Hickory is for smoking meat man...best there is in my opinion. Of course some stoves can pull double duty.
Shag? I know some hickories are great but I've never heard of someone using the shagbark variety. And if you've never burned shaggy for firewood duty, you are missing out. #8 on the BTU chart. I have about 10/12 cords ready for this season(usually burn about 6) and I'd say 60-75% of it is Shagbark. I'm set!
Yep... know full well how hot it burns, how strong it is, and how well it flavors my t-bones and pork chops. Plenty of access to other good woods for burning around here, not so much smoking wood. Oh it’s around, just not much access.
I have been using apple since I started burning wood (about 10 yrs) to smoke meats. I have an abundance of it and it's great to cook with.
We just moved and I have some 50 year old apple trees to cut down that my grandma planted from seed. Can hardly wait to smoke some meat with eat. Depending on who made what chart you look at I’ve seen fruit woods listed as giving as much or more btu’s than other woods and be listed at the top of the chart. No big deal to me which chart is correct...just throwing that out there that some must prefer to burn the fruit woods. Ok if you need heat that bad, but it seems a waste.
From what I’ve learned from all of you, my dream list would be, Osage, hickory, oak of some sort,& ash probably. From what I know from experience and have available in my area, it’s standing dead elm (any variety), ash and hackberry. I know that’s only 3, but that’s the only hardwoods readily available to me. Ohh, and apricot for the smoker
Sourwood makes a nice bed of coals. Good stuff! Especially when the bark falls off. I'm in the North part of the state.
Great, I'll start cutting more of it. Does it take long to season? I went to tech school in Clarkesville, lived in Gainesville for several years, been over in the NW corner a time or two. Worked around Dahlonega for a year or so.
No <3 for willow ? Piled up like Mt Rushmore I'd want whatever is on top. (as long as I don't have to go get it )
Depends on how green it is. I always cut the dead stuff. Once its seasoned though, you will be hooked!. Nice big coals!
4 huh? Ok, let's start with dry, then move to more dry, then dry again, and finally .....yep, dry. Do I win something?
An award? I don't need no steenkin' award. I wuz thinkin' along the lines of a cash payout or a car. Perhaps a log load of Oak.
Ok I'll play #1 Iron wood, #2 Oak(white or red), #3 Beech,Yellow Birch, Ash,White Pine, Black Locust in no particular order. I seem to get most of this in my stacks.
