Feb 14, 2018 · The bark goes into burners and the remaing "clean" wood goes to various places like pellet mills, pressed wood factories and such that re purpose the sawdust and chips. I have a pellet stove fireplace insert and have bought several …

May 29, 2023 · And there's no doubt that pellets are wood, just a small version of a split. That said, fire and smoke is complex enough that there are scaling laws at play (e.g. the inner bulk of a split helps wick heat away from the surface better) that probably helps make a split and a traditional offset smoker a slightly better cooker, just like Grandpa ...

Nov 6, 2017 · I saw a thread at Pelletfan about using pellets for wood stoves in a pellet smoker. So I decided to give it a shot. I found 40lb bags of Premium Hardwood Heating Pellets at a local Menards in the Twin Cities for $4. I picked up 2 bags and …

Dec 5, 2015 · I reading the directions it says to use wood chips and not pellets. Can a smaller number of pellets be used. I have plenty. My limited research in chips vs pellets says there is more smoke flavor from one and more wood flavor from the other. My experience on my gas grill shows the pellets will fill your patio and back yard with smoke over high ...

Dec 9, 2010 · I use the food grade pellets for smoking that are made out of hardwood (apple, hickory, mesquite, oak, pecan). Most of the wood pellets that are used in heating applications consist of softwood (spruce, pine, etc) However there is one pellet manufactured by Marth that is made from maple wood that can be used for both applications.

May 14, 2020 · If on the west coast, Traeger pellets are 70% Alder and so are very mild flavored. If you buy the Alder labeled bags they're 100% Alder wood, and if you cant find those then the Apple bags should also be quite mild. If you're on the east coast, the pellets are 70% Oak, which is a bit more flavorful than Alder but still very mild.

Dec 15, 2018 · 2nd what normanaj says. Most pellets for pellet grills are a blend, some flavor wood with a lot of neutral flavor wood. Some pellets even use flavored oils (like Traeger?). I use pellets made with 100% flavor wood like the 100% apple wood pellets from Lumberjack.

Oct 18, 2020 · Any of the premium pellets, that don't use the tree bark in their pellets, will leave less ash than the others. Cooking pellet brand does not use the bark when they make their pellets and have less ash than the Lumber Jack, that I prefer. I think using the bark gives the pellets more flavor than not using it, even though it means a little more ash.

Apr 9, 2019 · With Lumberjack 100% pellets I get great flavor no matter what. I'm blown away at how amazing the 100% Mesquite pellets are with anything beef related. I also run their 100% pellets in the following woods and the flavors are also great: Maple - for my ground Venison Pastrami; Apple - sausage, bacon, and other stuff.

Apr 26, 2014 · The wood mixture consisted of hickory chips and black cherry pellets. In the grinder, the black cherry pellets ground up into saw dust, whereas the hickory chips were much harder to grind and turn to splinters. I've found that ordering bulk pellets is much cheaper than locally purchased chips.