Black walnut?

jswordy · 04-27-2010, 04:33 PM

Hey, I have a stack of black walnut from a tree I trimmed last year. Anybody smoke with this stuff? I was gonna use it in the wood stove, but now I have a few months of it sitting around before heating season again. I'm not desperate for wood, I have a stack of hickory and a stack of maple, but I was just eyeballing it and wondering...

Thanks.

bigabyte · 04-27-2010, 04:37 PM

Great for wood working, bad for smoking. Strong unpleasant taste, burns very hot

Jorge · 04-27-2010, 04:45 PM

Burn it in the fireplace.

BigButzBBQ · 04-27-2010, 04:57 PM

If you must, a very very little goes a long way. Too much gives very bitter taste. Got a bunch free myself and had to look into it.

jswordy · 04-28-2010, 01:05 PM

OK, thanks. I felt it probably would not be good, looks like I was correct.

I agree about woodworking! I used to make jewelry boxes out of it. The sawdust irritates my armpits and inner elbows, though, so I have to be careful. Anyplace it can collect in perspiration, I will turn red.

A guy told me the trunk of the one black walnut tree we have in the yard is worth about $4,000.

Wayne · 04-28-2010, 01:38 PM

I have also tried it, thinking it would work great, but...........was I ever disappointed. If I get any more I will turn it into a sail éille (shillelagh), because there is not a blackthorn (sloe) tree within a thousand miles of my homestead.

04-27-2010, 04:33 PM	#1
jswordy is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-13-09 Location: Fayetteville, TN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Black walnut? Hey, I have a stack of black walnut from a tree I trimmed last year. Anybody smoke with this stuff? I was gonna use it in the wood stove, but now I have a few months of it sitting around before heating season again. I'm not desperate for wood, I have a stack of hickory and a stack of maple, but I was just eyeballing it and wondering... Thanks. __________________ Double-Barrel Smoker (DBS); Ugly Drum Smoker (UDS)

04-27-2010, 04:37 PM	#2
bigabyte somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-10-06 Location: Overland Fark, KS Downloads: 1 Uploads: 1	Great for wood working, bad for smoking. Strong unpleasant taste, burns very hot __________________ Chris Baker For great food and and an even better time join the BBQ Brethren Throwdowns *First ever recipient of the Silverfinger Award!* Yes, I own a whole bunch of BBQ crap also. *Certified MOINK Baller & IMBAS Certified MOINK Ball Judge #0003 - Get your MOINK Certification today!* The Secret Squirrel Society doesn't exist - Zero Club member

04-27-2010, 04:45 PM	#3
Jorge somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-23-04 Location: DFW, San AntonioTx Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Burn it in the fireplace. __________________ You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. --Frank Zappa BOOGITY, BOOGITY, BOOGITY!!! Recipient of a Huggies box! Shut up, and cook!!!!

04-27-2010, 04:57 PM	#4
BigButzBBQ is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 03-16-10 Location: Northwestern Wisconsin Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If you must, a very very little goes a long way. Too much gives very bitter taste. Got a bunch free myself and had to look into it. __________________ Some call me... Tom...? 12" Charbroil, SJS, WGA, 22.5 OTG, mUDS, 2 UDS w/AML Wood Art Custom Handles, Pull behind rig , & 1 new rig being built from 500lb tank. Owner of 2 Red Hamilton Beach Instant Read Digital Thermometers! Inventor of: 3BGB! , Shigen! , & Bacone Scotch Egg Sundae! Avatar by Zydecopaws Big Butz BBQ Products

04-28-2010, 01:05 PM	#5
jswordy is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-13-09 Location: Fayetteville, TN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	OK, thanks. I felt it probably would not be good, looks like I was correct. I agree about woodworking! I used to make jewelry boxes out of it. The sawdust irritates my armpits and inner elbows, though, so I have to be careful. Anyplace it can collect in perspiration, I will turn red. A guy told me the trunk of the one black walnut tree we have in the yard is worth about $4,000. __________________ Double-Barrel Smoker (DBS); Ugly Drum Smoker (UDS)

04-28-2010, 01:38 PM	#6
Wayne is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-26-03 Location: Fall River, Kansas Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have also tried it, thinking it would work great, but...........was I ever disappointed. If I get any more I will turn it into a sail éille (shillelagh), because there is not a blackthorn (sloe) tree within a thousand miles of my homestead. __________________ Wichita Wayne Long in the tooth, Long in the tooth, I'm lookin' 'round the corner, An' I'm long in the tooth...

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