Making Bread (Yes, Bread) With Your Smokehouse Pellets Grill

Do you want special bread for the holiday? Are you looking for the kind of bread that’s going to have other folks saying: “Hey, um, can you tell me where you bought that bread?” If so, you can make Sheepherder’s Bread with our recipe. Yes, we don’t just offer smokehouse pellets, we have plenty of great recipes, too. You can follow along with our video here.

First Things First
Sugar. Salt. Flour. Water. Active dry yeast. That’s all you need to do this. (And, of course, the right pellets and a pellet grill).

Get the yeast going. You don’t want your bread to have it not rise, so get some water in there. A scoop of salt, scoop of sugar, with a regular old tablespoon – you can make great food from just regular items.

Speaking of the water, you’re going to want to have your water warm. Keep it warm. You’ll note we said “warm.” We didn’t say hot. You don’t want hot water because it’ll kill the yeast. Warm water will activate the yeast.

The Difference With Sheepherder’s Bread
Remember, this isn’t like other kinds of bread. It’s Sheepherder’s bread. As such, you don’t need to measure out the flour. Rather, just eyeball it. Dump a bunch in there. In our video, we basically do about 40 ounces. Add the salt, add the sugar, and mix it well with a whisker.

How Can I Tell If the Yeast is Active?
Simple: by when it’s bubbling. While you’ve been doing the step mentioned in the last section, the yeast probably started bubbling. You may want to add just a tick more water. Then put it all together. Adding more water is OK.

Homemade Bread
Then, mix it all up. Speaking of mixing it, wash your hands. Why? Because, well, if you’re following the amounts listed on our site here, you’re going to be making a lot of this so you’re going to want to mix it all with your hands. Get in there. Truthfully, doing so can be quite a bit of fun. Work the dough around.

Get It Consolidated
Once you’ve roughed up all the edges and gotten it consolidated, take some more flour and then shake it all over your table for kneading. Then, knead that dough. Once you’ve done that, knead that dough. If you believe that you’ve done enough kneading of the dough, then it’s time to knead that dough. This is where the real work comes in.

Smokehouse Pellets for Great Recipes All Year Long
This takes a while to cook, usually multiple hours. Of course, during that time, you can check out many of the other recipes that we have on our site. To get the best in grilling no matter what time of year it is, you can buy our pellets.

New Grilling Pellets and New Ways to Enjoy Them

Are you looking for some new recipes to use for your pellet grill? Have you been seeking out the highest-quality grilling pellets? Here at Knotty Wood, we recently unveiled perhaps our best pellets yet, the “Competition” blend. Exactly what it sounds like, this is a blend of our Almond Wood and our Plum Wood for our most balanced flavor. All of our pellets go with certain dishes. These are some of the dishes that go with our newest flavors.

Hot Honey Wings-Grilled Hot Honey Wings Recipe
We don’t believe that, when it comes to wings, you should have to choose between “sweet” and “spicy.” So, this recipe makes for the best of both worlds here, too. The two to three tablespoons of our Knotty Wood Honey will give these wings plenty of delicious, sweet honey flavor.

To make sure that the “hot” part comes true, the recipe calls for curry, Cayenne pepper, black pepper, and a half cup of our Knotty Rub. With all of that, these wings bring a delicious kind of sweet heat.

Some tips here to keep in mind: you’re going to want to place the wings (once they’ve been cut and seasoned) directly onto the grill grates themselves. And, of course, you’re going to want to use our Plummond Competition Blend Pellets, too.

Sweet and Spicy Short Ribs
Wings, of course, aren’t the only dish that can be as sweet as it is spicy. Case in point, our “Sweet and Spicy Short Ribs” go long on taste. The sweet jalapenos go a long way towards making that happen, of course, as does the quartered medium onion, the half cup of Knotty Rub, and the freshly ground black pepper. Our Plummond Competition pellets, as they do with so many other dishes, bring a balanced flavor.

This is one of our more popular recent dishes for many reasons, not the least of which is that it’s so easy to make. Sure, it’ll take about five hours, but it’s low impact and easy to make. This is perfect for when you know you have a big dinner coming but also a busy day of work.

Steak Bites that Go Beyond
In addition to our Plummond Competition Blend Pellets, we also recommend that you use the original Bachan’s Japanese Barbecue Sauce for these. Unlike some of the other recipes that we’ve mentioned here, these can be cooked quickly. This is a short recipe. If you have an event, for example, and more folks than you thought, come, this is a great way to cook something delicious in a hurry.

Grilling Pellets for Every Dish
These are just some of the recipes that our Plummond Competition Blend pellets make better. There are many, many others. You can find a lengthy list on our site. By that same token, you can find our pellets at our site, yes, but you can also find them through Lowe’s and The Home Depot as well.

Perhaps Our Best BBQ Pellets Yet

Have you been looking for a higher caliber of BBQ pellet? Do you want the highest quality BBQ pellet for your grill? Here at Knotty Wood, we’ve been making pellets for a long time now. In that time, we’ve been grateful to hear from so many of our satisfied customers about what they want. Now, we’re proud to offer what we believe are our best BBQ pellets yet: our Competition Blend.

You Wanted Them, We Made Them
In the past, we offered just Almond Wood and Plum Wood pellets. We were so glad to see these embraced by our customers. Yet, one thing that customers would ask is for a combination, a way to blend the flavor profiles. That’s just part of what this blend is meant to be.

When we sat down to make these pellets, we wanted them to be the best combination possible. So, we didn’t release them until they were the right blend of the Almond’s mild, nutty flavor and the Plum’s light sweetness. Together, they give your grilling a real balance, a true best of both worlds.  

For Professionals, for Your Table
You can call these the “Plummond” pellets (as they’re a mix of “Plum” and “Almond”), but, you can also see that they’re called “Competition” pellets, too. That’s because these are the pellets used by those who compete in grilling competitions.

In those kinds of contests, every detail matters. Professionals have to do everything that they can to give themselves an advantage. Hence, they have to use the best possible pellets. Which, of course, is exactly what we made these to be.

That said, you don’t have to be in the midst of a competition to use these pellets for your grilling, of course. They’re just as good for your friend, family, and you as they would be for any judge.

What They (Don’t) Have
We’ve told you what these pellets contain, but it’s also important to cover what they don’t have, too. Specifically, they don’t have any additives, substitutes, oils, filters, or all of the other nonsense that some companies will put into their pellets to make it seem like they’re offering more than they are.

The truth is that the wood pellet industry is entirely unregulated. As such, companies can sell pellets containing floor scraps, waste wood with unknown origins, You’ll never find any of that with our pellets. Not in the slightest. Ours are 100% pure and natural.

Best BBQ Pellets for Your Dish
There are plenty of recipes where the best pellets are, of course, going to be these Competition Plummond ones. But, we understand that all tastes are different, some recipes require different kinds of pellets. That is why we offer all of our different pellets (in addition to the rub).

You can find them through our site or through the site for The Home Depot and Lowe’s.

Smokehouse Pellets Tailgating Advice: Win Before the Game Starts

Do you want to have the best tailgate ever? With everything on the line in the big game, do you want to be able to serve the biggest and best feast? Whether you’re tailgating the conference championship game or the big game in the backyard, you can use your pellet grill to make some of the best gameday (or any other day) dishes around. Below are some of our tips for making your tailgate a winner, regardless of what happens on the field. As always, the winning play is to use our smokehouse pellets to take your tailgate to a higher level.

Go In With a Plan
Tailgating is the kind of thing that, no matter how many times you do it, it helps to be prepared. The more you can plan the menu ahead of time, the better. In fact, many of the most experienced tailgate folks prep the meat the night before (if not multiple nights before).

Even if you have tables, chairs, utensils, and the like, most folks are going to stand around eating. Thus, you give yourself the best chance at success by cooking the kinds of foods that people can eat with their hands, without having to use a knife and fork. Wings. Salsa. Steak bites. And so forth. You can find plenty of great recipes at proven tailgate performing recipes at our site.

“A Game of Attrition” – Have More Than You Need
One of the oldest football cliches is that it’s “a game of attrition.” Players get hurt, bad things happen, and you can lose the resources you have at any time. That can happen with tailgating, too, so it makes sense to bring a bit more than you need.

You never know when folks (even folks you know) are going to walk off with plates, utensils, even chairs. The more disposable implements you can use, the better.

The same goes for your wood pellets when you’re cooking, too. This is still winter. As such, it may require more wood pellets to get your pellet grill as hot as you want. Act accordingly.

First On the Field and Last Off Of It
Tailgating can be an absolute blast. No matter whether your team wins or loses, tailgating can make the kinds of memories that last a lifetime. To really do it right, some of the best tailgaters get to the parking lot (or wherever the spot is) hours before the game, sometimes three to four hours.

That way, they can get everything set up, they can make sure nothing is rushed, they can really enjoy every aspect of it.

Smokehouse Pellets for Every Season
To really enjoy every aspect of your food, our pellets are here to help. We have pellets to fit just about every recipe you could want, whether it’s before the game, after the game, or any other time of year. You can get our pellets through our site, or through Lowe’s and The Home Depot.