Can you ID this wood?

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Can you ID this wood?

Postby RUBYRW » Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:15 pm

Any ideas?

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Re: Can you ID this wood?

Postby JustinCouch » Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:22 pm

What did the people you got it from say it was?
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Re: Can you ID this wood?

Postby Txdragon » Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:54 pm

Looks like white oak.
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Re: Can you ID this wood?

Postby RUBYRW » 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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Re: Can you ID this wood?

Postby Boots » 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.
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Re: Can you ID this wood?

Postby Txdragon » 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.

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I'm not sure how many species there are exactly, but that's not pignut and certainly not shagbark. Lol
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Re: Can you ID this wood?

Postby OldUsedParts » 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:
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Re: Can you ID this wood?

Postby RUBYRW » 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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Re: Can you ID this wood?

Postby Chasdev » 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.
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Re: Can you ID this wood?

Postby OldUsedParts » 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: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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Re: Can you ID this wood?

Postby FAT » Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:42 pm

Fire it up, smell it and report back.
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Re: Can you ID this wood?

Postby RUBYRW » 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.ImageImageImageImage

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Re: Can you ID this wood?

Postby OldUsedParts » Mon Nov 20, 2017 7:12 pm

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

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Re: Can you ID this wood?

Postby SMOKEYJIM44 » Wed Nov 22, 2017 10:40 am

Hickory :P
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Re: RE: Re: Can you ID this wood?

Postby RUBYRW » Wed Nov 22, 2017 10:44 am

SMOKEYJIM44 wrote:Hickory :P
Serious?

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