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What Woods Go Best with Smoking Brisket?

Posted on 6/13/13 at 11:54 pm
Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
16665 posts
Posted on 6/13/13 at 11:54 pm
Hoping to try my first this weekend on a BGE. Saw where Franklin prefers post oak (and then hickory but avoids mesquite). Wondering what others recommend.

TIA.
Posted by la_birdman
Northern GA via Lake Charles
Member since Feb 2005
31066 posts
Posted on 6/14/13 at 12:02 am to
I worked briefly at a bbq place here in town and we used red oak.

I always wanted to try apple though. When we were in Seattle, our hotel was next to restaurant that smoked everything over apple wood and it smelled so good. Even just walking by the place.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50290 posts
Posted on 6/14/13 at 12:07 am to
I like pecan.
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
22443 posts
Posted on 6/14/13 at 12:28 am to
Scrub Live Oak from the hill country in Texas and that's as good as it gets
Posted by weaveballs1
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
3062 posts
Posted on 6/14/13 at 3:39 am to
Hickory or Oak for brisket. I don't like to use fruit woods for beef but if you feel like you absolutely want to then go with pecan.
Posted by Trout Bandit
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2012
13439 posts
Posted on 6/14/13 at 5:31 am to
Oak and/or Pecan.
Posted by jmon
Mandeville, LA
Member since Oct 2010
8474 posts
Posted on 6/14/13 at 6:05 am to
Oak, hickory. I agree that fruit woods go better with pork.
Posted by liuyaming
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since May 2008
3413 posts
Posted on 6/14/13 at 7:05 am to
I use cherry for my brisket but that just me. Has never let me down.
Posted by CreoleGumbo
Faubourg Bayou St. John
Member since Sep 2003
1829 posts
Posted on 6/14/13 at 8:10 am to
I use a combo of mostly hickory with light Mesquite
Posted by wiltznucs
Apollo Beach, FL
Member since Sep 2005
8978 posts
Posted on 6/14/13 at 8:17 am to
I use an 80/20 oak and mesquite mix. I like to use pecan and oak in the rare event that I stumble across pecan. Hickory in moderation works well too...
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81962 posts
Posted on 6/14/13 at 8:18 am to
Pecan, hickory, oak. Never mesquite.
Posted by GolfingTiger
Gonzales
Member since Oct 2004
292 posts
Posted on 6/14/13 at 8:51 am to
another list smoking woods
This post was edited on 6/14/13 at 8:57 am
Posted by puse01
Member since Sep 2011
3742 posts
Posted on 6/14/13 at 10:28 am to
Oak
Posted by Mr. Tom Morrow
Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe
Member since Jun 2012
6847 posts
Posted on 6/14/13 at 12:22 pm to
I use a pellet smoker but I add a blend of apple and hickory. It's truly a personal preference type of discussion.
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