Let's Talk BBQ
FORUM SPONSORS => MAK Grills => Topic started by: Lemonhead78 on September 13, 2018, 12:52:47 PM
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Are you mak owners using any special pellets for higher temps ? I’m gonna go with cookin pellets.com for flavor and most cooks. I was just wondering if I should have a bag of something else for high heat cooks. I’m assuming it won’t make much of a difference but I figured I ask
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We use either 100% oak, or Lumber Jack "Charblend Hickory" for high temp grilling.
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i always use 100 % oak for high heat in my 2 star
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i always use 100 % oak for high heat in my 2 star
Great minds think alike................... Oak!!
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Yep, what they said.
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I’ve gone through over 10 bags of Bear Mt hickory that I got for about $8.50 per 20# bag at bulk price from local feed/farm store, Wilco, in Oregon. I cook at smoke all the way to 400 and this does it all well with very few, if any, uncooked pellets. I’m no professional but I am a bit cheap.
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Are you mak owners using any special pellets for higher temps ? I’m gonna go with cookin pellets.com for flavor and most cooks. I was just wondering if I should have a bag of something else for high heat cooks. I’m assuming it won’t make much of a difference but I figured I ask
Here's a link to the BTU ratings of North American woods in million btu/cord of wood. It's divided into eastern hardwoods, softwoods and western hardwoods,softwoods. Hickory, both Shagbark and Bitternut, have a higher BTU rating than oak, but from experience, hickory produces somewhat more ash than oak.
http://worldforestindustries.com/forest-biofuel/firewood/firewood-btu-ratings/