Cork Oak/Orange Wood


 
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I've just picked up a sack of Cork Oak (quercus suber), which I plan to use on my next cook. The logs are about three inches in diameter and a foot to a foot and a half long. I'd like to cut them up into the fist-sized chunks that most of you recommend, but this type of wood has an inner core that more resembles iron--both in color and in hardness--than it does wood. Any ideas on what kind of saw I would need to cut through it? In the meantime I'll probably have to throw on a whole log at a time. What effect do you think using the bigger logs will have on my meat? The fellow I bought it from also has some orange wood for sale. Have any of you ever tried it?

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Mr S.
 
I would say just use a good 'ol hand saw or if you have to...a chainsaw for that Cork Oak. A friend of mine uses Orange wood all the time, as well as Lemon, Lime, and Grapefruit wood. He loves it. He lives in Southern CA. Says that citrus wood works well with just about all meat.
 
Hi,

I use citrus wood all the time here in Florida...it is great but you do need to ensure that it is well seasoned (aged) before as it can be very moist. This exta moisture in the wood helps baste the meat but the citrus wood can be kinda greener than oak or hickory, hence my recommendation of ensuring it is seasoned.

The flavor is very very good I find. After a major freeze here in FL you can go collect scrap wood from the orange groves...have to ask permission of course from the land owners.

Never heard of cork oak though...

PrestonD
 
Rocky and George,

Your solutions sound too much like work to me. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif I'm thinking more along the lines of some sort of a power saw, as most of the wood I'll be getting in the future will be in the form of full-sized logs too. I've been checking out some old posts, and it seems that Jim Minion and Stogie recommend something called a SawsAll. Maybe I'll investigate one of those.

Preston,

Thanks for the advice about citrus woods.

Mr S.
 
lol....aaaw comon...a chainsaw will cut through that cork oak like butter if you have a chain that is in good shape on the saw. Seems like a power saw would be more work...having to get out the extension cord and set that up. If you had a band saw, now that would work really well, or a table saw.
 
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