Bubbabob wrote:
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> Arri London > wrote:
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> > How do you like the plum wood for smoking meat? We have a lot of plum
> > trimmings from our tree and was considering using that way.
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> It works great. It's that purple-leaved fruitless ornamental plum that
> never lives as long as people think it will. This one died at the Med
> School and I got the groundskeepers to give it to me rather than run it
> through a chipper for mulch. I've been using apple primarily for several
> years and this is as good or better. I've used it on pork and chicken with
> equal success. I haven't tried a brisket yet as brisket prices have been
> outrageous for the last few months.

Sounds good. Our tree is a fruited sort. I've been taking it apart the
last few years in preparation for taking off one trunk. The trimmings
are at least two years old. Old enough for smoking meat?