Kiln dried firewood

[NYC ‘Que]

Excuse my ignorance, but is kiln dried firewood good for my offset? Is there a difference between kiln dried and seasoned? I only ask because I’m trying to order some in preparation for my offset. Thanks.


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[thirdeye]

Kiln dried wood looses a lot of it's natural moisture, and won't be as flavorful as properly aged smoking wood. Many producers that package their chunks in plastic bags have to dry the wood or else it can mold in the bag.

HERE is some great information about smoking wood, I buy mine from these guys, but there are many other companies that have the same philosophy.

[NYC ‘Que]

Originally Posted by thirdeye

Kiln dried wood looses a lot of it's natural moisture, and won't be as flavorful as properly aged smoking wood. Many producers that package their chunks in plastic bags have to dry the wood or else it can mold in the bag.



HERE is some great information about smoking wood, I buy mine from these guys, but there are many other companies that have the same philosophy.

Thank you. I was just about to place an order for kiln dried wood. I won’t now. Greatly appreciated!


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[Titch]

I learnt something new today from this post.
Thanks

[NYC ‘Que]

I just spoke from Bert at Fruita wood. He does not recommend using his wood only, but rather a combination of his and kiln dried. He says that his doesn’t have enough BTU’s to maintain a pit temp of 250.


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[thirdeye]

Originally Posted by NYC ‘Que

I just spoke from Bert at Fruita wood. He does not recommend using his wood only, but rather a combination of his and kiln dried. He says that his doesn’t have enough BTU’s to maintain a pit temp of 250.


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Well, Bert is the man. Now that's interesting about the BTU's. I only buy their wood as flavor wood in my charcoal smokers. It's good you gave them a call. Did you pick-up on the extra weight they will add to the box if you ship to a business address? Our last group order was 60 pounds, and I thought they put in an extra 9 pounds.

[NYC ‘Que]

Originally Posted by thirdeye

Well, Bert is the man. Now that's interesting about the BTU's. I only buy their wood as flavor wood in my charcoal smokers. It's good you gave them a call. Did you pick-up on the extra weight they will add to the box if you ship to a business address? Our last group order was 60 pounds, and I thought they put in an extra 9 pounds.

I’ve been buying my chunks from him for a few years. I discussed buying 500 pounds at a time for maximum savings.


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[Zak]

Honestly, i dont think it really matters. Dry is dry. The kilm dried may have less moisture since it's been put in a controlled environment but the same process will happen with wood left outside, only slower. That website seems to sound like a sales pitch instead of facts, the flavor comes from the moisture?? I've been burning stick burners for 20 years and have heated my house only with wood exclusively for the past 10 years so i may know a thing or two when it comes to fire management. Just this past week i cut, split and stacked 2.5 cords of wood which will season for 2 years before use.

[sudsandswine]

Recent thread on the subject. My experience is that “overly dry” wood still works you just have to feed it more often to maintain a coal bed. It’s probably easier to run a super clean fire and thus potentially a flavor difference.

https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/s...highlight=Kiln

[JWFokker]

Kiln dried doesn't mean much in and of itself. It's not being heated to high temperatures. You can kiln dry wood in a box painted black sitting in the sun. Dehydrated is a better term, and how dry it is varies by brand and batch. I've had some kiln dried lumber that wasn't dry enough to burn clean. Much of the kiln dried wood you get simply sat in a "hot" warehouse to dry out in a matter of weeks rather than months.

[Kmm]

Ditto what JW posted. Kiln implies the moisture has been driven from the wood by supplemental heat. Leave a kiln dried piece of wood set outside long enough and it will pick up moisture and be exactly the same as a piece “seasoned” without additional heat.

[kenrobin]

Hey guys.... I just posted a YouTube video today about store bought wood. I tried a bag of B&B's apple wood which is kiln dried. I have no idea whether kiln dried is good or not but my experience was pretty good. It produced a nice clean smoke throughout my cook.

Here's a link to the video if you want to check it out.

https://youtu.be/u1ijXg3yFT4

[NYC ‘Que]

Originally Posted by kenrobin

Hey guys.... I just posted a YouTube video today about store bought wood. I tried a bag of B&B's apple wood which is kiln dried. I have no idea whether kiln dried is good or not but my experience was pretty good. It produced a nice clean smoke throughout my cook.

Here's a link to the video if you want to check it out.

https://youtu.be/u1ijXg3yFT4

I’m already a subscriber to your channel, so when I received the notification that the video was up, I was like “perfect timing.”


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[kenrobin]

Originally Posted by NYC ‘Que

I’m already a subscriber to your channel, so when I received the notification that the video was up, I was like “perfect timing.”


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Awesome! Thank you for subscribing!

[LordRiffenstein]

I don't really use kiln dried wood but well-seasoned wood. I do have some kiln dried though and I find it VERY useful for those times where I got distracted and I'm about to loose my coal bed/fire. I split a log or 2 of the kiln dried in to small to medium sized splits and they pretty much get the tiniest fire going again.