Wood Plank Cooking

pyrocasto · Posted: Jun 08, 2008 7:26 am Post subject: Wood Plank Cooking

Anyone tried this or at least heard of it?

http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking/mp/outdoordining/package/0,14343,459945,00.html

Supposed to add some wood and smoke flavor to whatever you're cooking. Since I have access to different woods easily, I thought about trying it as a quick and easy alternative to smoking. Still get some smoky flavor without the long hours of cooking(or the complete tenderness of course).

8824 · Posted: Jun 08, 2008 7:28 am Post subject:

pyrocasto, I will only eat the occasional piece of salmon off a plank.

THESE ARE THE BEST

Chales · Guest

I've tried it

But either my pallete isn't advanced enough or I don't eat enough grilled foods to notice any difference.

Just don't use any treated wood and you are good to go

Dragonlady8 · Black Widow Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 9198

It's been the latest and greatest thing in grilling for the last 2 yrs ...... they use to be at BBQ shops as a specialty item and now can be purchased at Walmart/Target.

Just make sure you soak the cure wood in water. You can try wood that is still green too.

JoeyJojo · Posted: Jun 08, 2008 8:14 am Post subject:

been using this method for years, and it is almost foolproof. nice piece of hickory and a pork tenderloin is awesome. walmat/target only sells the cedar, which is good for fish. you should search out some hickory, oak, and applewood planks and try them all out. you will be a grilling god Smile

pyrocasto · Posted: Jun 08, 2008 9:46 am Post subject:

I've got all the maple, alder, oak, hickory, cedar, and apple I could ever use. I'll probably try some hickory first.

Thinking about getting a few different pieces of salmon or something, and trying one on foil, one on hickory, and one on cedar or apple and see how they compare up.

QNev · Posted: Jun 08, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject:

Very very very very very delicious.

Cedar plank salmon FTW.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

ohsix · Posted: Jun 08, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject:

Maybe a "control" sample?

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

why on foil? just cook it on the grill.

YELLOWMOBIUS · Addict Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Posts: 776 City: da region

fish generally falls apart when you cook it?

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

you cook salmon w/ it's skin on. i grill salmon at least once a week. it never falls apart.

DRAGON88 · Posted: Jun 08, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject:

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

nope. i grill it. but smoked salmon is delicious!

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

Planks, fish racks, the whole 9-yards at our house. The fiancee is a fish fanatic. So I have learned many different ways of doing these suckers. There are tons of ways to cook fish too, and most are all real good.

Jensen · Posted: Jun 09, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject:

hickory tastes awesome, i want to give some other woods a try though

Dragonlady8 · Black Widow Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 9198

haugy, try grilled Shark with lemon butter sauce.

pyrocasto · Posted: Jun 09, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject:

I like swordfish and may try that, but it's so damn expensive.

YELLOWMOBIUS · Addict Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Posts: 776 City: da region

J_DOGG · Posted: Jun 10, 2008 3:22 am Post subject:

YES - but for haddock only ....

I don't think it adds much flavor but cooking fish out side is always better than cooking it inside IMO....

I rub my fish with a lemon rub and top it with bread crumbs...

Lop · Posted: Jun 10, 2008 6:02 am Post subject:

so last night i grilled burgers on a kiln dried 2x4.... wasn't impressed

Dragonlady8 · Black Widow Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 9198

I just read this in the latest issue of Cooks Illustrated. Thought I'd share it with you.

Here's the link, but you may need to be a member to access.
http://www.cooksillustrated.com/testing.asp?testingid=76&bdc=912&Extcode=L8GN2AI00