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    New to forum and smoking, wood question

    3rd smoke on the new grill. All Hickory working out well
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    New to forum and smoking, wood question

    Good idea, nobody is removing trees now, but maybe after the summer when things get back to normal.
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    New to forum and smoking, wood question

    Just picked up 3 from bags from Ace so I would have plenty of wood to last me through our lockdown. No work=no money, but plenty of time to smoke meat.
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    New to forum and smoking, wood question

    The place I used was in the Bronx, only a 30min drive (6 miles) when traffic is mellow. NY traffic is no joke. Nice guys though. They brought me in the back and let me pick through the bundles they had and pick what I wanted. And if I call ahead they will double split the splits for a better fit...
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    New to forum and smoking, wood question

    And I am running a grate level Thermoworks smoke thermometer. :)
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    New to forum and smoking, wood question

    This is my first offset, only smoked on a kettle before. I did the whole firebox sealing with RTV silicone and gasket and sealed the cook chamber with Gaskets as well and it’s not leaking any smoke. Metals not as thick as those $1000 units but not a bad smoker for $200 (on sale). Did a few racks...
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    New to forum and smoking, wood question

    Hey Ray! Yeah, that’s a much better deal than the .75 cubic feet of Hickory I got at Lowe’s for $20. I like the guys I got the Oak from locally they will sell me double split Oak for $16 a bundle which seems about what people charge here in the city. Just trying to figure out if I should season...
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    New to forum and smoking, wood question

    Hello everyone! I just got my first offset smoker, a OKJ Highland reverse flow. Did my first cook this last weekend. I used a 50/50 combination of store bought Cowboy Brand Hickory Logs and Kiln dried oak from a local wood supplier. I live in Brooklyn, NY so as you can imagine there’s not a lot...
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    New to forum from Brooklyn, NY

    Hello everyone, I’m new to the forum and just purchased my first offset!
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