Comments on: Smoke Wood

By: John

John — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:59:29 +0000

I have a very large mature 60ft pecan tree that I would be delighted to be rid of. Only thing is that it will need to be professionally dismantled as it cannot be felled where it is.
All you need to do is remove it from my place at Galston (NW edge of Sydney). Come and get it – no charge!
John
0428 441 845

By: Bob Hart

Bob Hart — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:53:15 +0000

Hi Paul,

Cool site and great sentiments. Good info, too. But with regard to smoking woods, don’t forget about vine clippings. Any local winery should be happy to part with as many as you want. Soak the bare, drive cuttings, concentrating on the thicker wood, use on charcoal, and the smoke will produce brilliant steaks, a la Bordeaux, which you should then serve with, naturally, a Bordelaise sauce. Bon appetit!

And to Rocky, yes, we do have pecan trees, but it takes a bit of digging to find them, and then to persuade the grower that you are deserving of his wood! Do the shells also work? I love Texas barbecue, incidentally – especially the mesquite-smoked brisket at Coopers in Llano, in the Hill Country – my favourite barbecue joint in the whole world. Wish it was closer! I’ve also visited Galveston, but didn’t find any barbecue. Did I miss something?

Bob

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 09 May 2010 06:13:03 +0000

Hi there,
I use a webber (kettle BBQ, I have found that Australian hardwoods give you a great taste and you can get them anywhere I go to my back yard and use the Yellow Box Gum braches soaked for half hour and add directly to the coals just before I put on a roast beef or lamb, Also try using bark from a Silky Oak no need to soak just drop straight onto the coals before puting on the meat, Silky Oak is great for Beef, Pork, Lamb and even fish,
Another tging I have come accross is using paper bark to cook fish, although this is not for smoking,
My favorite is Flathead or Snapper
You need a reasonbly big sheet of paperbark at least 3mm thick you wrap the fish similar to how you would with Alumninium foil with your usual favorite fish flavours (lemon, chilli etc) and drop it on your BBQ hot plate spray the bark occasionly with a water mist to stop it from burning but allow it to smoke and cook the fish as you regulary would do but allow an extra 10 min to cook to allow for the thickness of the bark to get the heat in
Guaranteed you will not find another taste like it for your fish
Dave

By: joe

joe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:43:47 +0000

hi there would anyone have aplan to make a smoke house from an old fridge ?thank you

By: galveston340

galveston340 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:43:55 +0000

Just found this site and am quite interested in how you “Aussies” do your BBQ. I am born and raised here in Texas and have to ask if you have any access to Pecan wood for smoking down there?

Rocky

By: matt

matt — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:50:11 +0000

Hi all,
looking for smoking chunks (not chips) other than Hickory or Mesquite..prefer apple or similar. I am on the Gold Coast. Any ideas?

By: poyda

poyda — Sun, 03 May 2009 01:03:11 +0000

Aaron you can get them at Bunnings.

By: aaron

aaron — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:07:15 +0000

Hey there,

Where can i find either the Jack Daniel smoking chips/pellets im in Mebourne and cant seem to find them anywhere!

By: owen.

owen. — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:48:49 +0000

hi, am curently searching for markets for kanuka sawdust, wood chips etc for smoking food. in new zealand kanuka is the equivilant of your tea tree. we has good stocks of this product at very good rates. if interestd please let me know. thanks owen.

By: paulr

paulr — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:15:41 +0000

Hi Frans, thanks for your comments. Sounds like you love your BBQ’s and gadgets as much as I do. I’m going to follow up my request for a postage quote from the Stoker people as I have a BBQ guru but want another blowe and the PC connectivity/monitoring on the stoker seem very very cool! (using the ‘ol blackberry to connect to my BBQ!!!).
I have some mate that BBQ but as you said not to the extent/enthusiasm that I have..
Hope to see you on the forum as well!