Happy Birthday Mike -
I guess that there are alot of Libras out there !
My B-day was on the 5th
As promised pics of the big feast from last night!
Thanks guys! You know me too well. Definitely a big hunk-o-meat for dinner cooked over some pecan and looking in the cellar for something equally as big to pair it with. Decision, decisions! LOL
We have some good friends who live down south of us in Las Cruces, NM. They are retired but own a 25 acre pecan orchard and every time we go down for a weekend visit he loads me up with some nice pieces of pecan that are just the perfect size for the Weber or my smoker pit. I use charcoal as the bed and once the fire is ready I add a stick of pecan on top of the coals. I used to think mesquite was the best until I got ahold of some pecan. The flavor and smoke is incredible. If you can get your hands on some you won't regret it. Some of the best BBQ I have ever tasted.
I have used cherry on occasion as well. We have several neighbors close by that have old cherry trees and I always take the dead limbs off their hands LOL
It imparts a really sweet/smokey flavor to the meat, more so than anything else I think.
I make a mean pork tenderloin that is marinaded overnight in a blackberry/habanero syrup mixture. Cook that over some cherry wood and you have something really special!
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