Ok, I have a guy down the road that is sells wood, mainly oak for fire place wood. I rarely use oak for my smoking, so I may buy a hand full of wood from him a year (maybe 5 sticks worth). So, today I see a sign that he has some hickory and I love to use hickory for my BBB. I usually buy it at WallyWorld and it cost me about $6.00 for a bag of chucks and I go through about 1/2 of a bag per smoke. He has stacks about 16” X 16” x 48” for $20.00 which by my estimate is at least 10x as much wood. I know that this may sound like stupid questions, but I don’t know ANYTHING about wood, other that go to WW and get what I want. So, what I was thinking about doing is buy a large amount from him and storing it in my shop were it will be out of the weather, but it does get really hot during the summer and I feel that it will dry out really fast. Other than burning faster, will that hurt anything? How long will it last? Will it loose it taste/flavor ability, if that makes sense? I don’t really know much more about the wood other than what I buy from WW and if I can save a few bucks, well I could make a few more pounds of something else….LOL Thanks ShoneyBoy