Had some time to try beech

[tryingitout]

So I had some time Sunday and it was such a nice day, I decided to smoke something with the Beech I cut up. I had not tried Beech yet, so I threw on 4 bone in chicken breast, and one pork tenderloin. From what I have read people say beech is a real mild smoke. I think the beech is real close to maple, maybe touch stronger and the maple is also a little sweeter. The end product was still great. What I want to do when I have the time is smoke 3 tenderloins and 3 salmon filets, 1 with apple, then 1 with sugar maple, then one with beech. That way you can compare them side by side, and see how the smoke flavor differs! 

Happy smoking

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• tryingitout
• Jun 12, 2017

Garey

 

[lantzy75]

I picked up some beech chips a couple weeks ago. Looking to try them out in the near future.

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[tallbm]

I'm curious to see what you discover.

I did some 100% maple smokes on some Pastrami Loaf smokes last week.  It was fantastic!  If beech is like maple then I'm sure you will enjoy the flavor :)

 

[tryingitout]

So an update to my post; The next day my wife and I both had the pork tenderloin in our lunches, we both came to the same conclusion, the beech on the tenderloin is a little bitter, or strong. It might work better on pulled pork, where the flavor can mix in. However it was fantastic on the chicken beast, I will do that again. Not sure if I will try it on salmon, but I would on a brisket.