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Where are y'all getting wood for your smoker? 

Specifically looking for properly aged Post Oak that I can pick up and load myself.

Central Texas preferred, but willing to drive a few hours for a good source.  

 

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15 minutes ago, Pods said:

Where are y'all getting wood for your smoker? 

Specifically looking for properly aged Post Oak that I can pick up and load myself.

Central Texas preferred, but willing to drive a few hours for a good source.  

 

This won't help, but I have a friend with land and a lot of trees.  I go out there and help him cut/split a few times a year, and he keeps me in free cooking wood.

 

In a pinch, I run by academy and pick up a box of post oak splits.  They run about $18.  They're kiln-dried, but the moisture content is in the high teens, they burn well, and smell great.

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19 minutes ago, Pods said:

Where are y'all getting wood for your smoker? 

Specifically looking for properly aged Post Oak that I can pick up and load myself.

Central Texas preferred, but willing to drive a few hours for a good source.  

 

Just this Saturday (they are only open for pickup from 12-6 on SAturdays) I went to Woodchuck firewood, which is where the old Harley's firewood was at Anderson Mill and 183.  I'd get there early.  When I got there, they were all out of oak, but had plenty of nice cured split pecan (I grabbed a 2x4 stack for $80).  I'll use it for my smoker and my fireplace, so it's all good.

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17 minutes ago, dcbc said:

In a pinch, I run by academy and pick up a box of post oak splits.  They run about $18.  They're kiln-dried, but the moisture content is in the high teens, they burn well, and smell great.

I vaguely remember reading that kiln dried wood is usually too dry and it doesn't impart as much flavor as seasoned wood.  I guess you could probably negate that a bit if you leave your kiln dried wood outside and let it get a bit of moisture content.

 

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I vaguely remember reading that kiln dried wood is usually too dry and it doesn't impart as much flavor as seasoned wood.  I guess you could probably negate that a bit if you leave your kiln dried wood outside and let it get a bit of moisture content.
 
I checked the stuff I bought with a meter.  High teens isn't bad at all.  It's not as good as the white oak I get from my friend, but it does pretty well in a pinch.
it's amazing how much oak is available for free when your neighborhood gets hit by a tornado, you just have to cut it up yourself 
We lost a couple of small trees last year, and I've been drying the resultant splits since April or so.



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