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    You folks who like to smoke meat, you ever used persimmon? I saw someone advertising persimmon wood smoker wood for sale this morning. Who’d a thunk it? Persimmon sprouts were our enemy in pastures back home.
    Maybe somebody will come steal it if we advertised!
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    To be perfectly honest, I can't tell hickory from pecan from persimmon on a smoker. It all taste the same to me.

    Them persimmon bushes and lespedeza did make for some heavy bales in my youth
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    I’ve seen it but never tried it. I generally use apple for pork and pecan on everything else. I like hickory but the family finds it too strong.


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    Y'all mosey on down my way, and I'll load up every truck bed with free persimmon firewood, green persimmons, sprouts, and/or sapling's.
    (P.S. You gotta cut your own firewood, but I'll load it for ya.)
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    I grew up on Hickory, so that may be why it's always been my favorite. Once I moved to California. everything was Mesquite. I got used to it and have no problem with it, but Hickory is still in my blood I guess. My Ohio buddy always did a hog when I'd be up there hunting, he always used Apple. It was fine, but I'm not positive what I was really tasting because he'd BBQ the hog on a big grill with a spit and constantly basted the meat with apple juice. NO complaints.
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    I actually just bought a new smoker/pellet grill to replace the propane grill I’ve had for years.

    I’m looking forward to learning about the process because I’ve only used propane grills before.


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    Quote Originally Posted by DeputyDog View Post
    I actually just bought a new smoker/pellet grill to replace the propane grill I’ve had for years.

    I’m looking forward to learning about the process because I’ve only used propane grills before.


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    What did you get? RecTec, Traeger, Green Mountain?

    I've had a pellet grill for years. Generally run a two grill setup. I prefer to cook with hardwood charcoal so I have a BigJoe (ceramic), but for ease I like pellets and have a (RecTec, GreenMountain, and Gorilla).

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    I ended up going with a Traeger. I looked pretty hard at the RecTec but I saw a lot of reviews knocking the wifi and connectivity and where I live service is spotty anyway, and I liked the hopper clean out on the Treager which the RecTec doesn’t have.


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    I fired up the Egg yesterday and smoked two racks of ribs and a couple sticks of baloney for a Mother’s Day get together today. Of course we had to sample. They’s larrupin!

    Pecan for me! Then plain old oak, then mesquite.



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    Better finish that baloney off by driving over to skiatook and picking up a bottle of Macs....they have spices bbq to now

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