Pecan Smoking Chips

Description

Pecan smoking chips is great for long barbecues, as it burns slowly, and gives meats a delicate flavor. Also, a wonderful smoking wood, but pecan tends to be pungent and is best used in moderation. You can use pecan in smokers or on the grill and make one-of-a-kind barbequed items. Your friends and customers won’t be able to resist your cooking !

If you have some pecan lying around and you want to put it to work in your smoker. Depending on who you ask, pork is the absolute best meat to smoke using Pecan. You will find different opinions regarding the BEST meat to smoke using pecan. Pecan is also quite good when it is used to smoke cuts of beef or any sort of game meat. This is because pecan trees are a very hardy crop that can tolerate a broad range of climates.

Smoke from pecan smoking chips can deliver a superb savory, sweet, rich, and slightly nutty flavor that goes amazingly well with a quality brisket. In fact, if you like your brisket on the sweeter side and plan to complement it with primarily sweet sides and sauces. Smoking with pecan wood can be a great choice.

While some pit-masters and hobbyist cooks are perfectly fine with using pecan wood for smoking, there is disagreement. The idea that an excessive use of pecan wood while smoking and barbecuing leads to a pervasive odor within the meat its used to smoke is nonsense. Some of those pit-masters will exclusively stick to pecan wood and all without it overpowering all the other seasonings and flavors that are being smoked. Whatever cut of meat was placed within that individual’s smoker affects the flavor.

Chip Preparation:

Soaking pecan wood chips in water for about 30 minutes generates steam that adds moisture and heat to the smoking process. This method also prolongs burning time which is perfect when smoking brisket.

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