black walnut?

[jeepdiver]

You don't eat the wood...lol the smoke is fine. 

Me thinks drain bamage has set in with this one

 

[java]

This is not the best comment I have heard.There is warnings all the time not to burn treated woods it makes the chemicals airborn thru the smoke.What is the difference burning black walnut.I believe there is a great amount of fantastic wood out there to smoke with.Why take the chance ?

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What he said x-2

 

[fwismoker]

 
This is not the best comment I have heard.There is warnings all the time not to burn treated woods it makes the chemicals airborn thru the smoke.What is the difference burning black walnut.I believe there is a great amount of fantastic wood out there to smoke with.Why take the chance ? 

Me thinks drain bamage has set in with this one

Reading comprehension would be for you to try jeepDiver.    Have you heard of sarcasm?    

 
This is not the best comment I have heard.There is warnings all the time not to burn treated woods it makes the chemicals airborn thru the smoke.Who in the heck said something about treated wood? lmao  Where is this coming from?What is the difference burning black walnut.I believe there is a great amount of fantastic wood out there to smoke with.Why take the chance ?

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What he said x-2

Somebody said if you have a allergy to walnuts that the smoke would hurt them.... i said that's BS.       Of course it's not the best wood and there plenty of better woods out there but to say it could be dangerous is past silly.  It won't taste the best because it's much stronger than hickory but it won't kill anyone. 

 

[jeepdiver]

Reading comprehension would be for you to try jeepDiver.    Have you heard of sarcasm?    
Somebody said if you have a allergy to walnuts that the smoke would hurt them.... i said that's BS.       Of course it's not the best wood and there plenty of better woods out there but to say it could be dangerous is past silly.  It won't taste the best because it's much stronger than hickory but it won't kill anyone. 

Please go start a large fire, throw on some posion Ivy and take a few deep breaths. Then post from the ICU how smoke of something you are allergic to cant hurt you

 

[fwismoker]

Jeep that's not even close to the same thing but i'm not going to argue with you.   It's not even the best thing to smoke anyway so this should be all a moot point.     I'd use it in a stick burner if that's all i had but it wouldn't be my first choice and i'd never use chunks in a charcoal burner. 

 

[atomicsmoke]

Some people are allergic to peanuts, yet most of us are not - so we (the rest) eat peanuts, and shrimp, strawberry and drink milk.

The toxic substance is also found in pecan and hickory yet we use them plenty.

If you ate walnuts before you are not taking any chance. Besides....one of the sponsors here, BBQ delight sells black walnut pellets- which I used. I found it to be the smoke truest to the fruit smell/taste. Absolutely great smoke.

P.s. when I was a kid my mom use to make jam from whole green walnuts (unripe). I don't really like jams. I loved that though. Now I am sad...no more green walnut jam, mom is not around anymore.

 

[fwismoker]

Here's an old thread from on here.  I agree with Bear, dust is different than smoke.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/104552/black-walnut-for-smoking-and-grilling

 

[atomicsmoke]

Forgot to say stickyfingers got it right. Walnut wood is expensive.

If I ever own anything bigger than my city size backyard walnut planting is the first item on my todo list.

 

[sqwib]

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[sqwib]

Cutting down a black walnut in my yard any good or throw it in the chipper?

Depends on the application. What type of cooking unit will you be using?
If using as fuel you can alternate with other woods or if you foil on a stick burner you can use it then. I've used Black Walnut sparingly in the past on my stick burner.

I have a side firebox. Use wood and charcoal. I have some sugar maple too. Do share the results

In that case you have a few options.

• You can use it sparingly as in a ratio of 1 to 5 using small splits. e.g. 5 splits of oak to 1 split of walnut
• You can use the walnut by itself during the foil stage if you foil, such as the -2- in 3-2-1 when cooking ribs.
• You can start a coal bed with your walnut and once you have a good coal bed start using your other preferred wood, prior to adding your food to the pit.

I have done this with no ill effect and I'm not going to quote allergies or science, and leave you with this, it works for me.