Jason Godard
TVWBB Pro
I’ve noticed some brands of smoke wood have a lot of bark, others have almost none. My instinct is to not burn bark. What say you?
I believe the "soaking the wood" thing became popular because of the growing popularity of cheap water smokers, now called bullet smokers, of several decades ago. Charbroil and Brinkmann made a lot of those. Those things didn't have a temp control, no intake control, no exhaust control. You would cool the fire and the cooker temp by throwing water soaked wood chips on it.I burn bark from a shag hickory during all my grilling, I have never peeled the bark off unless it was to save it for a high heat cook . not sure who/why started that myth lol. Kinda like the soak you wood before using it to smoke
This!Unless it's rotten, or very moldy, don't worry about it
I believe the "soaking the wood" thing became popular because of the growing popularity of cheap water smokers, now called bullet smokers, of several decades ago. Charbroil and Brinkmann made a lot of those. Those things didn't have a temp control, no intake control, no exhaust control. You would cool the fire and the cooker temp by throwing water soaked wood chips on it.
This.For bark I would think it would make a difference between different types of wood.
I keep several different varieties of hard wood on my California property.
A section in our wood pile just for smoker wood.
The thin barked woods such as your fruitwoods wouldn’t make much difference.
The fat oak bark is something I could never see me using.
To me it just looks like it’s filled with the bitters.
Yes I store the wood outside in the elements.
I’m not sold that that makes a big difference.
Keep it out of the mud, don’t use bad wood and it will be fine.
YMMV. This works for me.
Soaking the wood? I read it in books. Where did it come from? Just my theory based on my experience with water smokers.Mark, from where did you get this information ?
It all makes sense then.Mark, in your application, I can see where the wet chips might help.
Soaking wood chips for use in smoking I believe started as an attempt to delay the ignition of said chips.