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Title: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: BC Buck on June 02, 2018, 04:29:38 PM

Found a bag of Lumberjack pecan pellets in the garage. Who has experience with them?

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: Ross77 on June 02, 2018, 06:18:47 PM

Is it the blend or 100% pecan?

I've use the Pecan blend on briskets and beef rib roasts.  Haven't tried it on anything else but I like it on beef.

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: pmillen on June 02, 2018, 06:31:38 PM

A pecan tree is a type of hickory tree.  The smoking applications are similar.

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: Darwin on June 02, 2018, 08:56:53 PM

Pecan is one of my favorites for cold smoking.   :clap:

*edit, I didn't read the title. 
Pecan is great for all meats IMHO. Like the others have said, it's like a milder hickory. I use it most for Andouille, back bacon and cheese.

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: glitchy on June 03, 2018, 02:09:40 AM

I have used it on about everything. To me it just seems a little milder than hickory. I do love it on brisket.

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: BC Buck on June 03, 2018, 09:30:21 AM

Quote from: Ross77 on June 02, 2018, 06:18:47 PM

Is it the blend or 100% pecan?

I've use the Pecan blend on briskets and beef rib roasts.  Haven't tried it on anything else but I like it on beef.

Yes it Lumberjack 100% Pecan.

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: Bentley on June 03, 2018, 11:41:12 AM

Anything. 

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: Bobitis on June 03, 2018, 11:50:17 AM

Quote from: Bentley on June 03, 2018, 11:41:12 AM

Anything.

I agree. Pecan should work on whatever you want to cook.

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: Ralphie on June 12, 2018, 10:37:25 AM

My Baton Rouge, LA based family members and their extended friend network make homemade andouille sausage and other various Cajun/creole sausages.  Pecan is the only wood they use for the sausages that get smoked.  They use pecan and other woods for smoking other meats but when it comes to sausage, particularly of the Cajun bent, it's exclusively pecan.  It appears to be tradition down there, at least in parts of Louisiana. 

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: grilltreats on June 12, 2018, 01:22:49 PM

I love chicken smoked with pecan wood.  It is my favorite wood for chicken.  I do use apple and cherry sometimes to mix it up a bit.

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: pz on June 12, 2018, 09:28:07 PM

Agree with all said so far, but I tend to use it on cheese and salmon mostly.

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Post by: verapx on June 12, 2018, 10:52:37 PM

We use pecan wood and crushed pecan shells when we smoke our deer sausage. Comes out great.

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: Jimsbarbecue on June 13, 2018, 12:01:03 AM

Anything.  Pecan and cherry I use the most. Also green mountain blends

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: sac3848 on June 14, 2018, 09:38:31 PM

Pecan and cherry for almost everything

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: sac3848 on June 14, 2018, 09:40:19 PM

Candy makes a pecan/cherry comp mix

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: SparkyLB on July 11, 2018, 02:37:54 PM

Great, and varied replies on this one.

I expect my Pitts and Spitts to arrive "mid July" as Ryan said--but I'll start out with straight oak, cherry, or pecan for a benchmark. 

I know NOTHING except what I've heard about a wood's ability to impart flavor--but if the general consensus is correct (pellet smokers don't impart quite the strength that, say, a stick-burner would) if that's true, I will add straight hickory or mesquite to that 30 lb. hopper, and mix it real well.  I'll start small, and add as necessary until I feel like my product has been "smoked." 

Pecan, when used on my Visions grill is delicious on ANY meat I've tried it one. 

I'll keep you and the whole Pellet Fan community aware of what happens. 

I just have to receive this xxxx thing first!!!    :) 

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: Bentley on July 11, 2018, 02:59:31 PM

Not sure if you know, but Hickory and Pecan are almost the same wood!

by Eric Meier The Carya genus (or what is more commonly referred to as Hickory) is divided into two main groupings: true-hickory, and pecan-hickory. Species in the true-hickory group tend to be slightly denser, and therefore a bit harder and stronger than the species in the pecan-hickory group.

Title: Re: What meats do you use pecan pellets on.
Post by: grilltreats on July 12, 2018, 04:09:02 PM

I don't have any experience with pecan pellets just yet.  I do have experience with pecan logs and chunks on a charcoal grill, having connections in FL.  I love and prefer to cook chicken with pecan wood.  I typically will use other wood types for other types of meats, but I'm sure pecan would go well with some of those too.