How to get just a hint of smoke

[SconnieQ]

I have the smokinlicious double filet variety box and chose cherry, hickory and maple. Sounds like those 3 would fill in the blanks nicely with what you already have. (I also asked for samples of red oak and ash.) It's quite a bit of wood considering how little these smokers use, so I have vacuum sealed it, to preserve the moisture level. It is really high quality wood.

[NDKoze]

Kari, I ordered the exact same box as you and the wood is awesome. I won't have to buy wood for awhile, but the cost is pretty cheap verses some of the meat cuts that I am buying. So, why would I potentially mess up an expensive piece of meat for saving a few bucks by buying big box dry kilned wood?

[Theslacker]

Now you folks have me thinking about getting a vacuum sealer to store wood chunks.....gee, it would be handy to seal left over hops from beer brewing also... I think I've been concerned about the recommendations on one of the wood seller's sites to either keep the wood chunks refrigerated or else they will degrade within 30 days at room temp... I'd enjoy having a large variety of different woods, but don't want to try to store them for months and months and have them go "bad" (if that's possible) quickly.

[SconnieQ]

Now you folks have me thinking about getting a vacuum sealer to store wood chunks.....gee, it would be handy to seal left over hops from beer brewing also... I think I've been concerned about the recommendations on one of the wood seller's sites to either keep the wood chunks refrigerated or else they will degrade within 30 days at room temp... I'd enjoy having a large variety of different woods, but don't want to try to store them for months and months and have them go "bad" (if that's possible) quickly.

I resisted buying a vacuum sealer for about a year, thinking I could get by, then broke down and bought the VacMaster 140 when they had an awesome closeout price on them. Now I don't know what I did without it. I use it much more than I even thought I would.

[DivotMaker]

Aaron, other than a digital scale, I consider a vacuum sealer the #2 essential accessory for our addiction, er, "hobby!"