CHOOSE THE RIGHT WOOD WHEN SMOKING MEAT, YOU WILL ENJOY MORE

Home smokehouse and home smoking are centuries-old ways to preserve meat. Earlier, at a time when neither the refrigerator nor the freezer boxes were available, meat was stored in this way in the chateau kitchen, in the courtyard and by the cottager.

Over time, the smoking of meat has become more of a tradition, which is maintained especially in the countryside. If someone has a farm, they will melt their smokehouse during the slaughterhouse.
Anyone who knows how to smoke, knows what wood to use. Stocking up with well dried wood is crucial.

THE MOST POPULAR TYPES OF WOOD FOR MEAT SMOKING

Mostly it is a hard wood, which has a good calorific value, lasts longer to burn and its smoke gives the meat a proper smell.

Beech – has a high calorific value and gives a characteristic taste of smoking

Oak – the same quality and sought-after wood as beech, wood that is sufficiently dry, without bark – otherwise the meat will sour and bitter.

When smoking, soft wood is used more as a “coloring” of the taste of meat, it is drowned in the last phase of smoking.

Birch – it is not a classic wood for smoking, but it can soften the meat, at the end it adds an interesting taste, and a nice dark crust

Alder – has similar properties as birch, adds aroma and tenderness, the meat acquires a brown to golden brown color

Fruit wood suitable for various types of meat

• beef – oak, walnut and apple tree
• pork – apple tree, white walnut, pear, alder, maple and oak
• poultry – maple, alder, pear, apple tree
• fish – alder and oak
• cheeses and vegetables – try maple
• game – pear, alder or walnut
• homemade pork ham – the best is the apple tree

CONCLUSION

• use only well-dried wood without bark
• start with hardwood first, ideally oak or beech
• add wood from fruit trees to the end of smoking / does not catch too sweet taste

You can buy dried and high-quality wood for smoking and grilling from professionals in the czech e-shop called Uděláme zahradu.

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