Anyone ever used maple as a smoking wood in a smoker or Big Green Egg? We just had a whole bunch of trees cut down and there’s lots of maple around here but I never hear about it as a smoker wood so I’m wondering why. I’m guessing it’s pretty mild. I can find chips for apple, hickory, alder, pecan etc but I’ve got all this easy access to maple so I wondered if it was worth trying.
Thanks.
Maple is used for ham and bacon. Not bad on those meats. Not sure I would smoke grain for a beer with it.
Thanks I was thinking ribs and chicken. For malt I like apple.
I smoke stuff with maple - it’s good on cheese as well as the stuff you mentioned. I wouldn’t hesitate to use it for anything.