New Cooking Wood Odor

[Meyert1]

Guys,

First time buying wood for my cooker and I just purchased a half cord of split hickory. I stacked it in my garage last night, and woke this morning to a foul smell in my garage from the wood. This wood was covered at the sawmill that I purchased it from. Is this normal? Should I cook with it? I was thinking its from the mud in the yard it was stored in and i hope its just green and a little damp. I hope it doesn't transfer to my food. Thoughts?

T-man

 

[Fwismoker]

lol, no nothing will transfer from your wood to your food... unless you're cooking your food on top of your splits. :razz: Remember we're talking fire here, after burning there's no nasties.

If it's just musty not rotted then no harm no foul...storage outside might be a good idea though.

 

[Doug Crann]

Cooked a small roast beast on our RF last week. Several of the splits had moss on them. Didn't taste anything "weird" on the meat.

 

[BBQ Freak]

a pic of the wood in question would help too .