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Smoking wood
I just cut some maple and alder to dry and smoke with.
What other local wild woods can be used with good results.
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What other local wild woods can be used with good results.
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Re: Smoking wood
I just chunked up a bunch of apple. Any fruitwood should be good, as well as oak, possibly beech.
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Not much apple in this area thats not on property.
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Birch and oak both good 

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Re: Smoking wood
I wouldn't have figured birch. Figured it was too oily.
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Re: Smoking wood
I use birch often, delicious
The following woods can be used for smoking:
Acacia - flavor similar to mesquite but not quite as heavy.
Alder - Good with fish, pork, poultry, and light-meat game birds.
Almond - A sweet smoke flavor. Good with all meats.
Apple - Mild. Good with poultry (turns skin dark brown) and pork. Cheese too.
Apricot - Good on white or pink meats, including chicken, turkey, pork and fish. Milder and sweeter than hickory.
Ash - Good with fish and red meats. Flavor similar to maple.
Beech - Flavor similar to Maple.
Birch - Flavor similar to maple (remove the resinous bark). Good with pork and poultry.
Cherry - Mild and fruity. Good with poultry, pork and beef. Cheese too.
Cottonwood - Subtle flavor. Mix with chunks of other woods (hickory, oak, pecan) for more flavor.
Crabapple - Similar to apple.
Grapefruit - Mild. Good with beef, pork, fish and poultry.
Grapevines - Tart, rich and fruity. Good with poultry, red meats, game and lamb.
Hickory - Commonly used wood for smoking. Sweet to strong, heavy flavor. Good with pork, ham and beef.
Lemon - Mild. Good with beef, pork, fish and poultry.
Lilac - Good with seafood and lamb.
Maple - Good with pork, poultry, cheese, and small game birds.
Mesquite - Strong flavor. Good with beef, fish, chicken, and game.
Mulberry - Like apple.
Nectarine - Good on white or pink meats, including chicken, turkey, pork and fish. Milder and sweeter than hickory.
Oak - Heavy smoke flavor. Good with red meat, pork, fish and game.
Orange - Mild. Good with beef, pork, fish and poultry.
Peach - Good on white or pink meats, including chicken, turkey, pork and fish. Milder and sweeter than hickory.
Pear - Like apple. Excellent with chicken and pork.
Pecan - Similar to hickory. Good with poultry, beef, pork and cheese.
Plum - Good on white or pink meats, including chicken, turkey, pork and fish. Milder and sweeter than hickory.
Walnut - ENGLISH and BLACK - Very heavy smoke flavor can be bitter if used alone. Good with red meats and game.
Other wooods - Bay, Carrotwood, Kiawe, Madrone, Manzanita, Guava, Olive, Ornamental Pear, Ornamental Cherry, Butternut, Fig, Gum, Chestnut, hackberry, Pimiento, Persimmon, and Willow.
The following woods are not suitable for smoking: Softwoods or evergreen woods (Pine, Fir, Spruce, Redwood, Cedar, Cypress, etc.), Elm, Eucalyptus, Sassafras, Sycamore, Liquid Amber (Sweetgum), Chokecherry, green Cottonwood., Railroad ties, and power poles. (Nobody has ever commented on the last 2 so far.)

The following woods can be used for smoking:
Acacia - flavor similar to mesquite but not quite as heavy.
Alder - Good with fish, pork, poultry, and light-meat game birds.
Almond - A sweet smoke flavor. Good with all meats.
Apple - Mild. Good with poultry (turns skin dark brown) and pork. Cheese too.
Apricot - Good on white or pink meats, including chicken, turkey, pork and fish. Milder and sweeter than hickory.
Ash - Good with fish and red meats. Flavor similar to maple.
Beech - Flavor similar to Maple.
Birch - Flavor similar to maple (remove the resinous bark). Good with pork and poultry.
Cherry - Mild and fruity. Good with poultry, pork and beef. Cheese too.
Cottonwood - Subtle flavor. Mix with chunks of other woods (hickory, oak, pecan) for more flavor.
Crabapple - Similar to apple.
Grapefruit - Mild. Good with beef, pork, fish and poultry.
Grapevines - Tart, rich and fruity. Good with poultry, red meats, game and lamb.
Hickory - Commonly used wood for smoking. Sweet to strong, heavy flavor. Good with pork, ham and beef.
Lemon - Mild. Good with beef, pork, fish and poultry.
Lilac - Good with seafood and lamb.
Maple - Good with pork, poultry, cheese, and small game birds.
Mesquite - Strong flavor. Good with beef, fish, chicken, and game.
Mulberry - Like apple.
Nectarine - Good on white or pink meats, including chicken, turkey, pork and fish. Milder and sweeter than hickory.
Oak - Heavy smoke flavor. Good with red meat, pork, fish and game.
Orange - Mild. Good with beef, pork, fish and poultry.
Peach - Good on white or pink meats, including chicken, turkey, pork and fish. Milder and sweeter than hickory.
Pear - Like apple. Excellent with chicken and pork.
Pecan - Similar to hickory. Good with poultry, beef, pork and cheese.
Plum - Good on white or pink meats, including chicken, turkey, pork and fish. Milder and sweeter than hickory.
Walnut - ENGLISH and BLACK - Very heavy smoke flavor can be bitter if used alone. Good with red meats and game.
Other wooods - Bay, Carrotwood, Kiawe, Madrone, Manzanita, Guava, Olive, Ornamental Pear, Ornamental Cherry, Butternut, Fig, Gum, Chestnut, hackberry, Pimiento, Persimmon, and Willow.
The following woods are not suitable for smoking: Softwoods or evergreen woods (Pine, Fir, Spruce, Redwood, Cedar, Cypress, etc.), Elm, Eucalyptus, Sassafras, Sycamore, Liquid Amber (Sweetgum), Chokecherry, green Cottonwood., Railroad ties, and power poles. (Nobody has ever commented on the last 2 so far.)

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Re: Smoking wood
Years ago I used some cedar wood in with my lump charcoal to roast some veggies. I can attest that it was super nasty, oily and overall yuck!
Cedar good for planking, not so good for burning.

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Re: Smoking wood
Not much oak here. It's in the north of CB and the south shore I know.NASH wrote:Birch and oak both good
White birch is a weed here. I was told was too smokey (tar like).
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There is a cabinet maker in Fall River called expressions in wood, he sells bundles of off cuts for kindling. It is usually cherry ,oak and maple. The bundles are huge and only $4 for a years worth of smoking wood.
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Great to know.Keggermeister wrote:There is a cabinet maker in Fall River called expressions in wood, he sells bundles of off cuts for kindling. It is usually cherry ,oak and maple. The bundles are huge and only $4 for a years worth of smoking wood.
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birch - local or harvisted by you?NASH wrote: Other wooods - Bay, Carrotwood, Kiawe, Madrone, Manzanita, Guava, Olive, Ornamental Pear, Ornamental Cherry, Butternut, Fig, Gum, Chestnut, hackberry, Pimiento, Persimmon, and Willow.
Apple - do you know of a place to harvest?
Ash - I know of a spot in Digby County
Beech - ? in NS
Cherry - wild, cultivated?
Crabapple - I havent seen this in years?
Lilac - Cool
Oak - I don't know of a good stand available
Pear - I may know a wild tand
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Re: Smoking wood
Eiw rocks.
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Re: Smoking wood
http://www.brewnosers.org/forums/viewto ... =24&t=2219" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;LeafMan66_67 wrote:Great to know.Keggermeister wrote:There is a cabinet maker in Fall River called expressions in wood, he sells bundles of off cuts for kindling. It is usually cherry ,oak and maple. The bundles are huge and only $4 for a years worth of smoking wood.
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GAM wrote:birch - local or harvisted by you?NASH wrote: Other wooods - Bay, Carrotwood, Kiawe, Madrone, Manzanita, Guava, Olive, Ornamental Pear, Ornamental Cherry, Butternut, Fig, Gum, Chestnut, hackberry, Pimiento, Persimmon, and Willow.
Apple - do you know of a place to harvest?
Ash - I know of a spot in Digby County
Beech - ? in NS
Cherry - wild, cultivated?
Crabapple - I havent seen this in years?
Lilac - Cool
Oak - I don't know of a good stand available
Pear - I may know a wild tand
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(Birch) Local or harvested by me?? Both.
We have a couple old overgrown apple orchards back home, you're welcome to make the trip for a harvest any time

Hit up some apple and cherry orchards in Valley etc. It's not like you need very much anyways, $5 - $20 should get you a couple yrs supply, or spend it on fuel and time foraging


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Re: Smoking wood
I thought the title said "Smoking Weed"
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There is likly an old orcherdin the Hfx area. I'll need to search.
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NASH wrote:http://www.brewnosers.org/forums/viewto ... =24&t=2219" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;LeafMan66_67 wrote:Great to know.Keggermeister wrote:There is a cabinet maker in Fall River called expressions in wood, he sells bundles of off cuts for kindling. It is usually cherry ,oak and maple. The bundles are huge and only $4 for a years worth of smoking wood.
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That's correct, biatch.
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The place in question..
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Expres ... e7fb?hl=en
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