The Ten Commandments of Homemade Pork Bacon: 5. Choose your Wood

Appears in
The Bacon Bible

By Peter Sherman and Stephanie Banyas

Published 2019

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For smoking, use hickory, apple, or cherry, or other preferred hardwood (or blend of woods). Personally, I find mesquite too strong. Depending on your smoker, you’ll use chunks, chips, sawdust, or pellets.