On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:06:58 -0600, Mayo > wrote:

> On 9/11/2014 10:35 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:03:27 -0500, "Pete C." >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>> One caution there, the wood chunks will ignite of not soaked and can
> >>> play havoc with keeping a steady temp.
> >>
> >> They do ignite, but in the somewhat O2 starved firebox which I have
> >> throttled down to limit the charcoal burn the wood produces plenty of
> >> smoke, and doesn't have a notable affect on the temps.
> >
> > I was at the grocery store and did look at the wood bundles, but they
> > weren't anything special like hickory or fruitwood, just ordinary wood
> > (not pine). Should I buy them anyway or search for something else?
> >
> >
> Do NOT buy them.

Thanks.
>
> Go to a dedicated BBQ store and get real fruit wood, or pecan, or hickory.
>
> The store bundles are trash wood.

Those things are scarce as hen's teeth around here. You just jogged
my memory. We do have a place that sells their own brand of fuel to
restaurants and bags charcoal for home use. I looked at their website
and they sell wood too... "Gourmet Hardwood Logs, Chunks, Sawdust and
Wood Chips". Thanks, I would have remembered them eventually, but you
kicked my brain cells into high gear.


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