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Chokecherry or Service Berry for Smoking?
« on: December 15, 2010, 12:35:49 PM »
Just wondering if these shrub/trees that I have all over around here would work for smoke???

Also...if I have a hickory BOARD that i use for building bows and such...is it the same old stuff that you buy as chips?
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Re: Chokecherry or Service Berry for Smoking?
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2010, 12:40:27 PM »
Just wondering if these shrub/trees that I have all over around here would work for smoke???

Also...if I have a hickory BOARD that i use for building bows and such...is it the same old stuff that you buy as chips?
unless the board was treated with something I would think its ok,burn a little piece and smell it...Watch out for those dingle berry bushes though...bad juju :chuckle:

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Re: Chokecherry or Service Berry for Smoking?
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2010, 12:41:17 PM »
Yes and Yes
I will try to find a previous post with ok smoking woods

here you go



The following woods can be used for smoking:

Acacia - flavor similar to mesquite but not quite as heavy.
Alder - Good with fish, pork, poultry, and light-meat game birds.
Almond - A sweet smoke flavor. Good with all meats.
Apple - Mild. Good with poultry (turns skin dark brown) and pork.
Apricot - Good on white or pink meats, including chicken, turkey, pork and fish. Milder and sweeter than hickory.
Ash - Good with fish and red meats.
Birch - Flavor similar to maple. Good with pork and poultry.
Cherry - Mild and fruity. Good with poultry, pork and beef.
Cottonwood - Subtle flavor. Mix with chunks of other woods (hickory, oak, pecan) for more flavor.
Crabapple - Similar to apple.
Grapefruit - Mild. Good with beef, pork, fish and poultry.
Grapevines - Tart, rich and fruity. Good with poultry, red meats, game and lamb.
Hickory - Commonly used wood for smoking. Sweet to strong, heavy flavor. Good with pork, ham and beef.
Lemon - Mild. Good with beef, pork, fish and poultry.
Lilac - Good with seafood and lamb.
Maple - Good with pork, poultry, cheese, and small game birds.
Mesquite - Strong flavor. Good with beef, fish, chicken, and game.
Mulberry - Like apple.
Nectarine - Good on white or pink meats, including chicken, turkey, pork and fish. Milder and sweeter than hickory.
Oak - Heavy smoke flavor. Good with red meat, pork, fish and game.
Orange - Mild. Good with beef, pork, fish and poultry.
Peach - Good on white or pink meats, including chicken, turkey, pork and fish. Milder and sweeter than hickory.
Pear - Like apple. Excellent with chicken and pork.
Pecan - Similar to hickory. Good with poultry, beef, pork and cheese.
Plum - Good on white or pink meats, including chicken, turkey, pork and fish. Milder and sweeter than hickory.
Walnut - ENGLISH and BLACK - Very heavy smoke flavor can be bitter if used alone. Good with red meats and game.

Other wooods - Bay, Carrotwood, Kiawe, Madrone, Manzanita, Guava, Olive, Ornamental Pear, Ornamental Cherry, Beech, Butternut, Fig, Gum, Chestnut, hackberry, Pimiento, Persimmon, and Willow.

The following woods are not suitable for smoking:

Softwoods or evergreen woods (Pine, Fir, Spruce, Redwood, Cedar, Cypress, etc.), Elm, Eucalyptus, Sassafras, Sycamore, Liquid Amber (Sweetgum), Chokecherry, green Cottonwood.

Other guidelines for smoking woods:


If you have some wood and do not know what it is, do not use it for smoking food.
Never use scraps of treated wood or wood that has had any finish applied. Paints and stains can impart a bitter taste to the meat, give off toxic fumes when burning, and old paint often contains lead.
Never use wood from old pallets. Many pallets are treated with chemicals such as insecticides that can be hazardous to your health and the pallet may have been used to carry chemicals or poison.
Avoid old wood that is covered with mold and fungus that can impart a bad taste to your meat. If you have some good wood that has fungus growth, pre-burn it down to coals before you put it into your smoker.

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Re: Chokecherry or Service Berry for Smoking?
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2010, 12:45:06 PM »
good info quadrafire

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Re: Chokecherry or Service Berry for Smoking?
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2010, 01:06:52 PM »
chokecherry is on the No list   :'( darn it...  I'll be looking for local stuff I can use. I ought to have one of you wet siders send me some dang alder, although, i can probably buy it cheaper here at the lumber yard after shipping costs... whatchya think?
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Re: Chokecherry or Service Berry for Smoking?
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2010, 01:11:35 PM »
chokecherry is on the No list   :'( darn it...  I'll be looking for local stuff I can use. I ought to have one of you wet siders send me some dang alder, although, i can probably buy it cheaper here at the lumber yard after shipping costs... whatchya think?
heck if was to head your way i would bring you a load...buy the chips at a store

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Re: Chokecherry or Service Berry for Smoking?
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2010, 01:14:29 PM »
Charcoalstore.com not sure if this is cheap or not...good selection though

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Re: Chokecherry or Service Berry for Smoking?
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2010, 01:15:49 PM »
Ernie
I would just burn some and check out the smoke. I can't imagine it being bad.
Just let your wife and kids it the first batch (in case its bad--you wouldn't want to get sick) :chuckle:

I buy most of my chips at a local hardware store that is pretty well stocked in BBQ stuff, they have a good variety.

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Re: Chokecherry or Service Berry for Smoking?
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2010, 01:26:07 PM »
As little as I use, I guess I can just buy it from Big R here...they have a good selection of bagged chips!
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Re: Chokecherry or Service Berry for Smoking?
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2010, 01:46:27 PM »
As little as I use, I guess I can just buy it from Big R here...they have a good selection of bagged chips!
find out what a bag or two costs,I could pack some I have here in the yard, in one of those if it fits it ships boxes..It would be real dry chunks just soak them

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Re: Chokecherry or Service Berry for Smoking?
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2010, 01:48:43 PM »
As little as I use, I guess I can just buy it from Big R here...they have a good selection of bagged chips!
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