- Feb 6, 2019
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Anyone ever smoked with it? I have no clue what kind of ash, just found it on Facebook Marketplace. Don't wanna go get it if it ain't worth cooking with, haha.
Emerald Ash Borer
There are three types of ash that were common near me, black, green, and white ash and all of them got wiped out by the emerald ash borer. Of the three, black ash has the darkest colored wood and the most odor when cut. I haven't smoked with it, but I have burned plenty and it has a good smelling smoke. It grows mostly in wet areas and doesn't get very big. I think the largest I've cut was about 12" diameter. Green and white ash get huge. All three make huge coals while burning. They can get so dry that they need to be mixed with other wetter woods to burn them completely. If I was going to smoke with them, it would be chips, not sticks.
Contaminated wood that isn't debarked continues the chain. It must be debarked and the bark destroyed.I live in the Thumb in Michigan and we have been devastated with the ash borer. I have tons of wood from all the trees I have had to cut down. I never used any for smoking because I thought the wood with the damage would not be good for smoking.