Alder

[gene45]

The sticky quotes alder as a useful wood.
I have a bunch of small alder that grows like a weed, and I always thought of it as a garbage wood. If I cout green wood, how should I prepare it?
Remove bark and dry? or use green? with or without bark?

Same with birch?

 

[bbq engineer]

Smoking wood should be dry, and free of diseases or fungus. Bark does not make a difference.

Just my $.02

BBQ Eng.

 

[alx]

I personaly square my wood by taking a thin layer off sapwood- which includes bark when processing wood, but i like square chunks-this is not necessary.I have used a draw knife for woodworking to remove bark on smaller branches, but this is preference of mine.We used alot of alder when smoking salmon when i lived in anchorage,alaska.