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W. Lohman

On 5/13/2015 5:29 PM, wrote:
> Okay, after years of grilling, I want to try smoking food on my gas grill. I kow
> I can buy wood chips, soak them, put them in an aluminum pan with a cover with
> holes punched in it for the smoke, but...
>
> What would be the best thing to try to smoke for my maiden voyage into this
> realm? Chicken, pork, beef? And are there certain woods that go better with
> certain meats?

Whatever you like.

Chicken - always go indirect heat (apple chips).

Pork, indirect to start, then finish over direct for bark (Jack Daniels
whiskey barrel chips).

Beef - what kind?

For beef I like oak and sometimes mesquite chips.

Pecan is genius on any of these if you can source it, cherry too.

> I can probably find recipes by Googling, but I'd like to get some first hand
> experience if I could.
>
> Thanks.