There is nothing better then BBQ meat that has been cooked or smoked with wood chips. If you're a master BBQ chef, then you probably know the fine benefits of BBQ wood chips. But many people have no idea what the big deal is about this product.
Wood chips are very small pieces of wood that are added to your BBQ to create smoke. If you're not already using wood to cook your food, the only way you're going to get true smoke flavor is to add wood to your grill fire.
Using BBQ wood chips can send your grilling into the stratosphere. Whether you have electric, gas, charcoal, or built in barbeques you can add wood chips to get authentic barbecue flavor. You can also buy a special smoker box to place in your gas or charcoal grill so that you can get that "wood smoke" flavor. Make sure you read the instructions for your grill before trying this.
The key to using wood chips is to not let them burn too quickly. This creates intense bursts of smoke that can make food bitter. If you soak wood chips in water for about 15 minutes before you use them, you'll slow down their burn and make them smoke more. Before you use them, though, let the wood chips "drip dry" for a few minutes before you add them to your fire. You want the wood moist, not dripping wet.
If you're using a smoker in your grill, it's probably not necessary to soak the wood chips before you use them. Although soaked wood chips burn longer, if you are cooking a steak you might not need them to burn for that long.
You can get BBQ wood chips in a variety of flavors. They go from mesquite and hickory all the way to cabernet. The stores that sell BBQ wood chips will have flavor guides to help you wade your way through the new age of wood chips.
In general, the lighter the meat, the milder the wood chip you need to use. But it also doesn't hurt to experiment and try mesquite with chicken, just begin with fewer wood chips then you would normally use.
Alder wood chips have a mild flavor and are recommended for use with seafood and pork. The flavorful fruitwoods go best with veal, poultry and pork. Fruit woods include apple and cherry.
Hickory or maple wood chips are strongly flavored and should be used with poultry, pork or beef. Lamb, duck and beef also are great meats to use with mesquite wood chips, while beef or ham go well with oak wood chips, which is another strong flavor.
But remember that barbecuing is all about the meat. If you don't have a good piece of meat, there is no wood chip in existence that will make your meat taste any better. Make sure the meat you get is fresh and comes from a reputable supplier.
Don't settle for just a plain old grilled steak or bland chicken breast cooked on bare coals - cook like a pro and enjoy the vibrant aromas and flavors that come from cooking with BBQ wood chips.
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