Wood Flavor Chart
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Wood type Characteristics Use with
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Alder Very delicate with a hint of sweetness. Good with fish,
pork, poultry,and light-meat game birds. Traditionally used
in the pacific Northwest to smoke Salmon.
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Apple Slightly sweet but denser, fruity smoke flavour.
Good with Beef, poultry, game birds,
pork (particularly ham).
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Apricot The flavor is milder and sweeter than Hickory.
Good on all meats, Great on most white or pink meats,
including chicken, turkey, pork and fish.
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Ash Fast burner, light but distinctive flavour.
Good with fish and red meats.
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Birch Medium hard wood with a flavour similar to maple.
Good with pork and poultry.
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Cherry Slightly sweet, fruity smoke flavour.
Good with all meats.
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Hickory Pungent, smoky, bacon-like flavour.
The most common wood used.
Good for all smoking, especially pork and ribs.
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Maple Mildly smoky, somewhat sweet flavour. Good with pork,
poultry, cheese, vegetables and small game birds.
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Mesquite Strong earthy flavour. Good with most meats,
especially beef and most vegetables.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Smoked Poppers

You can us any kind of wood that you prefer. I use hickory myself, sometimes mesquite can be a bit strong. As I said it is up to your taste.
Mesquite Smoked Jalapeno Poppers
Ingredients
12 Large Jalapeno Peppers8 oz Cream Cheese8 oz. Can Fancy Picked Crab meat¼ Cup Finely Chopped Onion½ Tsp. Garlic Powder6 Center Cut Lean Bacon Strips12 Toothpicks
Method Using kitchen gloves, half each pepper lengthwise. Scoop out the seeds and the membranes. Drain the crab meat well. Combine the cream cheese, crab meat, onion, and garlic powder and mix well. Equally divide into each of the pepper halves. Cut the bacon strips in half, wrap around each pepper half, and secure with a toothpick. Place on the top rack of the smoker. Smoke over mesquite smoke until the bacon is cooked roughly 1 ½ to 2 hours at about 200 degrees. Taking out the seeds and membranes takes about 90% of the heat away, leaving a really great smoked pepper flavor. Enjoy!
Mesquite Smoked Jalapeno Poppers
Ingredients
12 Large Jalapeno Peppers8 oz Cream Cheese8 oz. Can Fancy Picked Crab meat¼ Cup Finely Chopped Onion½ Tsp. Garlic Powder6 Center Cut Lean Bacon Strips12 Toothpicks
Method Using kitchen gloves, half each pepper lengthwise. Scoop out the seeds and the membranes. Drain the crab meat well. Combine the cream cheese, crab meat, onion, and garlic powder and mix well. Equally divide into each of the pepper halves. Cut the bacon strips in half, wrap around each pepper half, and secure with a toothpick. Place on the top rack of the smoker. Smoke over mesquite smoke until the bacon is cooked roughly 1 ½ to 2 hours at about 200 degrees. Taking out the seeds and membranes takes about 90% of the heat away, leaving a really great smoked pepper flavor. Enjoy!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Hey now
I really like to bbq and enjoy new recipes. So I think I will start posting recipes I have done and hope you will do the same.
Will start working on that this week. Until then this is Crazy Jimmy signing off.
Have a great day.
Will start working on that this week. Until then this is Crazy Jimmy signing off.
Have a great day.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
New stuff
Just a note to keep all of you up to date.
Crazy Jimmy started going to the gym yesterday. I sure felt good afterwords.
I was going to go today after my shrink appointment however I stayed up to late last night watching tv(1:30am). Will go in the morning to make up for missing today.
Crazy Jimmy started going to the gym yesterday. I sure felt good afterwords.
I was going to go today after my shrink appointment however I stayed up to late last night watching tv(1:30am). Will go in the morning to make up for missing today.
Hay now Crazy Jimmy is here
Started a new blog, don't know why just something to do.
If you find me please let me know.
Crazy Jimmy signing off
If you find me please let me know.
Crazy Jimmy signing off
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