Fire Wood

[Michael Anderson]

Hey ALL,
Quick question. I've got a couple of old trees in the back yard that have lots of dead branches.
I think they are either Elm or Ash trees. I'm in the process of finding out which. But in the mean tme..... would either be ok to use as fire wood in the smoker?

 

[Doug D]

Elm no, ash yes. All About Smokewoods

 

[Jerry N.]

Does anyone have any experiance with ash? Is it strong or mild?

 

[Jim Pye]

I don't ever see much mention of Maple as a smoke wood. How is it to use for smoking? I have a bunch.

 

[Bill Hays]

Mornin Jim, According to this article, Maple is like fruit wood and gives a sweet flavor that is excellent with poultry and ham:
Smoke Wood

HTH, and congrats on your new purchase ~ You're gonna love it, I guarantee

 

[Guest]

Could I use a combo of maple and hickory to mellow out the hickory flavor a bit??

 

[Jim Pye]

Thanks Bill, I hadn't seen this particular web page before. I appreciate it!

 

[Guest]

Something to keep in mind is that, I believe, there a bunch of different types of maple: the "acer" family. We had maples that grew in So. Cal which I'm guessing are far different than the kind grown in the northeast and Canada that produce pancake syrup. But they were truly maples. And the japanese maple, acer palmatum, resembles marijuana. My guess is that when people are talking maple, they are talking about the syrup producing type(s).