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Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:15 pm**

Any ideas?

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Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:22 pm**

What did the people you got it from say it was?

Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:54 pm**

Looks like white oak.

Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:58 pm**

The guy told me it was hickory.
It was free, but don't want to use it if I don't know what it is.

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Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 4:19 pm**

I'm saying white oak. Smoothish bark, nice tight straight grain structure, really pale. Hickory I see has much rougher bark.

Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 5:04 pm**

This is a hickory. Pignut hickory that's in my back yard. The bark looks much rougher than what you've got.

I'm not sure how many species there are exactly, but that's not pignut and certainly not shagbark. Lol

Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 5:38 pm**

RUBYRW wrote:The guy told me it was hickory.
It was free, but don't want to use it if I don't know what it is.

The only way you'll ever really know is if you watch them cut it or you cut it yourself :dont:

As for as ID goes I'D use it on a small cook and then decide :salut:

Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 5:58 pm**

Bummer, this guy has a lot and at no cost to me.
Does anyone think it's bad to try?

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Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:13 pm**

There's more than a few "breeds" of hickory, try burning some and see if the smoke smells right.

Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:36 pm**

All you can lose by trying it is a chunk of meat and ?IF? it turns out great then you are :cheers:

Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:42 pm**

Fire it up, smell it and report back.

Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:45 pm**

This is my first year smoking so this is all new to me. The guy lives in Wisconsin. took some pics.

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Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 7:12 pm**

Look thru these pics and compare and see if it helps.

https://www.google.com/search?q=white+o ... 19&dpr=0.9

Posted: **Wed Nov 22, 2017 10:40 am**

Hickory

Posted: **Wed Nov 22, 2017 10:44 am**

SMOKEYJIM44 wrote:Hickory

Serious?

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Can you ID this wood?