What'd you use for smoke? I've done a couple with apple wood but didnt get good penetration.
Apple is always a good choice. These days, I almost always just use pecan. It does good with all poultry, so since I am always cooking a mega-ton of chicken, it's my go to. I also use it for our Thanksgiving turkey every year too
I can never really tell a taste difference between any of the wood flavors, but some put a darker smoke color to the meat than others. Pecan does a nice good color on all the poultry, and does okay with other meats as well. I like cherry, apple, and hickory as well though.
I was talking to the guys at rec-tec one day, and they were trying to get me to buy their pellets, and I told them I had used them in the past and liked them, but also told them I just buy some of the cheaper brands. The way I look at pellets is similar to how I see powders or maybe even HGH. There are only like 3-5 powder manufacturers most people buy from, and I told him something along the lines that "I always think to myself that there are only a handful of pellet manufacturers that all the companies buy from, so many brands are probably the same." He was like..."Yea, you are right man." So i just get my regular pecan pellets from Walmart for like $9.99