Guide to Smoking Times, Temperatures and Woods

[DivotMaker]

I want to thank Gregg (NDKoze) for his assistance on this guide - great job!  We've put together a simple guide, that can be downloaded and printed, for quick reference.

This will evolve, over time, so please let me know if you have things you would like to add!  This should become a community effort!

 

[Kal]

Great resource DM! Making baby backs this weekend and this will help! Thanks!

 

[DivotMaker]

Great resource DM! Making baby backs this weekend and this will help! Thanks!

Most of the thanks goes to Gregg!  He put the chart together, and got me off my butt to get it going.  I just added a couple of things, and the wood info.  Hope it helps!

 

[NDKoze]

Actually, this has been a living chart that I have been constantly updating for years slowly updating based on the changes necessary for the Smokin-It smokers.

Many thanks to all the SI pioneers on this site that gave me the knowledge to update the chart.

 

[prudentsmoker]

I did not see maple on the list. I really like it, especially with sausage. I would be curious to hear from others regarding maple.

 

[Pork Belly]

Sugar Maple has been my preference lately, good smoke, no bitter or fruity flavors. I have smoked with a lot of Apple for sausage. 

 

[DivotMaker]

I'll get maple added to the guide.  Anything you guys would not recommend maple for?

 

[Pork Belly]

I have used it on, chicken, pork, bison, beef and seafood so far with no complaints. I think the best thing about it is that it is hard to describe. It is a good smoke, no sharp or pronounced notes of any type.

 

[DivotMaker]

Done!  Thanks for the info on maple; it's now in the guide!

 

[MNGuy1959]

Thanks Tony and Gregg!! 

This is an awesome reference guide.  Very much appreciated!

 

[DivotMaker]

Thank you, Gene!  Let me know if you have any suggestions - this will be a "work in progress."

 

[jmereid]

I have printed off the guide and appreciate the work that went into it.  I know I will use it since I have never smoked anything.  Is it possible to get this info for venison as a type of meat?  Thank you in advance for any help you could give.

Jaimie

 

[DivotMaker]

Thanks Jaimie!  We'll get our deer slayers on this!

 

[NDKoze]

I smoke a lot of venison, but always as jerky, snack stix, or sausage. To smoke a roast for example, I think you would want to cook it similar to a lean beef roast. I think there are a couple of posts in the beef section about smoking sirloin roasts. With the venison being so lean, you would not want to over cook it.

 

[OFFSHORE GINGER]

Not to upset the apple cart so...to ...speak but.............. is there any other way to post that chart opposed to PDF because that format can often be a pain .

 

[DivotMaker]

Sorry, Ginger; it's really to big to post with the limitations of the forum.  I can make it available in a Word format, it you'd prefer.

 

[Muzikman]

I personally feel that PDF's are the best possible format for sharing documents. Every platform has a reader (including phones).

That being said, it could easily be posted inside a forum post using the table tag. If you don't feel like typing all the tags, you could use the following site to create the code and then just copy and past it. It also makes it easy to update if you save it.

http://www.teamopolis.com/tools/bbcode-table-generator.aspx

 

[DivotMaker]

I personally feel that PDF's are the best possible format for sharing documents. Every platform has a reader (including phones).

That being said, it could easily be posted inside a forum post using the table tag. If you don't feel like typing all the tags, you could use the following site to create the code and then just copy and past it. It also makes it easy to update if you save it.

http://www.teamopolis.com/tools/bbcode-table-generator.aspx

We'll keep it PDF for now...like you said, there are PDF readers on every platform, and I've personally never had a problem with them (and create/use/send PDF docs every day, all day).  Thanks for the suggestion, though! I'll pass it on to Ben, the IT guy!

 

[DivotMaker]

Hey Ginger, head over to the "What Tree Do You Use" section and do a search on pellets.  Here's a recent topic, from Arnie, with his experience with pellets:

http://smokinitforums.com/index.php?topic=2365.0

There's been lots of discussion on pellets in the wood section.

 

[OFFSHORE GINGER]

Divo thank you.