So, my sister and brother in-law have had a dead maple (huge old tree) in their back yard and they just took it down.
Would it be good for smoking?
Would it be good for smoking?
"Sunset" maple is an ornamental tree, either Shantung maple(acer truncatum) or Norway maple(acer platnaoides), not a variety of acer rubrum. Shantung maples grow to about 25' tall, the Norway can grow up to 80'. As far as I know no one has ever reported using ornamental maples as smoke wood, you could be the first. Good Luck!Basically, a "Sunset" maple is a maple with very brilliant fall colour. As far as I remember it's a variety of Acer Rubrum. Basically, Red Maple, one of the most common maples in the eastern half of North America.
Very good smoking wood.
Even if it's been dead for a few years, it should be OK to use as long as it isn't rotten.
Wood doesn't really do much drying until it is cut up.It died over 2 years ago so it shouldn't be too wet
6-9 months, properly stacked. Probably closer to 6 in NC. Maple seasons fairly quickly in my experience.So if you have an 8" dia. split 4 ways it would take about 2-3 years to season?
Scott,So if you have an 8" dia. split 4 ways it would take about 2-3 years to season?