Red oak

[JR Smokin it up]

I recently was told by an older gentlemen in my area that red oak was poisonous to use for cooking. I have been using red oak for the past 6 months and had no bad reactions so I am questioning the advice. Has anyone here used red oak?

 

[BillN]

All the RED OAK guys have died....

Sorry could not resist... never heard any reason not to use it.

 

[tom b]

I love it when I can get my hands on it

 

[SteveKing]

Pretty sure I'd be dead

 

[Fwismoker]

Tell him to stop eating it and sniffing the wood glue.

 

[HunkyDory]

Poison oak is poison. As far as I know Red, White, Black, Valley, Live & Tan all of the other oaks I know of are good, some better than others. There are a bunch of threads on this site talking about cooking specifically with red oak and I haven't read about anyone getting sick.

 

[JR Smokin it up]

Thankyou everyone for clearing that up. I personally love using the red oak.

 

[krex1010]

.....and something else will make you go blind

 

[BBQ Freak]

I would say he does not anything about bbq wood , smoke on brother .

 

[cheez59]

Poor guy doesn't have a clue. Red oak is good stuff. I get on kicks sometimes and use it for weeks on end and I feed my BBQ to a lot of folks. Nobody ever got sick from it. Lol

 

[SteveKing]

If he says it loudly and with a high degree of certainty, he must be right!

 

[Jason TQ]

About 1/3 of this is red oak.......for some reason I feel bad right now......typing....gettin.....diffic......... :icon_sick

 

[BBQ Freak]

About 1/3 of this is red oak.......for some reason I feel bad right now......typing....gettin.....diffic......... :icon_sick

I will do you a favor and come take it off your hands , lol :biggrin1:

 

[Teleking]

Thankyou everyone for clearing that up. I personally love using the red oak.

Red oak is my favorite go to for all BBQ smoking.

 

[Leftwngr]

He must have a lead on a source that he's keeping you away from.

As stated by many others.... If it were poison, I'd be dead even I were a cat.

 

[Shagdog]

Maybe everyone was getting sick from his Q so he blamed it on the wood? :noidea:

 

[roncoinc]

I use red oak all the time,,even last night.
i find for smoke it can be to intense if used for a long time.

for cooking over the fire or coals it is great.

 

[Enrico Brandizzi]

Ask him to give it to you !!

 

[smoke ninja]

About 1/3 of this is red oak.......for some reason I feel bad right now......typing....gettin.....diffic......... :icon_sick

You look close to a wood avalanche

 

[Jason TQ]

You look close to a wood avalanche

Just gonna keep adding new ones till I kill all my grass. Then I don't have to mow. So win/win