Bamboo??

[hawgheaven]

This is probably a rilly stupid question, but someone asked me today if you can use bamboo to smoke. I didn't quite know how to answer that one... other than back in the 70's with a bamboo pipe and huka... but that's a different story.

Any thoughts?

 

[fatback joe]

Never seen it listed anywhere for smoking......good or bad. I would say burn some and see how it does........if it seems ok try a smoking piece of chicken or something cheap and see how it does.

 

[hawgheaven]

Yeah, I never thought about using the stuff until a guy at work asked me if it would work. He has an abundance of it growing in his yard and has a large stack of it cut.

It seems to me that the stuff would burn quite quickly though, being that it is hollow. I dunno...

 

[bbq bubba]

You guys can grow bamboo in N.E. ???

 

[dacdots]

Thats interesting Hawg,I started a stand of Bamboo five years ago and its really getting a good hold now.I dont know about the smoke,my advice would be give it a try unless someone finds out it will kill us.I know I felt a little nervous transporting a window van stuffed full of it through Parkersburg at the height of the hemp harvest season here in WV.

 

[-devil-]

i don't see why it could kill .. i eat bamboo on occasion when i am at an oriental restaurant ...

i know it is loosly classified as an evergreen though

 

[Dutch]

The general rule for smoking woods is, if it produces a fruit or a nut it's good to go. IIRC bamboo doesn't produce either one.

 

[deejaydebi]

Bamboo huh? Can't find a darned thing about it. What si a bamboo? does it produce fruit or is it just a tree?

 

[-devil-]

bamboo = canepole ... or whatever its called in your area ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo


different from sugarcane ... but hmmm that does bring up another one with a sweet taste...

 

[deejaydebi]

Hmmm evergreens are not supposed to be smoked.

 

[hawgheaven]

This stuff grows like weeds up here... I'm sure it is not the bamboo we are familiar with from the tropics, but it is bamboo. It gets to about 1 1/2" to 2" diameter, from what this guy is telling me.

I am gonna grab a few "stalks" of it and investigate it further. At the very least, it should make good tomatoe stakes!

 

[gypsyseagod]

not sure about smoking w/ it but wetted bamboo skewers for shiskabob or sun drying & smoking meats works just fine... try a search for karankawa indians or thailand,viet quisine.. etc.

 

[walking dude]

heheeh.......hemp harvest.......bet them farmers don't call it hemp........



Wd

 

[crewdawg52]

Technically, bamboo is a grass. So if you want to smoke grass.......