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1. While smoking food takes on many forms around the world, the one constant throughout all cultures is what common material though which smoke is created?
2. Smokers come in many different varieties. Improvements in technology have caused a dramatic popularity in pellet smokers What is NOT an advantage of pellet smokers?
3. Still, for many barbecue purists, offset smokers provide the meats with the best smoked flavor. What is the defining feature of an offset smoker?
4. Often considered the holy grail of barbecue, what large cut of meat comes from the chest of the cow near the front legs and has a ribbon of fat that separates the flat from the point?
5. Pulled pork is another mainstay of barbecue and is typically prepared by smoking a pork butt. Despite its name, a pork butt actually comes from what part of the pig?
6. Smoking produces very tender and juicy meats. What is it in these meats, in pork and beef especially, that produces this juiciness?
7. Certain leaner meats like pork loin and poultry can become dry if not soaked for an extended period of time in a brining solution. A brine is water strongly saturated with what seasoning?
8. In addition to beef, pork, and poultry, seafood is also popular with smokers. What is the name for brined salmon that is often smoked and served on bagels?
9. Smoking does not need to be limited to just meats and seafood.
10. Finally, what is the name of the layer of pink flesh often produced while smoking chicken, pork, and beef that is one of the key indicators of meat cooked in a smoker?
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