Question about wood

[rodbuilder]

I have an endless supply of seasoned almond wood. Has anyone ever used this wood to smoke with? Also, I see a lot of posts about using oak. Is there any specific type of oak to use or is any oak ok to use... Thanks in advance for your input...

 

[blackhawk19]

I've never used it but it is listed here from Deejay Debi's site
http://www.deejayssmokepit.net/Downl...lavorChart.pdf

 

[deejaydebi]

I've never had the oppotunity to use almond wood but the shells work too. I save all my nut shells for smoking.

Let us know how it works and where you might find it.

I believe all true oaks are good for smoking. Just don't use poison oak! Up here we only get red and white oaks but I know there are hundreds of varieties. White oak is nice - almost like a pecan light flavored.

 

[richtee]

Supposedly ANY nut tree will work, altho I hear black walnut may not. But I'm gonna try it anyway, as I got a bud ready to remove one. Oak is nice... I especially like it on poultry.

 

[bbq bubba]

Hey Rich, black walnut is actually pretty good, kinda between mesquite and hickory, used some last year on a trial run, most of it goes into woodworking but i burned some scrap's on a brisket and it came out pretty good!!

 

[chris_harper]

debi, the way i understand it, all oaks are either red or white. those are the two kinds of oak, with every oak falling under one of the two. someone correct me if i am wrong.

 

[walking dude]

i used to do abit of woodwerking years ago.........using walnut to smoke with.........SHAME...........HEATHENS............. ...hehehhe........j/k
but like bbq bubba said.........scraps would be nice........but thankx deb on the shells idea..........and further info on that?


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[richtee]

"Historical note on Linnaean species

Linnaeus described only five species of oak from eastern North America, based on general leaf form. These were White oak, Q. alba, Chestnut oak, Q. Montana, Red oak, Q. rubra, Willow oak, Q. phellos, and Water oak, Q. nigra. Because he was dealing with confusing leaf forms, the Q. prinus and Q. rubra specimens actually included mixed foliage of more than one species. For that reason, some taxonomists in the past proposed different names for these two species (Q. Montana and Q. borealis, respectively), but the original Linnaean names have now been lectotypified with only the specimens in Linnaeus' herbarium that refer to the species the names are applied to now."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak#Classification

Until I looked, I could have only mentioned the Chestnut. Huh who knew?

 

[jerrykr]

How about what we here in Texas call "Live Oak". These trees produce acorns. They are the ones which stay green all year round. The leaves drop off in the spring, but the new ones come on at the same time, so, they always look "live" or with green leaves.

If that works, I just gave my buddy a lifetime supply for firewood. Maybe I can retrieve a log or two.

Thanks.

 

[chris_harper]

i use live oak all the time. good wood. burns kinda hot, so i use one log, with pecan or mesquite for flavor. makes some good tasting q'.

 

[deejaydebi]

What do you want to know Dude? After eatting the nuts throw shells on hot coals and they burn/smoke. We eat alot of nuts here on Thanksgiving and Christamas so I save all the shells for the smoker. I also save my pistashio shells from my smoked hot and spicy Chrisp-x mix. Love those things but their a PITA to peel!

Peanut shells flame though to thin I guess, but hard shelled nuts work good.