For the last several smokes I've been using my own blend of pellets and the flavor has really been good. This was discovered by some serious trial and error spanning over several months of intensive field testing!
Ok, I screwed up, but the results are good.
A couple know this story, and I'll leave them nameless for now, but here's how it all went down...
I was cleaning the garage a bit and found a box on a shelf from AMAZEN Products that had 2 bags of pellets in it. 5# of apple and 5# of pecan, still in the sealed bags.
Well, I have buckets for each flavor of pellet that I use, so I went over and got the bucket out for pecan. It had maybe a handful of pellets in it, so I dumped in the new bag. It was hot in the garage, so I went in for a drink. After mixing up a good one, my bride came in and we began to chat, well she can be very chatty, and before you know it, I made another drink... see where I'm heading?
She and I went into the garage and I grabbed the other bag of pellets, sliced it open, and as soon as I dumped them into the bucket I said something along the line of "well darn", actually it was worse than that, but this is a family forum. The bride asked what was up and I told her what I had just done. After she finished laughing, she informed me that I probably couldn't separate them at this point and I may as well just dump in a partial bag of pellets that was on the shelf where the box had been.
I looked at the bag and it was mesquite pellets, I told her that wasn't a good idea, and then I went in to make another drink. While I was in the house, guess what she did... Yep, I'm guessing that bag was about 1.5-2#.
I figured what the heck, the next thing I had been planning to smoke was a brisket for HER family for Easter, so they could be my guinea pigs! :devil:
I loaded up my 18" tube and lit it, and let it burn for the entire smoke! The smell was definitely different and the flavor was outstanding! Everyone asked what I had done differently.
I told them it was a special blend of woods that commingled well with the prime beef brisket I had special ordered for them. My bride said it was a normal brisket from Sam's and a drunken accident that paid off with the smoke... Ya gotta love an honest wife sometimes... Sometimes!
So, for the record, I just ordered more pecan, apple, and mesquite pellets! This blend has been good on chicken, pork, and some hot smoked salmon! I plan to use this quite a bit and can't wait to see what the flavor is on some snack sticks!
So there you have it, the successful oops!
I was going to post a picture of the pellet blend, but it doesn't look as impressive as it sounds. :biggrin:
Ok, I screwed up, but the results are good.
A couple know this story, and I'll leave them nameless for now, but here's how it all went down...
I was cleaning the garage a bit and found a box on a shelf from AMAZEN Products that had 2 bags of pellets in it. 5# of apple and 5# of pecan, still in the sealed bags.
Well, I have buckets for each flavor of pellet that I use, so I went over and got the bucket out for pecan. It had maybe a handful of pellets in it, so I dumped in the new bag. It was hot in the garage, so I went in for a drink. After mixing up a good one, my bride came in and we began to chat, well she can be very chatty, and before you know it, I made another drink... see where I'm heading?
She and I went into the garage and I grabbed the other bag of pellets, sliced it open, and as soon as I dumped them into the bucket I said something along the line of "well darn", actually it was worse than that, but this is a family forum. The bride asked what was up and I told her what I had just done. After she finished laughing, she informed me that I probably couldn't separate them at this point and I may as well just dump in a partial bag of pellets that was on the shelf where the box had been.
I looked at the bag and it was mesquite pellets, I told her that wasn't a good idea, and then I went in to make another drink. While I was in the house, guess what she did... Yep, I'm guessing that bag was about 1.5-2#.
I figured what the heck, the next thing I had been planning to smoke was a brisket for HER family for Easter, so they could be my guinea pigs! :devil:
I loaded up my 18" tube and lit it, and let it burn for the entire smoke! The smell was definitely different and the flavor was outstanding! Everyone asked what I had done differently.
I told them it was a special blend of woods that commingled well with the prime beef brisket I had special ordered for them. My bride said it was a normal brisket from Sam's and a drunken accident that paid off with the smoke... Ya gotta love an honest wife sometimes... Sometimes!
So, for the record, I just ordered more pecan, apple, and mesquite pellets! This blend has been good on chicken, pork, and some hot smoked salmon! I plan to use this quite a bit and can't wait to see what the flavor is on some snack sticks!
So there you have it, the successful oops!
I was going to post a picture of the pellet blend, but it doesn't look as impressive as it sounds. :biggrin:
