First Smoke -- A Little "Smokey"

[dewman29]

OK, thanks to everyone on the SMF because I had my first successful smoke yesterday. I did a few chicken breasts plus a "fatty" sausage. It was fun, and overall turned out great.

The sausage was great, man it was really good. But the chicken breasts were a little too smokey. The smoke flavor basically overpowered the chicken completely.

Are chicken breasts not good smoked, or did I do something wrong?

I am using the Chargrill H2O smoker (I think the same as the ECB). Any help is appreciated. Thanks!


-DewMan

 

[dewman29]

...I forgot to take the pictures... that's a n00bie mistake. Will post them on my next smoke-

 

[ron50]

How long did you smoke them, what type of wood, how large were they?

Chicken breasts are great smoked, but they are small and don't require much smoke.

I prefer fruit woods like apple, cherry or orange for chciken as they produce a lighter, sweeter smoke.

 

[dewman29]

I smoked them roughly 4.5 hours on low heat (around 200-215 degrees). They were just boneless/skinless chicken breasts -- so probably around 8-10 oz each. I used hickory chunks for the wood, over charcoal.