When using logs or bug chunks in an offset do you have to pre burn
them before adding?

Also any source for logs in Orlando? I'm using a NBS if it matters.
Guess smaller log pieces would be better.

Jesse

On 10-Jul-2004, (Jesse Skeens) wrote:

> When using logs or bug chunks in an offset do you have to pre burn
> them before adding?
>
> Also any source for logs in Orlando? I'm using a NBS if it matters.
> Guess smaller log pieces would be better.
>
> Jesse

I have limited experience with logs in an offset Jesse. Mostly I've learned
that
you need to get them down to 2" dia or about that. Bigger and they
won't light off fast enough and smaller they try to flare up on
you. The firebox being not all that large, about 10" lengths are most
manageable. If you leave that chimney open, you can add raw logs
to the fire with out much hazard. You'll have to crack the firebox vent
an inch or so to allow sufficient draft to defeat the ******* creosote
production. This means that you'll have to work on fire size rather
then combustion controll. Look in your yellow pages for tree surgeions
and such. They have to haul that stuff off and then they sell it.

--
M&M ("When You're Over The Hill You Pick Up Speed")

On 10-Jul-2004, (Jesse Skeens) wrote:

> When using logs or bug chunks in an offset do you have to pre burn
> them before adding?
>
> Also any source for logs in Orlando? I'm using a NBS if it matters.
> Guess smaller log pieces would be better.
>
> Jesse

I have limited experience with logs in an offset Jesse. Mostly I've learned
that
you need to get them down to 2" dia or about that. Bigger and they
won't light off fast enough and smaller they try to flare up on
you. The firebox being not all that large, about 10" lengths are most
manageable. If you leave that chimney open, you can add raw logs
to the fire with out much hazard. You'll have to crack the firebox vent
an inch or so to allow sufficient draft to defeat the ******* creosote
production. This means that you'll have to work on fire size rather
then combustion controll. Look in your yellow pages for tree surgeions
and such. They have to haul that stuff off and then they sell it.

--
M&M ("When You're Over The Hill You Pick Up Speed")

On 9 Jul 2004 23:35:14 -0700, (Jesse Skeens)
wrote:

>When using logs or bug chunks in an offset do you have to pre burn
>them before adding?
>
>Also any source for logs in Orlando? I'm using a NBS if it matters.
>Guess smaller log pieces would be better.
>
>Jesse

I live in your neck of the woods and have many friends with Oak trees.
I get scraps of Oak all the time. I keep a big pile out of site and
covered and let it get good and dry. I use it in my smoker all the
time.

What works for me is to get it lit in a chimmney starter,, let it burn
down to coals, and then add it to the smoker. This is a great time of
year to get oak because of all the storms we're having.

On 9 Jul 2004 23:35:14 -0700, (Jesse Skeens)
wrote:

>When using logs or bug chunks in an offset do you have to pre burn
>them before adding?
>
>Also any source for logs in Orlando? I'm using a NBS if it matters.
>Guess smaller log pieces would be better.
>
>Jesse

I live in your neck of the woods and have many friends with Oak trees.
I get scraps of Oak all the time. I keep a big pile out of site and
covered and let it get good and dry. I use it in my smoker all the
time.

What works for me is to get it lit in a chimmney starter,, let it burn
down to coals, and then add it to the smoker. This is a great time of
year to get oak because of all the storms we're having.

BKahuna > wrote in message >. ..
> On 9 Jul 2004 23:35:14 -0700, (Jesse Skeens)
> wrote:
>
> >When using logs or bug chunks in an offset do you have to pre burn
> >them before adding?
> >
> >Also any source for logs in Orlando? I'm using a NBS if it matters.
> >Guess smaller log pieces would be better.
> >
> >Jesse
>
> I live in your neck of the woods and have many friends with Oak trees.
> I get scraps of Oak all the time. I keep a big pile out of site and
> covered and let it get good and dry. I use it in my smoker all the
> time.
>
> What works for me is to get it lit in a chimmney starter,, let it burn
> down to coals, and then add it to the smoker. This is a great time of
> year to get oak because of all the storms we're having.


Whats the general time needed to cure wood? From what I've read here
it seems about a year.

Jesse

Jesse Skeens wrote:
> BKahuna > wrote in message
> >. ..
>> On 9 Jul 2004 23:35:14 -0700, (Jesse Skeens)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> When using logs or bug chunks in an offset do you have to pre burn
>>> them before adding?
>>>
>>> Also any source for logs in Orlando? I'm using a NBS if it matters.
>>> Guess smaller log pieces would be better.
>>>
>>> Jesse
>>
>> I live in your neck of the woods and have many friends with Oak
>> trees. I get scraps of Oak all the time. I keep a big pile out of
>> site and covered and let it get good and dry. I use it in my smoker
>> all the time.
>>
>> What works for me is to get it lit in a chimmney starter,, let it
>> burn down to coals, and then add it to the smoker. This is a great
>> time of year to get oak because of all the storms we're having.
>
>
> Whats the general time needed to cure wood? From what I've read here
> it seems about a year.
>
> Jesse

Varies. Wood thickness, type, ambient air temp and humidity all play
factors. Six months usually does it, but when you smack two piece together
and they "ring" instead of "thunk," they're dry. 'Course lots of Qers use
green wood...

Jack Curry

Jesse Skeens wrote:
> BKahuna > wrote in message
> >. ..
>> On 9 Jul 2004 23:35:14 -0700, (Jesse Skeens)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> When using logs or bug chunks in an offset do you have to pre burn
>>> them before adding?
>>>
>>> Also any source for logs in Orlando? I'm using a NBS if it matters.
>>> Guess smaller log pieces would be better.
>>>
>>> Jesse
>>
>> I live in your neck of the woods and have many friends with Oak
>> trees. I get scraps of Oak all the time. I keep a big pile out of
>> site and covered and let it get good and dry. I use it in my smoker
>> all the time.
>>
>> What works for me is to get it lit in a chimmney starter,, let it
>> burn down to coals, and then add it to the smoker. This is a great
>> time of year to get oak because of all the storms we're having.
>
>
> Whats the general time needed to cure wood? From what I've read here
> it seems about a year.
>
> Jesse

Varies. Wood thickness, type, ambient air temp and humidity all play
factors. Six months usually does it, but when you smack two piece together
and they "ring" instead of "thunk," they're dry. 'Course lots of Qers use
green wood...

Jack Curry

>> Whats the general time needed to cure wood? From what I've read here
>> it seems about a year.

Most of what I get is already pretty dry because it's dead stuff that
comes off the trees. It's usually small branches that are no more
than a few inches in diameter. I haven't used logs or any really big
stuff.

With the humidity of Central Florida hovering around 100% in the
summer, I would figure larger stuff would take a long time to dry out.

"BKahuna" > wrote in message
...
>
> >> Whats the general time needed to cure wood? From what I've read here
> >> it seems about a year.
>
Generally speaking, one year should do it for most wood, especially if is
sized for BBQ'ing.

I cut all my own wood; oak, mesquite, and pecan; and stack it out side in
the weather and let it cure for a minimum of one year.

Bob