Oak score!

[brent b]

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• brent b
• Mar 21, 2017

Gotta wait for it to dry but will keep my smoker feed for a long time.

 

[416bigbore]

 to the SMF brent b

Yes you definitely have some good wood to last you awhile. As for waiting for it to dry before starting to use any of it? 

I have been told by others and have used myself fresh cut green Ash And Oak for BBQ and Smoking without the bark on and or burned off first, and have never had any noticeable issues because of it not being dry cured first. I have personally done this for years. 

How about you give some a try and report bad with your thoughts on having used it green over dry? I would be curious to hear your input after having tried it yourself. Thanks Mike 

 

[GaryHibbert]

Nice bunch of oak there.  Oak is a really nice mellow wood.

Gary

 

[3montes]

Is that dimension lumber or slab wood? Either way looks like you will be busy using a chain saw for awhile. I use a lot of red and white oak along with apple wood. Oak works for everything. It burns hot and long and a nice mellow smoke flavor. Really a joy to use for smoking. Nice score!

 

[416bigbore]

 
Is that dimension lumber or slab wood? Either way looks like you will be busy using a chain saw for awhile. I use a lot of red and white oak along with apple wood. Oak works for everything. It burns hot and long and a nice mellow smoke flavor. Really a joy to use for smoking. Nice score!

Here in ND, Ash is most plentiful over Oak, but those are our two best hardwoods we have, so I hang on to the really good stuff I find for all my BBQ and Smoking needs, I love the stuff! 

The Big problem I have with those two types of wood is this, cutting it!  I have an old Stihl .038 mag II, I bought new in 1992. That saw should be worn out by now for all the wood it has reliably cut for me over the years and today it's still runs as strong as the day it way new, no BS on that, Stihl is an Amazing saw second to Husk! Anyway

Since the wind likes to Blow here in ND just about every day, the wind blows the dust and dirt across this flat land and the dirt embeds itself into the bark of those two trees nicely, so it's like cutting sandpaper so the new and old resharpened chains don't last as long as cutting other softer woods here.

I have toyed around with the idea of a carbide chain, but they don't given them dumb things away either!