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Old 03-10-2014, 10:13 PM
Duramaximos Duramaximos is offline
 
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Originally Posted by calgarychef View Post
Duramaximos, poplar seems like it shouldn't be any good doesn't it? I worked at a restaurant that used apple wood at 600 bucks a cord in a wood fired oven, one night I tried some poplar and although it burnt up faster the food still tasted nice. If I was smoking I'd choose apple over poplar given a choice but I wouldn't hesitate at all to use poplar. I think the key is to lightly smoke with the stronger woods.
There is no shortage of it in these parts
I'll give it a shot.
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