Wood for Smoking Question

[sigma man]

I have a small apple tree that has died and I have cut it down. Since it was a small tree much of the wood is too small to split. Will unsplit wood (small limbs) work just as well at producing smoke as split wood?

Thanks

Sigma Man

 

[xtexan]

yes they will work just fine as long as the tree has not been dead for a long time and the wood is reasonably dry.

 

[dono]

I've used branches from an apple tree and it worked just fine, you need to cure it tho, let it dry out , off the ground, so there's no humidity. some say you need to peel off the bark, but I don't think it matters myself.

hope this helped

 

[kookie]

Just season it and use it............Some of the stuff you get in the bags of wood is from small branches.......Smoke on............

 

[bustedluckbarbq]

I just got a whole truck load of apple.... i've been cutting the smaller limbs into chunks and storing them up to season.... they are from 1" diameter to 4-5 inch diameter.... from 1" to 3 " in length....