Burning the last of a log truck load of flowering pear that I got from storm damage several years ago. I burned some in the stove and a bunch in my offset smoker...it doesn't spilt well,just breaks into chunks similar to sycamore. It has a very pleasant smelling smoke
not 100% sure seems theres quite a few different ones that dont bear fruit. i think i got 1.5 log truck loads....it was alot...and like 4 garbage bags full of Christmas lights that were on em. they were lining the main street a few towns over.
There's a bunch of different kinds of flowering pear and different root stocks for the grafted ones as well. I bought a grafted Cleveland Select when we first mover in here which doesn't have the Bradford pear crotch breaking problems but has problems of its own. The worst being whatever they used for root stock sends up shoots from the roots. Which would be fine if I cut the lawn all around it but that was one of the first places I put garden/naturalized trying t cut back on lawn to cut. Now that all the other trees I planted and came up on their own I'll probably cut it down. It bears fruit but they're little tiny things that only starving squirrels can appreciate.
Is this stuff ok for smoking? I was reading about something on Bradford pears being not good but maybe I just misunderstood.
Nowhere, I just got the idea that bradfords were not good on bbq but someone else said that. Anyways I would ask if this pear would have worked on a bbq?
To waste it in open burning is a crime IMNTBHO!!! Makes for incredible edibles on the grill and smoker. Very mild, smoke flavor.........
Got my answer. I asked because I oftrn smoke with either apple or plum, the latter is incredible on the grill best for chicken and pork
well...i did say that i used most of it in my offset smoker....but this is social media and people cant seem to read.
