| Although barbequing is the typical way most of us | | | | to cook than foods slapped on the barbeque. |
| cook outdoors, smoker cooking is gaining in | | | | Depending in the size of the food you are preparing, |
| popularity. Even though the smoked heat method | | | | and the temperature you are cooking, smoker |
| takes considerably longer than your basic charcoal | | | | cooking takes hours longer than typical grilling. A four |
| grill, cooks say that the distinctive taste of smoker | | | | pound piece of meat that will cook in 45 minutes on |
| cooking is well worth the wait. Smoker cooking is a | | | | a barbeque will most likely take at least two hours in |
| form of cooking where the smoke from burning | | | | a smoker. A four pound chicken will need about four |
| wood prepares your foods. Heated hard wood chips, | | | | hours in the smoker before it is done. The best way |
| such as mesquite, hickory and oak are placed in a | | | | to tell if meat is thoroughly cooked is to use a meat |
| smoker, which not only cook the food, but also add | | | | thermometer. Chicken that is thoroughly cooked has |
| a unique flavor from each wood type. The typical | | | | a temperature of 165 degrees. There are endless |
| wood smoker has a separate fire chamber, which | | | | possibilities when smoker cooking food. Any type of |
| allows the heat and smoke to pass through the food | | | | meat, poultry or seafood can be prepared by |
| being prepared. In smoker cooking, food never | | | | smoker cooking. Experimentation will allow you to find |
| comes in contact with an actual flame as it does with | | | | the perfect wood chip for each of your favorite |
| charcoal grilling. As such, there are no dripping oils, | | | | meat types. Rubbing spices on your meat prior to |
| bursts of flames or charcoal burnt food. Smoker | | | | smoker cooking, as well as adding sauces while meat |
| cooking allows for a whole range of flavor | | | | is being prepared adds even more flavor to your |
| opportunities. The type of hard wood chips you | | | | food. Smoker cooking is also ideal for steaming |
| choose will provide the unique flavor for your | | | | vegetables. The smoker cooking process seals in not |
| smoked food. Hickory typically provides a heavy, | | | | just the taste, but the nutrients as well. Smoker |
| smoky flavor to foods, and is often used when | | | | cooking is the simple way and tasty way to add |
| smoker cooking a turkey. Wood chips made from | | | | more veggies to your diet. Many of your favorite |
| apple or pecan trees produce a lighter smoke flavor | | | | recipes can also be prepared via smoker cooking. Chili |
| and will produce foods with a light, slightly sweet | | | | is a smoker cooking favorite for many cooks. Your |
| smoked taste, often used with a white fish fillet. | | | | smoker will most likely come with a cookbook filled |
| Patience and allowing oodles of time to prepare a | | | | with new recipes to try. So when you have the time |
| meal is the key to successful smoker cooking. Foods | | | | and are yearning for food with that unique smoky |
| cooked with heated smoke take considerably longer | | | | flavor, consider smoker cooking for your next meal. |