TABASCO® Wood Chips for Grilling and Smoking

TABASCO® wood chips are made from the wooden staves of white oak barrels previously used to age TABASCO® Pepper Sauce mash. For over 130 years TABASCO® sauce has been produced using ripe red peppers mashed with Avery Island salt and aged up to three years in white oak barrels; these barrels are reused and may go through 10–15 aging cycles. The empty barrels are cleaned and some staves are made into wood chips. Use TABASCO® wood chips to grill or smoke meats or seafood to impart a unique flavor associated with the barrel wood.