Maple scraps

[keithu]

I picked up a truckload of maple scraps from a local furniture manufacturer today. This is going to make a lot of delicious pork and chicken over the winter!

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• keithu
• Sep 6, 2017

 

[dave schiller]

Very nice find.  Coming from a furniture manufacturer, it's probably kiln dried.  I'm jealous, all I can scrounge is oak.  I'd love to mix it with some maple.

 

[keithu]

Not sure if it's kiln dried or not. Many of the chunks are raw splits or whole rounds from trees. This place (Wood Castle in Oregon) appears to mill their own lumber.

 

[motolife313]

Nice find. I'm north of pdx. Don't let any of the Oregon rain get on it. Make sure u stack it nice lol

 

[keithu]

LOL. My wife started helping me unload the truck but got frustrated and left when I kept re-stacking everything she brought over.

 

[keithu]

Update: We smoked a chicken this weekend and this maple burned wonderfully. We had whispy blue smoke and a light, sweet flavor. Next up is some pork shoulder.

 

[motolife313]

Nice. What did u use for a cooker?

 

[keithu]

I have a side box smoker (OKJ Highland). Looks like we're doing a pork butt on Saturday. Woot!

 

[bluewhisper]

Last year my neighbor had a big maple removed, I was chucking logs over the fence into my yard. I still have more than half of what I got.