Is there a prefered size of tree for smoking wood?

Cayman1 · 03-08-2014, 02:48 PM

I have heard various thoughts and ideas on the size of tree and where on the tree that is best for your smoking wood and am curious as to what everyone else thinks. I have heard something close to 12" diameter and use the wood as close to the base as possible. Don't have a clue if this is correct or not.

What say the Brethren?

Diesel Dave · 03-08-2014, 02:53 PM

Don't matter the size or the diameter, I just cut em, split em and let em dry and season.
From trunk to the top it's all good wood to me

Gore · 03-08-2014, 03:28 PM

I actually like branches that are about 2" diameter. They dry out quickly and I can cut them easily with an ax. I'm lazy.

Gerrit_Boys · 03-08-2014, 05:52 PM

I like any good trees that people don't want anymore. If a tree guy cuts it down and stacks it is best! Seriously though, I've cut down several different size trees and as long as the wood is solid and doesn't smell funny I keep it. I keep everything down to about 2" in diameter.

lantern · 03-08-2014, 07:17 PM

It's not the size that matters.....it's what you do with it.

Or so I've heard....

ClayHill · 03-08-2014, 08:27 PM

I believe there is a difference between heartwood (main log) and limbs. Take wild cherry for instance, there is a noticeable difference in smell between the red/pink heartwood and that of its branches.

Bludawg · 03-08-2014, 08:28 PM

30-35 foot tall

Mo-Dave · 03-08-2014, 08:58 PM

Size only matters to me if it is not to hard to handle for your saw and your maul. What I do like to do is get them in late Spring, or early Summer, when the sap is high.
Dave

wnkt · 03-10-2014, 01:41 PM

The size I prefer is......whatever I can get
I usually get hickory or pecan in regular ol splits like for firewood. or bags of chunks of different types for variety.

03-08-2014, 02:48 PM	#1
Cayman1 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 07-20-12 Location: Springfield, MO	Is there a prefered size of tree for smoking wood? I have heard various thoughts and ideas on the size of tree and where on the tree that is best for your smoking wood and am curious as to what everyone else thinks. I have heard something close to 12" diameter and use the wood as close to the base as possible. Don't have a clue if this is correct or not. What say the Brethren? __________________ Smooth Smoke BBQ Team, KCBS CBJ, porch mounted Jambo.

03-08-2014, 02:53 PM	#2
Diesel Dave Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-23-13 Location: In the woods	Don't matter the size or the diameter, I just cut em, split em and let em dry and season. From trunk to the top it's all good wood to me __________________ [B][COLOR=Blue]Help us raise funds to feed our Veterans and Homeless [/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Blue][COLOR=Black][URL="https://www.gofundme.com/2s8fv5qs"][B][COLOR=Red]HERE[/COLOR][/B][/URL][/COLOR][/COLOR] Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring ― Marilyn Monroe

03-08-2014, 03:28 PM	#3
Gore Phizzy Join Date: 10-05-08 Location: Hiding out from blood suck ghost snake gods, Nazis and scrap iron chefs trying to harvest body parts Name/Nickname : Gore (surprise!)	I actually like branches that are about 2" diameter. They dry out quickly and I can cut them easily with an ax. I'm lazy. __________________ Assistant to a Mad BBQ Scientist (and a squirrel): Primo Oval XL, Small Offset, Gasser, Optigrill, UBS "I love everything about the pig, even the way she walks." -- Spanish proverb (\__/) (='.'=) This is the rabbit baby. Invests him in yours signature, (")_(") and the help rabbit baby takes over control of the world! Hmmmm, I wonder, WWGALD? Avatar courtesy of Grillman and NorthwestBBQ Promoted by Bigabyte to "Idiot #1" , and dubbed "Phizzy" by Sir Ron.

03-08-2014, 08:27 PM	#6
ClayHill Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 10-31-09 Location: Greencastle, PA	I believe there is a difference between heartwood (main log) and limbs. Take wild cherry for instance, there is a noticeable difference in smell between the red/pink heartwood and that of its branches. __________________ [URL]https://www.facebook.com/ClayHillCookers[/URL]

03-08-2014, 08:28 PM	#7
Bludawg somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-04-09 Location: Jonesboro,Tx	30-35 foot tall __________________ I'm a Proxy Vegetarian> Cows eat grass & I eat cows.

03-08-2014, 05:52 PM	#4
Gerrit_Boys Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 03-29-08 Location: Huron, SD	I like any good trees that people don't want anymore. If a tree guy cuts it down and stacks it is best! Seriously though, I've cut down several different size trees and as long as the wood is solid and doesn't smell funny I keep it. I keep everything down to about 2" in diameter.

03-08-2014, 07:17 PM	#5
lantern is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 12-16-07 Location: Marion,NC	It's not the size that matters.....it's what you do with it. Or so I've heard....

03-08-2014, 08:58 PM	#8
Mo-Dave Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-18-06 Location: Hurricane Deck Missouri	Size only matters to me if it is not to hard to handle for your saw and your maul. What I do like to do is get them in late Spring, or early Summer, when the sap is high. Dave __________________ Let us have a drink and by God lets us not think about the things we ain't never going to know about.

03-10-2014, 01:41 PM	#9
wnkt is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-08-06 Location: Upstate South Carolina	The size I prefer is......whatever I can get I usually get hickory or pecan in regular ol splits like for firewood. or bags of chunks of different types for variety. __________________ Chargriller Super Pro with a big ol rust hole and a mouse nest ------ Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood --saying in a fortune cookie--