Friend called and said he had a apple tree come down. Small load but easy to drive right up next to it and easy hand splitting. Shame though because I remember this tree in his yard since I was a small kid. Had many good pies baked from its fruits. Just got away from him in the last few years and was never pruned. Guess all the weight and rain and wind finally got the best of it.
mine was ready in 18 months but 2 summers always cut apple in February.. it burns great. lots of heat! if you don't have glass front don't waste it burns green and blue.. read wife glass of wine etc etc
Not bad for 15 minutes of cutting and an hour of exercise splitting it up. Plus I got to see a friend and shoot the willy bo bo and have a couple beers. My helper approves. I'll throw this in a stack with some fresh split white oak, it will for sure be ready by the time the oak is.
That is one of my brother and I's favorite to grill over. Burns hot and a lot less smoke keeps steaks and burgers from tasting to smokey.
I will probably keep some of it for just that. Also smoking if I ever get around to building my own reverse flow smoker.
I've never heated with any but it's real high on the btu charts. I love it for the smoker too - think applewood smoked bacon. Works great with anything - it's not as heavy of a smoky flavor as hickory, which I really only like on ribs.
oh heat wise real close to oak or sugar maple. I had a couple of cord hard to split and most splits are hard to stack!
Split like you have it , stacked up, it'll be ready next burn season. Save some for the barbecue, good for cookouts too.
I split it an bit small on purpose. One for quicker drying and two for the smaller firebox on a bbq. Thanks.
No time soon, I'm far enough ahead. Just curious on seasoning time as I've never had any Apple before a couple weeks ago, now I got 2 loads in as many weeks. My friend has a large bbq smoker and he told me if I ever get Apple pear or cherry to split it up a little smaller than usual for him. Little bit of wood for some good bbq dinners, fair trade to me!
Apple is one of the very best burning woods and as others have stated, good for smoking or bbq. Sometimes it won't split so good and most of it tends to be crooked but still excellent wood. Will not take as long to dry as oak but I still like to give it 2 years in the stack.
I cut down a small apple tree from a building lot 2 summers ago. Ive been staring at it in my stack for awhile now waiting to burn it. Its hard for a guy like me living in softwood land to season something that long but I think the wait will be worth it. Its put aside for Christmas day.... cant wait. Enjoy yours!
