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09-11-2009, 11:54 AM | #1 |
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Join Date: 07-14-09
Location: Lake Sinclair, GA
Name/Nickname : Hance
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Using REALLY green Hickory
Q: Has anyone smoked/burned really green Hickory with any success?
I'm finding that the wood that I purchased as Hickory isn't Hickory at all. I have many Hickory trees in the yard, and I'm thinking about taking out a limb or two this weekend (I shutter at the thought though) and having it available for me for a cookoff in 2 weeks... Got plenty of oak though! Almost a full cord. Wonderful firewood, and I'll mix a piece or two of it here n there in the smoke. However, we prefer our heavy doses of Hickory...
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09-11-2009, 12:03 PM | #2 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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Not unless your into blackened creosote flavored food.
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09-11-2009, 12:06 PM | #3 |
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HATE it. That's what I'm afraid of. That, and a skunky green-wood flavor.
Luckily I have hickory chunks, plenty of them... They just get kind of expensive burning them this way. Have plenty of seasoned oak. It may get me through... Sorry, I'm just ticked off (that I paid for Hickory and didnt get Hickory).
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Hance - MiM/MBN/GBA CBJ and comp cook Lake Sinclair, GA (strategically about an hour from darn near anywhere) My competition daze are probably behind me now; I pretty much cook for family, friends, and frankly the peace and solitude I get from smokin' on an offset... Was Lang 84DX, now Bubba Grills 250R and many Weber grills |
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09-11-2009, 12:06 PM | #4 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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I support this statement!
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09-11-2009, 12:08 PM | #5 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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Dry it in the oven.
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09-11-2009, 12:28 PM | #6 |
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YES
Myron Mixon maybe? It can be done, usually with dry seasoned Oak as your heat source. NO BUT - Unless you have a wall of trophies like Jacks Old South.... iiiiiiiii wouldn't try it out. YES Take that back - I will just say this - I will lower the standards a bit.... Unless you don't mind wasting some meat (IF) you screw up, (which you may not) I think if you smoked hot and fast with a LARGE percentage of your heat and fuel coming from something like some good seasoned oak... which you can typically use with little smoke in the proper type of smoker, a few green logs, not representing more than 1/4 of your fire at any time, and placed on a well coaled VERY hot bed of coals (which is best for hot and fast) then you can get away with it as the meat's being subjected to a total time next to smoke less than say a low and slow smoke. NO This being said - ya know, that looks like a real lot of IFS that don't even enter in to whether or not you are good at the art of fire management or not YES But know what - FARK - what we internet gurus say - I know I could do it and probably get away with it - But then you can blindfold me and hand me a cunk of wood and I can feel and smell what it is and if I drop it can tell you what its moisture content is. NO Come to think of it - I think every stick burner in here would probably, if cornered into the situation of ONLY having green Hickory for a smoke, would be able to adapt, find some charcoal for the main heat source, find some other dry wood to supplement the green hickory, or make adjustments with foil or pans or overall total cooking time to reduce the exposure to green smoke. YES So yes, go buy a pellet pooper.
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09-11-2009, 12:33 PM | #7 |
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This FARKER has a point -
I had this happen at a fair long ago. Had a helper misunderstand the orders to pack up what and what type of wood. Solution was - we reduced the overall size of the logs (slit them more), we separated out the bark cuts from the heartwood, and spent more time drying the bark size nearly to charred black and toasted the outsides of all sides of the heartwood to drastically reduce the greenness. BBQ turned out wonderful. had a few box top fires at times This does NOT fix the total problem as greenness is BOTH moisture content AND the sugars being modified from time also. But it is a good fix somewhat.
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09-11-2009, 12:43 PM | #8 |
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Thanks guys. I appreciate it. For me, it's a NO GO then. I have enough chunks
(for now) for the smoke, and I can use some wonderfully seasoned oak (sans bark) for heat source. Anyone know of someone in central Georgia who a) can properly identify hickory and b) has some for sale, y'all let me know, will 'ya? ... Tasting that Makers Mark already ... It's been a LOOOOONG week.
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09-11-2009, 12:48 PM | #9 | |
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Stickburners from your region have for a long time reserved the BIRTHRIGHT of being able to baffle the rest of us with the capability of using green wood and producing great BBQ. You certainly don't need any Yankee help in this regard. Sure, I would expect a Yankee would want to play it safe, but never forget, you are southern, which thereby means the mere fact you are sitting next to the smoker, you can create a force field around you meat that isolates it from bad smoke with SHEER WILL! Always, when receiving advice, always consult the region the advice is coming from. Of course, last year I lived in Connecticut and you should see Bubba's Brisket (yum) and he is from... shutter the great lakes region, where they can't even load ore freighters right.
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09-11-2009, 12:57 PM | #10 | |
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LMAO! I needed that after this week! Yes, born in Tuscaloosa, on THE campus, raised in Atlanta, by a man from LA (that's Lower Alabama for the rest of you guys) and a damned cajun woman, daughter now goes to (shutter to think) UGA. I'm DEEP SOUTH suthun'. Yes, we DO have our forcefield. However, I think Myron has cornered the market on ability to hit-it-right using green woods... I'll stick to what I know and love, which is heat source of dry red & white oaks, and smoking with dry hickory... We'll allow Texas to claim suthun'. Me, I have to. Damed wife is from Fort Worth. We're going to have a good ole time this year with the Dallas vs. Atlanta game! Have a great weekend, and thanks for all the advice/feedback. I thought it was a stupid idea to begin with. Came more out of frustration and the desire to wring-the-neck of the guy who delivered this wood...
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09-11-2009, 01:08 PM | #11 | |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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Having been born in Tenn and raised in NC, I grew up learning there is only one kind of BBQ (pulled pork), and everything else was not really BBQ. Of course I now know better, and will even permit brisket to hit my smoker (but only for limited times) If you cure your green hickory if can be used - sparingly. Oven is one option, but what i do - still to this day with even well seasoned wood - is to use a pre-burner. This works real well with green wood, and allows you to burn off all offending gases, creosote, etc..before it ever sees the smoker. and yes, I know people that use oak for fuel, and ONLY green hickory for flavor (it has a much more aggressive flavor profile) |
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09-11-2009, 01:26 PM | #12 |
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09-11-2009, 01:31 PM | #13 |
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Hey wait a min!
see below
Last edited by Tweedle; 09-11-2009 at 01:41 PM.. Reason: edited in favor of below. |
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09-11-2009, 01:40 PM | #14 | |
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1) I am a "Yankee" (although a redsox fan not to be confused lol) 2) I only use green Hickory in my offsets. 3) We very rarly play it safe Wait was that 3 points... If you know what you are dong green hickory will put out the best q you have ever had. But it takes some work so maybe its a Yankee thing |
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09-11-2009, 03:36 PM | #15 |
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Oak is a good smoking wood, so worries there. You sure you don't have hickory? There are 5 species of it, and the bark looks different on all of them. Shag bark is the easiest to identify. Most folks here spot that, but tend to call other hickory stick wood oak, when it is not.
Never have tried using green wood. Mine's always seasoned. Under edit: Lookee here: http://forestry.about.com/cs/treeid/a/the_hickory.htm
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