[Vision]

A few months ago I was at a resort in Phoenix. The first night we walked outside and there was this MAGNIFICENT smell in the air. It was less a smell and more like a perfume. We were told the scent was coming from the nightly bonfire they fuel with mesquite.

So this week I used some mesquite on a chicken cook and the chunks smell almost nothing like that bonfire. Any idea what this could be? Are there different varieties of mesquite?

[WXRGina]

No, Vision, there is only mesquite or stale mesquite.

That’s why I was (still am) offering to mail you some relatively fresh mesquite to use to smoke. Most of what is sold for barbeque purposes is chips or small chunks that is very old and dry and has almost none of the good mesquite “flavor/smell” left in it, even when soaked in water.