Real Wood Pellets?

[darita]

Does anyone make pellets made of solid wood, like pellet sized plugs? I was watching some vids on the Woodwind Pro and thought, why not solid wood pellets? Ya, they probably wouldn’t burn the same or give heat the same, but maybe mixed with standard pellets, they’d give nice smoke. Thoughts?

 

[noneya]

They would jam up the auger.

 

[smoke ninja]

this is what happens when you have a good idea and then try to fix it

 

[darita]

They would jam up the auger.

Ya, there’s that.

 

[darita]

Does anyone make pellets made of solid wood, like pellet sized plugs? I was watching some vids on the Woodwind Pro and thought, why not solid wood pellets? Ya, they probably wouldn’t burn the same or give heat the same, but maybe mixed with standard pellets, they’d give nice smoke. Thoughts?

I’m also wondering why pellets smoke differently from solid wood? They’re both burning wood, right?

 

[Harmony BBQ]

I’ve seen you tube videos of people using very small wood chips in their pellet smoker, mixed in with the regular pellets. I won’t do that, but if you are feeling adventurous that might be something to try. I do mix wood chips in with pellets in my smoke tube though and it works great.

 

[1MoreFord]

Why do you not consider pellets real wood? After all that's exactly what they are made from.

 

[smoke ninja]

you've been pondering this for some time I see

Pellet vs "Real Wood" Theory...

I hope you can follow my explanation... I think the main difference between pellets and "real wood" is moisture content. I know that even dried wood contains moisture. I know that moisture on meat attracts guaiacol, which is responsible for smoke flavor. I know that smoke contains moisture...

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[darita]

you've been pondering this for some time I see

Pellet vs "Real Wood" Theory...

I hope you can follow my explanation... I think the main difference between pellets and "real wood" is moisture content. I know that even dried wood contains moisture. I know that moisture on meat attracts guaiacol, which is responsible for smoke flavor. I know that smoke contains moisture...

www.bbq-brethren.com

Ya, lol, always looking to up my game on all my smokers. There’s always something new going on.

 

[mike243]

Pellets have a lot of heating during manufacturing and that takes away some flavorings like the store bought wood that's heat treated.

 

[BackYardRob]

It's my understanding that pellets are seasoned (time) and pressed sawdust, making them efficient as hell, and a great source of heat and mild smoke. I can smoke all day with only a small pot of ash to clean, easy. More than enough flavor and easy on my tender, weak lungs. I can no longer be around live fire cookers and campfires, sadly. But even that mild smoke adds great flavor. Hey, do the best you can with what you have!

 

[1MoreFord]

It's my understanding that pellets are seasoned (time) and pressed sawdust, making them efficient as hell, and a great source of heat and mild smoke. I can smoke all day with only a small pot of ash to clean, easy. More than enough flavor and easy on my tender, weak lungs. I can no longer be around live fire cookers and campfires, sadly. But even that mild smoke adds great flavor. Hey, do the best you can with what you have!

I worked for a company that supplied wood to a pellet mill. We sold them kiln dried mixed hardwood sanding dust, sawdust, shaper chips/shavings, and hog fuel(a large chip and stick type product that often is used for boiler fuel.
What we sold them went into heating pellets as we could not separate the wood by specie or guarantee it to be additive free. We had glued up stock scrap in the mix.

 

[1MoreFord]

For anyone who has not seen it, here is a quick tour thru pellet manufacturing.