Persimmon wood for smoking. See the articles wood allergies and toxicity and wood dust safety for more information. Smoking wood plays a role in the flavor and the color of the meatit also forms a bark or crust on the meatin general mild woods are good for fish and poultry medium fruit woods are best for poultry or pork and strong woods hold up against dark red meat flavors. Generally speaking any wood that is hard and free of resin or sap is good for making smoke. On my acreage we have persimmon wild plum and lots of grape vine.
We have such a variety of wild fruit trees here in the ozarks i was thinking of trying some different ones. The trick is knowing when to add wood chunks to your smokerand how much to use. Smoking grilling and bbq wood persimmon is a tree of the ebony family with yellow to orange red plumlike fruit. When dried correctly the wood can be used for all types of applications.
If the tree makes fruit or nuts you enjoy eating then the wood is typically good for smoking. Anybody know about using it to smoke with. Cottonwood it is a softer wood than alder and very subtle in flavor. Anyone use persimmon wood.
Turns and finishes well. Uncle robbys persimmon wood chips offer a medium piney smoke flavor. Some wood of course makes better smoke than others. Stuff looks pretty dry.
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I found some persimmon wood that had been cut and left in a pile for several years. The timber is difficult to dry but our high tech vacuum kilns can keep the movement minimal and stabilize any surface checking. Wood from chokecherry trees may produce a bitter flavor. I have heard it has a dry sweet flavor.
Persimmon has been reported to cause skin irritation. Thread in woods for smoking thread starter started by hogfan40 start date jan 13. We have lots of persimmon trees around here and getting the fruit when it is ripe is always a challenge before the deer eat all the fruit. Looking to broaden my smoking horizon so to speak.
Love having persimmon pudding in the winter. Smoking with persimmon wood. Uncle robbys persimmon wood chips add a delicious flavor that permeates into the meats. Use it for fuel.
Does this mean its going to dry out my meat. Persimmon generally responds well to hand tools but can be difficult to plane and blunts cutting edges faster than expected. Persimmon wood slabs american persimmon is a native tree prized for both its fruit and lumber.