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Starting the Smoke House
Since you aren't going to have a wood floor, I would go with the 3x8s laid flat. Main reason I recommend that instead of a 2x8 is strength. This will be your sill plate and you will be attaching your entire building on these pieces and you want to make sure you have plenty of wood to anchor...- ctd2500
- Post #34
- Forum: Smoke Houses
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Starting the Smoke House
On the White Oak I would make sure there is no sap wood on them, and if there is, try to keep it turned up and inside under the floor so its away from as much weather and moisture as possible. I wouldn't worry too much on drying those pieces. Depending on the dimension you decide to use, not...- ctd2500
- Post #32
- Forum: Smoke Houses
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Hello from West Central Ohio
My question as you are referring to, isn't so much the fuel source as it is the type of unit being used to smoke/cook. I have read some on a couple other sites and nearly all of the active posters there were using grills, not actual smokers like what I have. I can see with a grill a person being... -
Starting the Smoke House
I work in the lumber industry as a Lumber Inspector, any wood that has not been either air dried or kiln dried is considered "green". General Rule of Thumb for Air drying is 1 year for every inch of thickness. Poplar is a great wood to use for siding, flooring, and framing. The only...- ctd2500
- Post #30
- Forum: Smoke Houses
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Hello from West Central Ohio
Thank You for the Warm Welcome !! In reply to Blue Whisper, I most likely live closer to him than I do to Jungle Jim's. I was to there earlier in March for the first time and its about 95 miles from my place to Jungle Jim's at Fairfield. If you look at a map of Ohio on the Western side and you... -
Hello from West Central Ohio
Hello, I live in rural West Central Ohio about 25 SW of Lima. I have a Masterbuilt 40" propane smoker that I bought about 1.5 years ago and have learning as I have time and weather permits. Most of what I have smoked so far has been the basic chicken, sausage, pork steaks, and a couple pork... -
black walnut?
Black Walnut and Butternut both contain a toxin called "juglone", and like stated before will and has killed horses. When we saw walnut at the sawmill we have to make sure we don't contaminate any of our other sawdust that we are selling for bedding because of that. I also know that many plants...- ctd2500
- Post #6
- Forum: Woods for Smoking
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wood identification?
I work in a sawmill for almost 30 years as the lumber inspector and from what I am able to see, it appears to be pig hickory. The top pic shows brown spots in the end of the wood piece and those are bird pecks which is typical in hickory. Also the stringy type bark in pic 2 is common on pig hickory- ctd2500
- Post #6
- Forum: Woods for Smoking
