I usually use pecan wood for smoking beef sausage. However, I have a source of magnolia wood. All I know is that magnolia is a hard wood. Can it be used ...

New to smoking, HELP! 
I have a couple of questions. I am new to smoking and just trying out my Masterbuilt Electric smoker. Today I tried smoking chicken breast. (Note: The ...

Higher Altitude Smoking 
We have tried several times to smoke a brisket in Albuquerque, NM - we were always extremely successful with our method, smoker etc... in Tennessee and ...

smoking with soaked pecan shells 
Has anyone heard of smoking meats(briskets) with soaked pecan shells? I've been saving my shells all winter. Does anyone know what kind of flavor this ...

Soaking Wood 
This fall, I bought a Klose barbecue smoker. It has a firebox large enough to take split cut logs (16"-18"). Up until recently, I've been using wood chunks,...

Is it Still smokin' ? 
We have put Ribs, Turkey, chicken, Fish, Veggies...
in the Smoker, it starts out smoking visibly and then for awhile, you can't see any smoke.
My Question ...

Windscreen 
Where can I get a good 3-sided windscreen for a vertical propane smoker? I was putting on a brisket this past weekend when the weather turned against ...

Sassafrass For Smoking 
Any comments on using Sassafrass wood for smoking?

Best Charcoal To Use 
Who has the best charcoal out there and what do you recommend????

smoking virgins.... 
My husband and I have bbq'd plenty but are still smoking virgins. We bought a HUGE pork shoulder roast from Costco to make our first attempt with but we ...

Storing Smoked Meats 
What procedures should be followed to store smoked salmon, briscut or pork? Should the meats be frozen until ready to use or is refrigeration satisfactory?...

Mountain Mahogany For Smoking 
I'm a native Sierra Nevada boy. Nothing compares to the unique flavor "Mountain Mohogany" provides for anything smoked. Is there anything native in the ...

Smoking Meat In Winter 
We bought a smoker at the end of last season (during a great sale) and have used it a few times. I've loved it and everything we've made in it, and was ...

How long does smoke need to be present? 
New to the smoking process. How long does should it be emitting smoke when cooking? My wood chip box stops producing smoke after about 45mins-1hour. Should ...