smokin' w/ birch

Dave's Sink · Newbie Joined: 07 Nov 2009 Posts: 74 Location: Worldwide

anyone ever use birch to smoke with. we just cut a birch down and i was thinkn about usin the wood when i am in brussels next week.
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SoEzzy · Posted: Wed Nov 25 09 9:50 pm Post subject:

Birch to me is always a sappy wood when fresh cut, and a fire wood not a smoke wood because of that, but I've seen others who say it's like maple and produces a sweet smoke good on pork and poultry.

But I still wouldn't use it fresh cut, unless you're going to use a burn barrel.
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Vosholl Vulture · Posted: Thu Nov 26 09 3:08 am Post subject:

Have ya tried railroad ties
They got something in em that turns your brizkit a nice dark color
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samson · BBQ Pro Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 869 Location: illinois

I love birch. It does add a ample flavor to poultry...make sure it is well seasoned and all the bark has been removed. Nasty stuff but the wood is great.

Dave's Sink · Newbie Joined: 07 Nov 2009 Posts: 74 Location: Worldwide

railroad ties, what.
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Harry Nutczak · Posted: Mon Nov 30 09 2:41 am Post subject:

necron 99 · Posted: Mon Nov 30 09 9:42 am Post subject:

I miss saltwater pier posts that hurricanes would bestow us with for cooking' wood. Those were the days - it was pre-soaked so it smoked an extra long time, and no seasoning needed for the meat since it got seasoned from the salty sea vapors coming off the wood.

This concrete and steel stuff weighs a ton, and don't produce heat or smoke even worth a bag of unlit Kingsford dumped onto a smoldering patch of just-clear-cut rain forest.
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BBQMAN · Posted: Mon Nov 30 09 8:48 pm Post subject:

Infamous Dave · Newbie Joined: 20 Apr 2009 Posts: 34

I've never tried birch myself but it is all we use to heat our deer hunting shack in northern minnesota and I have access to an endless supply. Next time I go up north I'm going to bring some home and try it.