This past Wednesday we had friends over and I made pulled pork on my Big Green Egg and a side of Mexican street corn off the cob on my Blackstone griddle. We have an enclosed deck off the back of the house so a few years back I added a hood (a chemist can never be without a hood!) and I can essentially barbecue all year round. Very convenient!
About 6 months ago I bought a CharBroil smoker so have been using it quite a bit to smoke "wild caught" Alaskan salmon, fresh caught (local) trout, pork roast & last week smoked a prime rib roast - haven't tried smoking any chicken yet
I have been using apple wood for smoking but am also currently working on building some kitchen & bath cabinets made out of maple so am saving all the maple scraps to give maple a try for smoking with
I also LOVE my rib eye steaks so I buy rib eye by the "slab" & then cut & package my own steaks which cuts the cost of a rib eye in about half of the cost of buying them as pre-cut steaks so I BarBQ rib eye "at least" once a week
And speaking of apple smoked meat there is a small company in Wisconsin that makes - hands down - the worlds VERY BEST apple wood smoked bacon - it is "a bit" more expensive then other off the shelf bacon but will make your taste bubs go WOW !!!
I first discovered this absolutely awesome bacon when I was set up with refining back in Wisconsin & because they do mail order now that I have moved to Oregon I have them send me 10 - 15 pounds any time my freezer stash starts to run low
For anyone that is a TRUE bacon LOVER here is their web site to order from -----
https://www.nueskes.com/?sc=PPC&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=688700440&utm_term=meat online&msclkid=7b4f378197db130ff4a650154df6ca66&utm_content=Meat
I always order 2 - 3 of their 5 pound packages which is the best bang for your money & then re-package into smaller packages (yes I have a vacuum sealer)
https://www.nueskes.com/applewood-smoked-bacon-5-lb-pack
I have no association with this company other then I simply LOVE their bacon
So much so that even though it cost a bit more then most other bacon I consider buying ANY other bacon a waste of money
For what it is worth (if you are a TRUE bacon LOVER) I recommend this bacon (being as how we are talking about REALLY GOOD food)
You can "taste" this bacon when its frying in the pan
Kurt