Customer Reviews

Charbroil Hickory Wood Chips, 2 Pound Bag

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I find this real convenient for the occasional smokeout. Ok so I may not be an avid Q'er but these chips release their essence over a pretty long period when soaked long enough. Because they are chips, my preheat time is a lot less than logs or chunks. I usually soak in lukewarm water for 10 minutes or half hour in cold water and put em in little home-made al-foil packets with holes. The warm water actually softens the wood more so the smoke is long and slow. Really great on ribs and poultry. So good am now a repeat buyer.

My Dad doesn't have an official smoker - he has a hellified gas grill with every attachement and option known to man. And he's good on a grill. What he didn't have was any way to smoke anything. So for fathers day we bought him some little box with a handle called a "smoker box," various bags of flavored wood chips, and a rib rack.

Maybe it was due to the chips, maybe the rib rack or maybe it was my Dad's skill on the grill - but he DID create the best ribs he's ever made after we gave him his gifts.

I know very little about smoking - but I do know that as we were all sitting outside chatting, I could smell the woodchips in the smoker box... and I'd consider buying some just to chuck in the fireplace to get that fantastic smell.

My sister and I DID shop around a bit, and we discovered that Amazon actually did have better prices (as of Fathers Day of 2009) on the wood chips then any of our local retailers.

yup, these are wood chips for smoking. Works just fine! Soak them before exposing to open flame, but they are great.

Charbroil Hickory Wood Chips, 2 Pound Bag arrived with a musty smell before I even opened the box. There was mildew on the chips so they had to be thrown out.

Thought I was ordering 'wood chips' for my Smoker unit. These are 'chunks' you'd use in a Weber/full on smoker unit. (Mines an electric so you have to use 'chips,' not 'chunks.' That said, many 'fit' anyway, the others took an application of a small hatchet to knock them down to appropriate size. MY Bad! Not theirs, I need to learn to 'raed but0r.' ;>)

End game was the 'chunks' were really excellent; 4 hour smoke and didn't have to reload the chip tray again.
Perfect!
fae

Since we discovered the smoker box, a new universe opened for us. These chips give a wonderful, distinc, yet not overpowering, flavor to our grilled meat. And it smells divine in our patio! We are hooked on this!

Amazon, thanks for another great product. It is easy and did just what it was supposed to do, make the meat taste deliciuos.

I feel like a fool for buying these without shopping around locally. 99% of the time, Amazon has the best price. I found the exact same brand and size in the grocery stores for 1/7 the price on here. There's my stupid tax for the year.

Used these Hickory chips with my gas grill to cook an 8lb pork shoulder roast with skin on. The meat was extremely flavorfull and juicy and my family devoured it and proclaimed it the best I have ever served. The left overs made great enchiladas the next night. I will use these chips as well as the mesquite flavor chips again and again.

I don't have a ready source of hickory and I felt guilty at first for not finding some and making my own chips (saving a few bucks)! But, I ordered these anyway and I'm glad I did, 2 pounds is a lot of chips! These chips are small and relatively uniform. They work very well in my small smoker box. Properly soaked in water prior to grilling, they provide adaquate smoke for direct or indirect grilling on my propane grill.