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RECOMMENDED PELLETS
When smoking your favorite foods, its important to make the best pellet selection. Pellets can come
in all kinds of combinations and flavors including Apple, Cherry, Hickory, Maple, Mesquite and Oak. Pellet fuel
for cooking burns with an average of 8,200 BTU’s per pound and have very little ash and moisture content (less
than 0.5% ash and less than 6% moisture). Avoid using pellets longer than 1” long.
PELLET FLAVOR GUIDELINES
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APPLE: Has a sweet, fruity smoky flavor. Strongest Flavor of the fruit woods. Ideal for most foods.
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CHERRY: Has a mild, sweet fruity smoke flavor. Tends to give meat a rosy tint of color.
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HICKORY: Has a strong, bacon flavor.
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MAPLE: Has a very mild, sweet light smoky flavor.
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MESQUITE: Has a strong, spicy flavor. King of southwest smoking.
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OAK: Has a mild, wood-fired flavor. This is your roasting wood.
CAUTION:
Some wood pellets produced for heating fuel have a high chance of containing additives that are harmful when
burned. For optimum performance from your grill, ensure that any pellets intended to be used as fuel are free
of additives. Low quality pellets may adversely affect your grilling temperatures, time, and flavor.
Avoid using soft woods for pellet fuel as it will impart a turpentine-like taste.
RECOMMENDED PELLET STORAGE:
Some manufacturer’s pellet bags have slits or air holes in them, we recommend that any unused pel-
lets, or any pellets to be store for long periods of time, should be emptied into a waterproof container. The
5-gallon buckets obtainable from your local hardware store make great waterproof containers, and lids can
easily be fitted to the top to completely seal the bucket. Ensure that any location to be used for pellet storage
is dry and away from sources of heat.
