Char Griller smoker

[mmeyer]

Hey all,

I bought a Char Griller smoker last year and used it only once to smoke a chicken. I am excited to use it more this year. It calls for logs fro making the fire in the smoke chamber instead of chips or chunks. Can anyone recommend a place to get some apple, cherry, or hickory logs to use?

Or any other recommendations?

Thanks

Mike

[LABS4ME]

I have a horizontal smoker with a side box and I use White Oak logs and let them get good a glowing and add chunks of hickory or apple for supplemetal flavoring.

I've been to 2 BBQ restaurants that cook over oak fires and really enjoyed the flavor, so I started to use some myself.

Good Luck!

Ken

[polarsusd81]

I haven't done the log thing yet, but might have to try that out. For mine, Char Griller with side fire box, I have used a nice pile of lump charcoal with some good sized chunks of hickory, apple, or mesquite. Just have to vent it right to try and keep the temp under control. I have done ribs and turkey that way and it works pretty good. Want to do a pork butt here this spring.

[polarsusd81]

I should add, that the turkey was smoked for two hours and then finished off in the oven. Just enough to get a good smokey flavor going, but would have been way late to the easter celebration if I didn't finish it in the oven.

[MJCatfish]

 Originally Posted By: LABS4ME

I have a horizontal smoker with a side box and I use White Oak logs and let them get good a glowing and add chunks of hickory or apple for supplemetal flavoring.

I've been to 2 BBQ restaurants that cook over oak fires and really enjoyed the flavor, so I started to use some myself.

I've used primarly oak in my side firebox as well with great success. It really provides nice smoky flavor to everything I've cooked from brisket to ribs to chickens, etc. It is actually my flavor of choice. That may be because I have lots of it cut for burning in my wood stove, too.

MJ

[mmeyer]

Thanks guys! I have a pile of firewood for my wood burner as well but unfortunately it's all elm and box elder. I don't think I'll be smoking with any of that. At least oak is easy to find.

[fadal]

I bought some apple wood on hsolist that worked great.