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63DH8
02-21-2011, 04:12 PM
What's your favorite wood to use for BBQing. I don't mean grilling. I don't mean smoking. I mean BBQing!

Myself, for pork, I like oak and apple for pork. Oak and mesquite for brisket.
swampdragon
02-21-2011, 04:21 PM
What's your favorite wood to use for BBQing. I don't mean grilling. I don't mean smoking. I mean BBQing!

Myself, for pork, I like oak and apple for pork. Oak and mesquite for brisket.

You already answered the question. I agree with you.
I had an apple tree come down a couple years ago in a wind storm.
I sawed it up and saved the wood exactly for this purpose.
O.S.O.K.
02-21-2011, 04:31 PM
Hickory for beef and pecan for pork and chicken.
wdmason99
02-21-2011, 04:37 PM
I lived in the Santa Maria, California area a few years while at VAFB and got used to using OAK bark for everything ( Especially ribs ) when we cooked meat!! Place up there called Jockos was an excellent restaurant also.
63DH8
02-21-2011, 04:43 PM
You already answered the question. I agree with you.
I had an apple tree come down a couple years ago in a wind storm.
I sawed it up and saved the wood exactly for this purpose.

My mom has apple trees. One year, two blew down, so I got to try that on pork ribs. Another thing about apple wood is I can buy it for $150 for two cords. MUCH cheaper than regular pine firewood at over $250 a cord.




Hickory for beef and pecan for pork and chicken.


I never tried pecan to BBQ or grill. It's not regularly available around these parts. Hickory is good too. I'll tell you what, when I go to Texas, I'll see if I can bring some applewood for you to try.
mriddick
02-21-2011, 05:12 PM
I've used pecan, apple, cherry and hickory. Pecan is the one I like most.
old Grump
02-21-2011, 05:30 PM
Apple because there are a lot of orchards around here where I can get the trimmings for free and oak because I have 12 acres of oak trees and some of them are on the ground for the taking.
coppertales
02-21-2011, 08:08 PM
but I like apple for smoking suckers. Mesquite for salmon and catfish.......chris3
aliceinchains
02-21-2011, 08:57 PM
Hickory for beef and pecan for pork and chicken.


Hickory is great for beef. Never tried pecan for anything that is interesting.