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Hickory Smoking and Barbecue Tips

Apr 162011

When it comes to smoking meats, you will invest your hard earned time and money, into the meats that your mouth is already watering for. If you don’t do some research, or have an experienced smoker to show you how, you may not be happy with the results.

Here are a few basic smoking tips, so that you will have a head start to making that great piece of meat, taste even better after smoking.

Use HOT water to soak your wood chips and chunks
Mixing assorted hardwoods, can provide your very own blend of flavors
Don’t settle for just any wood. Use only hardwoods when smoking
The fresher the wood, the more flavor the smoke will have
When you get that unbelieveable flavor, make notes of the exact amounts and types of wood that you used
When checking meat during smoking, do it as quickly as possible to conserve the heat and smoke

How to Use Hickory Wood for BBQ

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Apr 162011

Hickory wood is one of the original and most popular barbecue woods. Hickory is a hardwood that when used to flavor meats, will give a rich taste to the meat. Whether you are cooking or smoking deer, poultry, beef, or pork, your meat will benefit from the rich taste of Hickory.

100% All Natural Hickory Sawdust and Wood Chips are great for use on the charcoal grill. You will not only enjoy the rich taste and flavor that it gives your meat, but the smell while cooking may lead your neighbors to your house.

Using Hickory Sawdust and Wood Chips is very easy and won’t add but a second or two to the entire cooking process. When you are ready to add the meat, after heating your charcoal to the desired level, you are ready to add the flavor. Simply grab your Hickory Sawdust or Wood Chips and spread a thin layer over the hot coals. Now place your meat on the grill and cook the meat as you normally would, while minimizing the time that the grill is open and allowing the smoke to escape.

There is also an option of putting the Hickory Sawdust or Wood Chips in a piece of tin foil that you have formed into a small envelope. Put your desired wood into the foil and then close up the envelope. Poke a few small holes in the foil, with a toothpick, and place it directly on the hot coals just before adding the meat.

Gas grills will require a special box to hold the Hickory Sawdust and Wood Chips. This is to keep the wood away from the direct fire and to avoid ash accumulating in the grill.

Hickory Handle Mill Process

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Apr 162011

Hickory logs are trucked into the mill site and then stacked on the yard until they are ready to be washed. After the logs are on site, they are moved onto skids in groups of 5 or 6. On the skids, the logs are washed with a garden hose attached to a pressure unit. The logs have to be washed to get all of the dirt, mud and rocks out of the bark.

After the logs are washed, they are moved to another stack of waiting logs until they are ready to be sawed. The logs are then placed on a motorized rack that feeds the logs under a hydrolic chainsaw that cuts the logs into the desired length. After that, the cut logs are ran through a “buster” that cuts them into half, quarter and smaller sections.

Eye Carving Tutorial

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Apr 162011

When you first start a wood carving project that involves a face, you have to think about what areas of the face stand out. The nose stands out the furthest on the face. Look at your own nose in the mirror, from a front view and a profile. Therefore, you should start by carving the nose and relieving the areas around the nose to allow for a natural looking nose in relation of the face. Below is an example of what your carving might look like when you are ready to start caving the eyes.

Now you are ready to start your eyes, by carving a shallow dip in the area on each side of the nose. I like to use a gouge to create the slight indention and make an oblong shape on each side of the bridge of the nose. Continue reading »

Make a Wood Carving Knife

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Apr 162011

After seeing a few articles and tutorials on making carving knives, I wanted to give it a try. Most instructional information that I have found, details how to make your own knife from making the blade all the way to making the handle. I don’t really have all of the proper tools or expertise to make my own blades, so when I found some ideas using a blade from an old pocket knife, I jumped at the chance to try it. It turned out pretty good, so I wanted to pass on the information to my visitors.

The first step is to find the old knife that you want to use a blade from. After removing the blade from the pocket knife, find your desired type of wood for the handle and cut out a 3/4″ by 3/4″ by 5″ piece (I’m using hickory) and then split that in half.

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