after the question the other day I did a google..there are quite a few online vendors. But I have to say, I've never seen it in a store.

I had the same problem--nobody has it anymore. As Terri suggested, I googled it and bought it online. I used to buy the McCormick's brand but they don't carry it any longer.

Thanks, good to know there are others who used & liked this product! I don't want to buy a huge quantity in a jar on line but wonder why the shaker bottle has been discontinued in local groceries? I had a supply of the bottles on hand so don't know when it was no longer sold in stores until I had used my last bottle :( !! There are other hickory/smoke varieties but not in the 'salt' form ... usually flakes.

Spice Islands still makes Hickory Smoked Salt. I know as I bought a bottle recently. Pretty expensive buying it in those glass jars but, the amount I use of it, it lasts a long time.

I'm in Canada so don't know if you have the Spice Islands brand in the US ??
HTH

I have liquid smoke I use for pulled pork but this is foreign to me.

I've had trouble finding the hickory salt lately, too. I find the liquid smoke is an escellant substitute.

I shall try & e-mail Spice Islands, Holly. I also use the different smoke flavors of liquid smoke in the bottles but some things I do prefer the smoke salt in the smaller shaker bottle. Am amazed to hear of others that have used the salt, liked it but also can no longer find it in the stores! I love this GardenWeb site!

- vieja

Tami:

So glad you found it & that it is still available. And thank you so much for your kind offer .. I will keep trying here at some specialty markets but may take you up on your offer later! I got on to Spice Island site & they do still list it among the spices they sell but I could not find any place to e-mail them my question on that site yet.

Hello. I too looked for hickory smoke salt in the stores and couldn't find it. A Google search led me here. The reason I'm posting is that Spice Islands has apparently discontinued hickory smoke salt even in the intervening 4 months since these posts. So I wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions about which one sold on the web might be similar. Many thanks. (PS Should we start a campaign to get it back??)

I bought mine on-line from Suttons Bay Trading Company. They are in Traverse City, Michigan. You can buy a sample size of 1 Tbsp. for $1.10 or an 8-oz. container for $4.75. I think it's a little better than the McCormick's or Spice Island--don't know why.

You can often request items from the customer service department of your grocery store.

My wife love's Spice Islands hickory smoked salt. It's the only one that is really dark. I found it at YourFoodStore.com for $5.75 for a 4.8 oz. jar. I bought 4. They're located in Iowa (funny, I was born there), and shipping to Calif. is $12.32 for the 4 jars. Not bad. Just thought I'd pass it along.

I haven't been able to find it in a couple years. I've been using Penzeys Chicago Steak Seasoning. Its a pretty decent substitute.

I order Smokey Seasoned Salt from Penzeys. It is good.

Available @ http://www.yourfoodstore.com/shop/product.php?productid=744

Here is a link that might be useful: Through Spice Islands

Thanks, jolees!!!!!!!!!!! I used your link and bought four bottles of precious Old Hickory Smoked Salt. You've saved me!!!!

Dave

I found a recipe online at recipezaar.com under Hickory Smoked Salt. I haven't tried it yet but it is still an option.

I so enjoyed cooking my eggs in Tennessee Brand bacon grease. Alas (and fortunately) I no longer indulge myself in such a way. But to my pleasure, Spice Island's hickory smoke salt give me that flavor once again, when I can find it. I've found many other foods for it as well since.

A grocer a few miles away from where I lived carried it. It would sell out in days of it's re-supply, so I had to move fast lol. I've since moved and it would take months to get the local Kroger to get it in. I would grab all 3 bottles. That supply ran out and am trying again. Oh well. Now to find it online.

My hat's off to you that have found it to be as enjoyable as I.

The Dollar Tree near me had some sea salt and various spice grinders....one was hickory smoke salt....unfortunatly they have no more, and the grinders conveniently had a removable sleeve, so once that was gone you don't know the maker. I wish I had bought more.
I love dollar tree...you never know what you will find. Yesterday they had R and F pasta and I bought 10 pounds of fussili and 10 pounds of penne rigata....for $.79 a pound.
Did I mention I love Dollar Tree? That's one of the things that allows me to feed a bunch for little at the church.
But you might try your Dollar Tree....they may be on a different time table....but it was November when I found the huckory smoke salt.
Linda C

Linda, Good for you! When I saw that you bought 20#'s of pasta, I didn't think about the masses that you often feed!

I frequently scour Big Lots for treasures--sometimes it's a hit, others it's a miss.

OOH! Forgot about Big Lots....need to check tham out...
But...I have the staples stashed for that college choir dinner and lots-a-pasta...so I think I am good for a bit....I hope!!
Last time I went to Big Lots I came home with canned tomatoes, a shovel and a bunch of Christmas CD's
Linda C

Since I first posted this ? a year ago here about trying to find a source for the hickory smoke salt by Spice Islands, I find so many others looking also! I finally found it at our local Albertson's grocery & I bought 6 bottles of it in case they stopped handling it again! It is a salt-not a rub which I do not want- & I also used to find ...I think it was also Spice Island ... mesquite smoke salt.
Krogers (also goes by name Smith's here in Albuquerque) hasn't had it though for a long time & don't know how wide-spread Albertson's stores are over the country.

How funny! I was looking through my salt shelf to see if I had Hawaiian Black salt to make the Kalau Pig recipe in a recent thread and found an unopened bottle of Hickory Smoke Salt. It's from the VSpicery, a local store that I haven't been to in a few years.

I'll have to check the Albertson's here...in Oregon!
I haven't used the salt but it sounds good. And I can see where it would be much easier to control the amount, especially in small recipes, than using Liquid Smoke.
Sprinkled on steaks, eggs, salads etc. where the liquid doesn't work very well.
Will update once I get to "Alby's"...I don't shop there often.

Deanna

Do you know anyone who make barbeque on a smoker or any pit BBQ places in your area? One of my friends adds a piepan for me with about 1/4" of kosher salt in it to the box when he smokes pork butts. It has an intense smoky flavor, is a golden brown color, and the cost of the salt is negligible.

For those of you still looking, if you have a Smart & Final store, they still have some hickory smoked salt, 1#11oz for under $9 but they are discontinuing it. How long does it keep? Does the smoke get old? The salt has been around a loooonng, looooonnng time I'm sure. LOL.

terrapots: As far as I can tell, the unopened shaker bottles of Spice Islands hickory salt should stay good ... forever?!! I keep an opened bottle in the spice cabinet & it has been open for over a year (was using it sparingly as it was my last bottle ... until I found a souce again!!). But again, what I have & want is a dry salt: the consistancy of regular table salt & not like a moist rubs which I'd guess would lose the smoke flavor more rapidly.

This is a dark fine textured salt, not a rub. The brand is Tradewinds, I think. Do you use any at the table or just for preparing meat, etc?

I was just at World Spice yesterday in Pike Place Market, buying some Alderwood smoked sea salt (so-o-o good!) and the guy mentioned that they were now carrying hickory smoked salt as well. I don't see it on their website yet, but I'm sure you could call them about it--I think they just got it in. They have lots of fabulous spice blends and unusual spices and you are able to order small amounts.

Here is a link that might be useful: world spice merchants

That's a great spice resource. Thanks for the link.

I use the salt on meats, goulash, baked beans,beef stews,soups, etc.

I really enjoy World Spice (though I keep buying esoteric things and forgetting to use them). I have Alderwood smoked salt on my counter smelling up my kitchen right now--I have to find a tight lidded jar to hold that stuff, but I love the taste, especially on salmon.

Is the world spice or the spice islands the exact one from Kroger? If not, has anyone found the exact one?

kevinq: I buy the Spice Islands brand of the hickory smoke salt at Albertson's now; just bought two more shaker jars last week & they were $7.99 a piece I believe. Expensive, but the only place I can find it now & for awhile even Albertson's didn't have it.

This one is wonderful, be sure to also check out the Alderwood & Fumee de Sel (cold smoked over Chardonnay Oak Barrels)

:)

Here is a link that might be useful: Savory Spice Shop - Hickory Smoke Salt

I love using hickory smoked salt on my pot roast and haven't been able to find it anywhere for a long time. My roast doesn't taste the same without it. I am getting discouraged, also, with the other items that are being discontinued at my local Kroger store--Martha White all-purpose flour, Butter Buds, 8 oz. cans of sauerkraut (I'm the only one in my family that likes it), large containers of Country time lemonade, and shoepeg corn to name a few. The only other place to grocery shop in town is Aldi's, Wal-Mart, Sam's (don't need bulk supplies anymore as an empty nester), and IGA. Because of my husband's dietary needs I have certain brands that I have come to rely on and most of these don't carry the brands I need.

This spice is NOT discontinued, although every grocery store I asked to order it gave me the runaround. Got this link directly from Spice Islands, along with confirmation the product is still available.

http://www.yourfoodstore.com

It's good to know the hickory smoke salt is still available in several places. I have several bottles of the Kroger brand and am glad to know it will last indefinitely. I love to roast pecans with it sprinkled over them. They're delicious.

I had order from Amazon 2 lb bag only way I can get it now.

If you cannot find smoked salt, it is easy to make your own: