"making" smoking wood
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Lake Dogs
Quintessential Chatty Farker
It beats the heck out of buying it!!
Wampus
somebody shut me the fark up.
Pretty much! Just cut wood into chunk size, viola!
Puppyboy
Babbling Farker
Sounds good.
As long as the wood ends up the size you need it, almost anything goes.
As long as the wood ends up the size you need it, almost anything goes.
BBQ Bandit
Babbling Farker
About the size of your fist or a beer/soda can will do.
Wampus
somebody shut me the fark up.
OH.....well, I think this is debatable.
Some folks (I hear Myron Mixon does it) use green wood. I usually dry mine, but just because. I usually dry firewood so I guess that's why.
Chunk will dry out a lot quicker than in log form. Leave it in a crate or something that'll get good air flow and it's dry when it feels dry I guess. You can usually tell when it's gotten rid of it's moisture.
Some folks (I hear Myron Mixon does it) use green wood. I usually dry mine, but just because. I usually dry firewood so I guess that's why.
Chunk will dry out a lot quicker than in log form. Leave it in a crate or something that'll get good air flow and it's dry when it feels dry I guess. You can usually tell when it's gotten rid of it's moisture.
Ashmont
Babbling Farker
^^^^^^ Wampus said! Crate it and leave in a garage.....
jestridge
somebody shut me the fark up.
Stack it in a way which air can flow around it should be good to go in 6months , also it according what type of climate you live in if you live in the desert whith low humidity it will dry a lot quicker.
Jay Bird
is one Smokin' Farker
Just gave my chop saw & hatchet a work out yesterday on some donated cherry. Fist sized is good. The smaller branch pieces can be mixed in with the charcoal for a longer smoke time.
dadsr4
somebody shut me the fark up.
My opinion, for the smaller pieces he mentioned, you can control them better in a chop saw than you can using an ax or hand saw. For branches, I use a radial arm saw with a notched piece of wood to safely secure them against the saw fence.
ymmiT
Full Fledged Farker
When I cut down my apple tree I used a chainsaw to cut the trunk and all branches 4" and bigger into about 4" thick discs then chopped at those with the axe to get fist sized chunks. Those chunks took about a month to show cracks and make me confident it was dry. I'm about 30% thru the wood I got in a year's time.
GrillinFool
Full Fledged Farker
You can use it today if you want. It will take a little longer to smoke but it will work. I took some pear cut about 5 hours earlier and smoked some tenderloins with it a month ago for the food editor of the local paper. The recipe made the paper on June 1st.
TurboDog
Knows what a fatty is.
I cut down a hickory tree on my property and smoked with it the same day once , I found the smoke a little strong / bitter. The same wood however , months later , seemed much smoother. Keep in mind though , I am in no way an expert , this was just my experience.
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Butt_Pirate
Guest
I just posted about this last week and if you can give the wood some time to "season" and loose any green wood then its a cleaner smoke but if you prefer stong smoke flavor then you get that with fresh cut wood better. I have plenty of apply to experament with.
caseydog
somebody shut me the fark up.
I used to have access to peach and cherry tree cuttings, and they were great for smoking wood. And, I couldn't beat the price -- free.
As for age, if these are from last year, you should be fine.
CD
As for age, if these are from last year, you should be fine.
CD
