Outback full of Ash

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SmokyMose

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My ex-boss has a neighbor with a small sawmill and all he makes is stakes for construction sites, mostly Ash.
He gives away the "off-cuts" to anyone who wants them. Perfect 2"x2" sticks of varying lengths. I may be unusual in that I actually like smoking with Ash so when I got a call saying there was a bunch to get I jumped on it.
I should have enough to last a bit.... wood.jpg
 
Nice score. Can you get scraps and discards, too?
I loved using ash in the stick burner. Good clean heat. I would add a cob of other wood to amp the flavor.
 
Nice score. Can you get scraps and discards, too?
I loved using ash in the stick burner. Good clean heat. I would add a cob of other wood to amp the flavor.
Yeah, in the stick burner I mainly use it to get started and then move to something else. It lights fast and clean but burns up fast.....
I like it with chicken, though.
What I've seen of his scraps is mostly bark.
 
My ash was free off my trees so it included bark.
I used it for heat to start with added flavor wood.
After the smoke period was done I would finish if off with just the ash for heat. When larger than 2x2's, it doesn't burn up as fast.
Cannot top free! Happy Smoking!
 
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Ironically I was just logging on to ask my "silly" question on whether anyone preheated with junk wood like ash to save a few bucks. I never knew that you can even use it all the way through. Doing a pork butt today and I may throw an occasional ash split in with the apple and cherry.
 
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