What is your favorite wood for bacon?

brandon91 · Jan 10, 2015

I've got 3 slabs of bellies dry curing at the moment and trying to figure out what to do for my first bacon run. I've been wanting an AMNPS for a while now and I figured cold smoking bacon is as good as any reason to get one

. So I ordered one along with a bunch of different flavors. I read a thread where Pop's used a layer of Pitmaster's blend and then a layer of corn cob on top of that, really considering that since everyone is saying corn cob is a hidden gem and is really good with pork. So what is your favorite?

ssorllih · Jan 10, 2015

I believe that I like maple better than apple or hickory.

timberjet · Jan 10, 2015

I love apple. Apple and a little hickory is even better.

wimpy69 · Jan 10, 2015

Second on the maple, make that sugar maple.

brandon91 · Jan 10, 2015

wimpy69 said:
Second on the maple, make that sugar maple.

Is there a difference between the maple you get in chip bags at the store and sugar maple?

talan64 · Jan 10, 2015

I feel I don't get enough smoke taste out of apple. It tastes "OK" but not smokey enough for me. Haven't tried maple. Last time I used Hickory, 11 hrs cold smoke, and it tastes wonderful!! I'll be using hickory from now on.

timberjet · Jan 10, 2015

I use sugar maple pretty often as there is so much of it in my yard it's ridiculous. I find it milder than apple with more sweetness too it.

wimpy69 · Jan 10, 2015

With so many varieties of maple who knows what the chips are. I've used silver, red and box elder but the hard sugar maple seems to give the best results. I get all of mine from pruning not only my trees but also neighbors which I do for only the wood.

daveomak · Jan 10, 2015

timberjet said:
I use sugar maple pretty often as there is so much of it in my yard it's ridiculous. I find it milder than apple with more sweetness too it.

And you don't tap the trees to make maple syrup ???? I looked into planting sugar maple trees for harvesting maple syrup.... they take 40-50 years to get to maturity.... I won't live that long.....

wagdog · Jan 10, 2015

I use apple and a little hickory. Love the combo.

timberjet · Jan 11, 2015

DaveOmak said:
And you don't tap the trees to make maple syrup ???? I looked into planting sugar maple trees for harvesting maple syrup.... they take 40-50 years to get to maturity.... I won't live that long.....

this one I have on my property.

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timberjet
Jan 11, 2015

and that is just some of it is well over that many years old times 50. this tree is a gigantic sob and I should tap it. someone tell me how to do it and I will.

timberjet · Jan 11, 2015

Total hijack there. sorry.

brican · Jan 11, 2015

A combination of Maple, Beach and Birch with some Softwood added

stovebolt · Jan 11, 2015

I love hickory.

Chuck

wade · Jan 11, 2015

Hickory for me too

Bearcarver · Jan 12, 2015

This is an easy one for me to answer, as I use Hickory for EVERYTHING!!

Bear

hoity toit · Jan 12, 2015

ditto....BUMP

Bearcarver said:
This is an easy one for me to answer, as I use Hickory for EVERYTHING!!

Bear

Ditto... BUMP

bear55 · Jan 12, 2015

Hickory for me, always.

brandon91 · Jan 13, 2015

I might end up just using a different wood for each belly since I can't decide

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welshrarebit · Jan 13, 2015

I've used hickory for almost everything professionally... Personally I like to use local native woods!

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