Improving the Flavor of the Meat - Learn to Smoke Meat with Jeff Phillips

Read this article without adsJoin NowSmoking meat is a little more involved than just placing meat in a smoker and letting it go. The process and preparation of getting the meat ready is over half of the battle and will go a long ways toward determining the resulting flavor of the meat.There are many ways to bump up the flavor of the meat and while much of this is personal taste, few people would eat smoked meat if nothing was added before hand such as marinades or dry rubs. Many people will not even eat smoked meat without barbecue sauce so knowing how to increase flavor is very important to your smoking meat education.Let's cover these flavor enhancements one by one and talk about what each one does and how to do it correctly without over-doing it.MarinadesWhen I say marinades, I am thinking of a flavorful liquid that meat sits in, usually overnight. This liquid has a high flavor profile and while it doesn't necessarily soak into the meat much as it sits there in the fridge, it usual...