Spud wrote:
"Johnny" wrote in message
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Can I smoke with elm? I know we used to burn it in the fireplace
all the time.

Thanks,
Johnny in Huntsville



Not unless you're a dumb ass. Sorry, didn't mean to jump your ass.
It'll make a shitty fire and a lot of ash.

Been there, done that, in Kansas. Just in the fireplace. We didn't
have oak or any other hard wood for that matter.

Spud


Well.............I reckon Kansas ain't got nothin' happening in the way of
barbecue then.........bein's how they don't got the wood to make it.

I concede, the part of Kansas you were in don't have BBQ wood. Evidently
they're overrun with it somewhere or they wouldn't have the KCBS.

Back to the subject.....elm burns. That's all I can say about it that's
good. You'll never get a coal out of it if you're firing direct, and the
stink ain't worth it if your doing smoke roasting.

If you're a yankee, use white oak, red oak, hickory, wild cherry......any
fruit bearing tree.

If you're so blessed as to live in Florida, use Live Oak, **** Oak, Water
Oak, Blackjack Oak, ............anything with the tiny leathery leaves on it
will work just fine...........as long as it ain't a Magnolia.

TFM®