Wood chips are used to add flavor not as your fuel source. The more chips you use the stronger the flavor, use to your flavor's desire.

Chips good for grilling with are: mesquite, alder, hickory, mesquite oak, sassafras, grapevines, alder, fruitwoods.

Chicken: hickory, alder, sassafras, grapevines, and mesquite Lamb: fruitwoods and mesquite Pork: fruitwoods, hickory, oak, and sassafras

Veal: fruitwoods and mesquite Beef: oak, grapevine, mesquite, and hickory Seafood: mesquite, sassafras, alder and fruitwoods

Vegetables: mesquite Vines, chips, and wood chinks must be soaked for at least thirty minutes before using. Make a foil log{see below} for gas and electric grills, using drained chunks or chips.

Wood chips can be sprinkled over fires using charcoal. Herb and branches need to be soaked as well and can then be added to charcoal fires. If using gas, make a foil log, punch whole in the tinfoil to allow fragrance to permeate the food.

Making a FOIL LOG
Always presoak your wood chips and chunks before using. They can be thrown directly on a fire. However, you must make a foil log to use on a gas grill. Most aromatic chips can be made into a log. Using a log on a gas grill works best if it has two burners but it can be used on single burners, too. If you plan on smoking the meat for several hours, make several logs. You can keep a side of soaking chips to add to charcoal if the smoking is long.

1. Soak chips in a pan of water for 30 minutes.

2. Use a piece of heavy duty foil, 12-18" square. Fold in half to get a 12X6" or 18X9" rectangle. 3. Add 2 cups of drained chips to the center of the log.

4. Make a seam with the short ends of the foil.

5. Leave the ends of the log open to allow the smoke to escape.

6. Move the lava stone to one half the grate after removing the cooking grid.

7. Preheat grill.

8. Place the log on the lava stone.

9. Put the water pan in an empty area of the grate. Replace the cooking grid and close the hood. The setting should be on high until the chips ignite.

10. Turn your burner to low under the lava stone. Turn it to off if under the water pan. Next, place the food over the water pan, close your hood and smoking process begins. Check to see if you need to replace your log.