Hi Eddie
From my testing of woods, sekelbos is great for a braai but not to smoke meat with. The wattle, "if the bark has been removed" is good.
Check out the Smoulder chunks on takealot. The wattle bag weighed in at about 2.5kg for R140 and there is now Macadamia available which weighs a...
I have found this
Smoulder Smoking Wood Chunks - Black Wattle from Takealot
I was surprised how much I liked this wood.
The flavor/Aroma sits somewhere between Oak and Hickory.
Something interesting. I decided to test the first batch with Wors.
Method: Worse in Smokey mountain at 225F for 1...
I have both offset and smokey mountain. I use the offset when I have a lot of bigger cuts, like Ribs, that need the space, but that is about it. The Offset is the King when it comes to smoking and infusing smoke but it is very very hungry. You use a lot of fuel.
The Smokey mountain is almost a...
It depends.
You are infusing the smoke flavor into your meat, so the wood must have a nice aroma when burnt. We have local fire woods readily available, like sekelbos, which are great for a braai, but not for smoking.
From what I have tested myself, and from what I have read, generally, wood...
Hi
If you guys are anywhere near Kyalami, the Mica at Kyalami Corner is stocking Wood "Chunks". They currently have 'Peach' which is absolutely, awesome especially with chicken.
And the nice thing about the chunks is they last long. Did some ribs and a belly and used only 3 pieces for the...