Blackjack

[macdoesit]

Anyone ever smoked with Blackjack.
I have 5 acres with Hickory, Oak, Walnut and Blackjack.
This last ice storm brought down a lot of large limbs that Im cutting and splitting to season.
I have used blackjack in the past and to me has a nice smoke flavor.
I like to be able to smell the smoke on my meat and taste smoke flavor down in the meat. Some people do not like as much smoke as I do.
If everyone liked the same thing, would be a very boring world.

 

[jcam222]

Seems as though it’s just a variety of oak. https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/does-blackjack-taste-similar-to-other-oaks.139904/

 

[macdoesit]

Yes it is but totally different.

 

[pineywoods]

I have used blackjack quite a bit as where I used to live it was plentiful. It produces a good flavor in my opinion.

 

[Hamdrew]

jack oak is good stuff. i have been burning mostly pin oak myself. i think you'll find many fans/users here of just about every wood suitable for smoking

 

[macdoesit]

jack oak is good stuff. i have been burning mostly pin oak myself. i think you'll find many fans/users here of just about every wood suitable for smoking

Never heard of pin oak ?

 

[Hamdrew]

Never heard of pin oak ?

it is in the red oak family like jack, with quite a bit of tannins and thus a pretty dang strong flavor. a little different than jack.

The trees are everywhere around St. Louis

 

[macdoesit]

it is in the red oak family like jack, with quite a bit of tannins and thus a pretty dang strong flavor. a little different than jack.

The trees are everywhere around St. Louis

Did not know, thank you, learn something new everyday.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Never heard of blackjack oak... but at first thought "blackjack", I imagined something totally diferent! Sure glad it's a wood and not what comes in a tube!

Ryan

 

[Hamdrew]

Never heard of blackjack oak... but at first thought "blackjack", I imagined something totally diferent! Sure glad it's a wood and not what comes in a tube!

Ryan

You may well have seen them, they're around a lot of the country. Jack/blackjack oak, at least, as straight "black oak" is yet another species

 

[SmokinAl]

I use scrub oak down here in FL.. I have several trees in my back yard & there are always a bunch of dead branches that need to be trimmed. They are already dried & ready to use in the smoker.
Al