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Found an ad for wood here in Colorado.

Hickory, Oak, Pecan, or Cherry

Chunks: 10 lbs for $10.00
16 inch log splits for $15.00 per Cubic foot

Normally, I use charcoal in the offset. However, I would like to try some stick burning.

Is this price too high for the splits ?

I am sure it's higher than Texas and other BBQ hotbeds in the south.
 
Consider this, a cord of wood is 128 cubic feet, and at your price of $15.00 for just one, this equates to $1920.00 a cord, HIGHWAY ROBBERY!!!!!
 
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Being in Colorado I seriously doubt the authenticity of the wood. Maybe from Arkansas plus UPS charges.
 
columbia1 said:
Consider this, a cord of wood is 128 cubic feet, and at your price of $15.00 for just one, this equates to $1920.00 a cord, HIGHWAY ROBBERY!!!!!
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Highway robbery ? Not likely! You may want to stop and consider all the time and labor it takes to prepare a box of smoking wood in 3, 6, and 12 inch pieces. It's a lot of sawing and chopping. Consistent sizes give better burn rates and a superior smoke. Plus figure in the cost of equipment. I find the cost quite reasonable. Comparing the cost of a cord of wood to a box of smoking wood is just plain ignorant!
 
javahog2002 said:
Found an ad for wood here in Colorado.

Hickory, Oak, Pecan, or Cherry

Chunks: 10 lbs for $10.00
16 inch log splits for $15.00 per Cubic foot

Normally, I use charcoal in the offset. However, I would like to try some stick burning.

Is this price too high for the splits ?

I am sure it's higher than Texas and other BBQ hotbeds in the south.
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Compared to fruitawoodchunks.com I would say that is not a bad deal.
 
lilburnjoe said:
Highway robbery ? Not likely! You may want to stop and consider all the time and labor it takes to prepare a box of smoking wood in 3, 6, and 12 inch pieces. It's a lot of sawing and chopping. Consistent sizes give better burn rates and a superior smoke. Plus figure in the cost of equipment. I find the cost quite reasonable. Comparing the cost of a cord of wood to a box of smoking wood is just plain ignorant!
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Not to be disagreeable Brother, but when using a stickburner, buying wood by the cord is the only way to go. And a cord of properly seasoned oak or cherry bought from a reputable wood supplier (or cut from the woods yourself like I do) will do just fine.

I get the idea of buying by the box if you are using a UDS, WSM, Big Green Egg etc. You can do a whole cook on a couple of chunks. However, I hand split my cherry then cut with a chop saw to use in the drum. Same wood, just as good as something I could order online.
 
Yeah, a Rick of oak is $45 here. Just got one bunk of a log truck of hickory for free (8 foot 8 inch logs, agerage 26 inch diameter).

Befriend a logger, you can cut tops or get cull logs.
 
Problem is there's not much if any Oaks growing in Colorado that I know of. Most of rhe firewood for sale is pine.

How deep is your Rick in Arkansas ? Or how long is each piece of wood ? I know a Rick can be anywhere from a 1/4 cord to 1/2 cord depending on the depth.
 
Java,

What hardwoods are common in your area? Are their any orchards nearby (apple, cherry, peach, etc)? Just about any clean burning hardwood will do. I use oak, cherry, and apple almost exclusively but am not opposed to trying other stuff.
 
javahog2002 said:
Problem is there's not much if any Oaks growing in Colorado that I know of. Most of rhe firewood for sale is pine.

How deep is your Rick in Arkansas ? Or how long is each piece of wood ? I know a Rick can be anywhere from a 1/4 cord to 1/2 cord depending on the depth.
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My firewood is 8 ft 8 inches ;)

1/3 of a cord.

Yeah, I would move or stick with charcoal.
 
If you going to use a stick burner need a cheap source of wood
because they eat it up fast
 
I picked up a cord of hickory for $160 last week. All splits 18" to 20" long. Best deal I could find around here.
Mike
 
If you own or have access to a chainsaw, check craigslist free section. Lots of people with limbs down or trees toppled in a storm that will give away wood if you cut and haul it. Doesn't help you if it's mostly pine though.
 
I guess that I am lucky in that I live on my families beef cattle farm and have around 100 acres of mixed hardwoods and fruit trees. We also slaughter one steer every year so I have a good supply of fresh beef to cook whenever I want it. Now if I can find one of those great WSM deals I would be in heaven.
 
seems crazy high to me. but beggars cant be choosers. and if ur smoker doesnt hold heat well...thats gonna be a costly cook
 
Saw Mill

Find a saw mill close by. If they have hickory in your area they sell the left over odd size cuts and slabs cheap. I use cherry and hickory and fortunatly my cooking partner has a tree to fall every once in a while and I get mine for free. I have a friend who cuts fire wood for a living give me two pick up loads of hickory slabs last week....Of course it takes a lot of fuel to keep Bertha going.......I would find a orchard and saw mill if I were looking for a cheap source for wood.
 
lilburnjoe said:
Highway robbery ? Not likely! You may want to stop and consider all the time and labor it takes to prepare a box of smoking wood in 3, 6, and 12 inch pieces. It's a lot of sawing and chopping. Consistent sizes give better burn rates and a superior smoke. Plus figure in the cost of equipment. I find the cost quite reasonable. Comparing the cost of a cord of wood to a box of smoking wood is just plain ignorant!
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My stick burner burns two wheelborrow loads of wood for a normal over-night cook, at that cost of $15 a square foot it would cost me well over a hundred bucks a cook. He asked about wood for a stickburner, not a WSM or UDS. Even an ECB will burn a couple cubic feet per cook. Buying wood for stickburners at that cost is simply ridiculous.
 
There should be a lot of native scrub oak trees in the area. Down in SW Colorado there is a species of maple that is common. Either of those might be a good choice.

I don't know about aspen for a stickburner, but there is certainly a lot of that around the area.

If you can find an apple orchard, that would be great.
 
Google firewood or cooking wood in Denver and you will find quite a few places all showing lower prices that what you were quoted. I'd also check with the Rocky Mountain BBQ Association and see who they recommend and if there are any discounts available.
 
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