{"id":252,"date":"2020-06-05T12:25:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T16:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/?p=252"},"modified":"2021-08-13T12:19:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T16:19:22","slug":"what-a-nutty-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/what-a-nutty-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"HICKORY COOKING WOOD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4431\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4431\" class=\"wp-image-4431 size-full\" style=\"border: 4px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-a-nutty-choice-blog-1.jpg\" alt=\"Our forest grown Hickory cooking wood blocks are center cut with NO BARK! Perfect sizing when you need a &quot;chunky&quot; piece of hardwood for smoking and wood-fired cooking!\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-a-nutty-choice-blog-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-a-nutty-choice-blog-1-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/What-a-nutty-choice-blog-1-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our forest grown Hickory cooking wood blocks are center cut with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/to-bark-or-not\/\">NO BARK<\/a>! Perfect sizing when you need a &#8220;chunky&#8221; piece of hardwood for smoking and wood-fired cooking!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">HICKORY COOKING WOOD- WHAT A &#8220;NUTTY&#8221; CHOICE<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">C<\/span>ontinuing our feature on specific hardwoods for the sole purpose of wood-fired cooking, let me introduce you to very popular choice, especially when it comes to hot smoking or pit roasting techniques and meats.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">H<\/span>ickory hardwood is part of the Juglandaceae family of wood better known as the Walnut family.\u00a0\u00a0 The scientific names for the varieties we manufacture are <em>Carya glabra (Mill.) <\/em>sweet and <em>Carya laciniosa <\/em>(Michx.f.) but the common names for the varieties found in the Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania regions include Pignut Hickory, Sweet Pignut, Smoothbark Hickory, Kingnut.<\/p>\n<p>Hickory cooking wood is most commonly used with animal proteins like<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/test-kitchen\/cooking-tips\/article\/wood-smoking-meat\"> beef<\/a> (ribs, <a href=\"https:\/\/smokinlicious.com\/recipe\/2017\/03\/24\/give-me-that-beef-brisket\/\">brisket<\/a>), pork (shoulder, ribs), and game (elk, bison, moose, duck, deer).\u00a0 Its overall flavor profile is more significant with a moderate level of infusion.\u00a0 It often is described as having a bacon-like undertone.\u00a0 Because the overall infusion is on the stronger side, it works well when mixed with a lighter hardwood or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/are-fruit-wood-trees-like-the-apple-snow-white-bit-into\/\">fruit wood<\/a> like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/ill-take-mine-with-an-olive\/\">ash<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/put-a-cherry-on-it\/\">cherry<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/oh-the-mighty-maple\/\">maple<\/a> to balance the use of Hickory with non-animal proteins.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">T<\/span>he overall color that results from the smoke vapor of hickory cooking wood is on the brown or deep side.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Heat Level:<\/strong> High \u2013 27.5 MBTU<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fuel Efficiency:<\/strong> Excellent<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ease of Lighting:<\/strong> Fair<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ideal Uses:<\/strong> Grilling\/Roasting\/Braising\/Pit Roasting\/Hot Smoking<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/HICKORY-TREE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-253 size-medium\" style=\"border: 5px solid #804040;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/HICKORY-TREE-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"HICKORY TREE\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/HICKORY-TREE-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/HICKORY-TREE.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">O<\/span>h, and the answer is no, you don\u2019t need to be concerned with the use of hickory cooking wood for those with a nut allergy.\u00a0 The trigger for an allergic reaction is contained within the nut themselves rather than the tree and occurs when the nut is cracked.\u00a0 So enjoy this giant of the forest and Bon-Bar-B-Q!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Purchase products:<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/wood-blocks.html\">Wood Blocks<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/smoker-logs\/\">Smoker Logs<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Wood Chunks: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wood-chunks-double-and-single-filet\/\">Double and Single Filet<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Wood Chips: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wood-chips-grande-sapore\/\">Grande Sapore\u00ae<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/minuto-chip-page\/\">Minuto\u00ae, &amp; Piccolo\u00ae<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1035\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5025\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5025\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/web-chunk-dude-with-glasses-and-reading.jpeg\" alt=\"More Related reading on this subject\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More Related reading on this subject<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Related reading:<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a title=\"Permanent Link: IS HICKORY THE WOOD TO SMOKE &amp; GRILL WITH?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/is-hickory-the-wood-to-smoke-grill-with\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">-IS HICKORY THE WOOD TO SMOKE &amp; GRILL WITH?<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a title=\"Permanent Link: COOKING WITH WOOD YOU SHOULDN\u2019T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT YOUR SAFETY\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/cooking-with-wood-you-shouldnt-have-to-think-about-your-safety\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">-COOKING WITH WOOD YOU SHOULDN\u2019T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT YOUR SAFETY<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a title=\"Permanent Link: WHAT WOOD TO USE FOR SMOKING: A PRIMER\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/what-wood-to-use-for-smoking-a-primer\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">-WHAT WOOD TO USE FOR SMOKING: A PRIMER<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_5024\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smokinlicious.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dr-Smoke-for-Blog-Web-page-.jpeg\" alt=\"Dr. Smoke- do you know that Hickory Hardwood is a member of the Walnut tree family! Our Northern Hickory cooking wood has a sweeter taste!\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Smoke- do you know that Hickory Hardwood is a member of the Walnut tree family! Our Northern Hickory cooking wood has a sweeter taste!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although Hickory is considered a nut producing tree, don\u2019t be fooled into thinking it will taste overall nutty.  Other molecular components of the tree interact to provide the deep, rich, \u201cmeaty\u201d flavour to this hardwood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,1],"tags":[860,58,861,33,875,873,872,874,871,869,866,868,867,865,870,24],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking-with-wood","category-general-smoking-information","tag-forest-grown-hardwood","tag-hardwood","tag-hardwood-species","tag-hickory","tag-hickory-smoked","tag-hickory-smoker-wood","tag-hickory-smoking-wood","tag-hickory-wood","tag-hickory-wood-for-smoking","tag-kingnut","tag-pignut","tag-smooth-bark-hickory","tag-sweet-pignut","tag-walnut-tree-family","tag-what-is-the-best-hardwood-for-cooking","tag-wood-fired-cooking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HICKORY COOKING WOOD - Smokinlicious\u00ae Smoking Wood Tips<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our hickory cooking wood comes from forest grown species of Pignut, Sweet Pignut, Kingnut or Smooth Bark Hickory. 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