Which Wood Flavor to Use for Your Cookout

When considering which wood type to use for your next cookout, it is important to become well-informed as to which wood type goes best with which meat. Unless you’re a professional chef, you’re more than likely going to have to do some research in order to find out what type of wood goes best when smoking/grilling fish. Not to worry, we have all the answers you’ll need to make sure your prepared meats will have their optimal flavor by using the correct wood type while cooking.

Backyard Middle East has many types of wood used for smoking/grilling, and most incredibly many of these wood types are not immediately available in our region. Our list of wood types goes as follows:

• Alder
• Apple
• Cedar
• Cherry
• Hickory
• Maple
• Mesquite
• Oak

Each of these wood types has different characteristics when used for smoking/grilling. It is important to know what each wood type offers and especially important to know which wood type to use for which ever type of meat you’re cooking.  In order for our customers to have a very easy diagram of what type of wood to use for cooking different meats, we created a very user friendly table to display what wood goes with what meat. See below:

This table will help you discern which wood type to use for your next grilling experience. As always, our goal is to keep our customers as well informed about their grilling options as possible. This is exactly the reason for our Knowledge Center. Whether you need to look up how to clean your grill, or you’re looking for recipes, The Knowledge Center is your one-stop place to go to find information relevant to what you’re seeking. If you ever have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us at +966 13 845 6798.