There is a fella selling smoking wood about an hour from where I live...the small town is called Scotland. AFH and I have been thinking about going for a while now and today was the day we finally got it off our shoulders. They have whiskey staves that are actually sourced from the real Scotland....making them SCOTCH staves. I love Scotch so finding that out sealed the deal. Our haul:
The damage:
55 lbs Scotch barrel (we got his last 25 pound box and needed another so he gave us 3-10 pounders for the same price)
25 lbs Rum barrel
25 lbs cherry
10 lbs wine barrel
2x2.5 lbs peach
2x2.5 lbs apricot
2x2.5 lbs plum
2x2.5 lbs pear
A closeup of a wine chunk showing a bit of crystallization:
I just had to try some of this wood today so picked up a chicken when we got back and rubbed it down with some grape seed oil and Dizzy Dust. The forecast called for showers so I was on the front porch doing my hillbilly routine:
Got my wife to hold the new Blue Thermapen:
She had her damn finger showing again:
This was one juicy chicken boys....very nice taste from the rub and a single chunk each of Scotch and Cherry. Did up some King Oyster Mushrooms to go with the bird too: