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RangerDanger

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Pork loin and sausages-- wood amount?
« on: December 23, 2014, 02:37:26 PM »
Anyone have recommendations for how much wood for two pork loins and some sausages in the little guy?  I've only had it about a month so far and love it, but it is waaaay more efficient than my old charcoal smoker. 

I've oversmoked a chicken breast so far (only casualty as of yet) and learned my lesson on the wood.  However, I want to make sure I use enough, but not too much and didn't see anyone posting about a pork loins (or maybe bad at searching).

Thanks for any recommendations and merry xmas!
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Re: Pork loin and sausages-- wood amount?
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2014, 04:29:04 PM »
Cherry is always a safe bet.  I use 3 oz when I do two racks of sausage. John
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Re: Pork loin and sausages-- wood amount?
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2014, 04:31:04 PM »
I was going to send you to this thread:
http://smokinitforums.com/index.php?topic=2151.0

But, I just realized that we don't have any wood amounts in for Pork Loin. I would use 2-3 ounces for Pork Loin though.

The thread above includes a Smoking Times, Temps, and Wood guide in it though that should be helpful for your other smokes.

I am guessing that Tony (AKA Divotmaker) will see this thread and get the guide updated.
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Re: Pork loin and sausages-- wood amount?
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2014, 04:52:47 PM »
No more than 3oz will be fine.   The pork loins will probably take about 2 hours max to reach IT so they will be getting smoke for the entire time.
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Re: Pork loin and sausages-- wood amount?
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2014, 07:02:54 PM »
3 oz is plenty, Ranger.  Here's one of mine:

http://smokinitforums.com/index.php?topic=1864.0

Merry Christmas!
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Re: Pork loin and sausages-- wood amount?
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2014, 07:12:58 PM »
Awesome! Thanks for all the advice. I found the chart but like previously mentioned it didn't have pork loin listed, but that will come in handy for some of my other experiments.
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Re: Pork loin and sausages-- wood amount?
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2015, 09:52:41 AM »
I concur 3oz is right on.
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Re: Pork loin and sausages-- wood amount?
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2015, 07:45:22 AM »
I recommend the bacon wrapped tenderloin receipe found on this forum. 
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Re: Pork loin and sausages-- wood amount?
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2015, 09:48:05 AM »
When in doubt go with 3oz.
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Re: Pork loin and sausages-- wood amount?
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2015, 07:00:15 PM »
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Re: Pork loin and sausages-- wood amount?
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2015, 09:54:02 AM »
Short smokes, 3oz will do perfectly.  When I am doing ribs, I might up the wood to 4oz, and for BBs, I go with 5-6oz of wood.
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