On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 22:05:11 +0100, "Tony"
wrote:

Hi

I've been barbecuing and grilling for a year, and now I would like to give
cedar planks a try.

The problem is that I live in Spain, and can't find a plank supplier here,
and shipping from the States just to give it a try is going a bit over ...

So, does anybody know the scientific name of the safe cedar to use for
planking?

I just don't want to poison my friends !!

Regards,
Tony

I get cedar planks here in the US from a lumber supplier. I usually
buy 8-10 foot lengths of 1" x 8" or 1" x 10" untreated cedar and cut
it to length.

I wash the planks and soak them overnight before using them.

Perhaps you can find planks of this type at a building supply company.
If so, you have a ready and inexpensive supply. This is much less
expensive here than buying planks specifically for this purpose. 1"
stock is actually 3/4" thick. This is about twice as thick as the
planks sold for cooking, but the thickness doesn't matter.

The "traditional" approach is to attach the food to the plank and
position the plank vertically near a fire so the food cooks mainly
from radiant heat from the fire. I have done this, but more often, I
lay the food on the plank and put it on a grill.

Good luck,

Leonard

Piedmont wrote:

Hey, Cal:

I've got a big hickory tree that will be coming down this winter. My
neighbor warned me to buy a second chain! He said I'll be seeing actual
sparks fly as I cut it! Can't wait! (Grin)

All of it will be pampered! Stored under a tarp, off the ground, out of
the sun and rain! OOh what we do for Q! (lol)


If it's a big hickory, you may want three chains and keep a sharpener
handy too. That's some tough wood. The only wood that I've split and
seen a freshly sharpened ax literally bounce off of it when struck.
And that was seasoned!

Burns awhile though. ;-)

--
Steve

Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there... I'm gonna
eat the next thing that comes outta it's ass?"

cl wrote:

Piedmont wrote:

Hey, Tony:

Yeesh! All kinds of answers, well, maybe answers to your question. Heck,
if you pay for shipping and packaging. I'll take the chainsaw out in the
backyard and slice you some planks from an old cedar that fell recently!
Do you get UPS there?


It is amazing how tough cedar is on the chain. I dulled 2 chains just to
fell 3 smallish cedars.


-CAL

Hey, Cal:

I've got a big hickory tree that will be coming down this winter. My
neighbor warned me to buy a second chain! He said I'll be seeing actual
sparks fly as I cut it! Can't wait! (Grin)

All of it will be pampered! Stored under a tarp, off the ground, out of
the sun and rain! OOh what we do for Q! (lol)

--
Mike Willsey
http://groups.msn.com/ThePracticalBarBQr/_whatsnew.msnw

Steve Calvin wrote:
Piedmont wrote:


Hey, Cal:

I've got a big hickory tree that will be coming down this winter. My
neighbor warned me to buy a second chain! He said I'll be seeing
actual sparks fly as I cut it! Can't wait! (Grin)

All of it will be pampered! Stored under a tarp, off the ground, out
of the sun and rain! OOh what we do for Q! (lol)


If it's a big hickory, you may want three chains and keep a sharpener
handy too. That's some tough wood. The only wood that I've split and
seen a freshly sharpened ax literally bounce off of it when struck. And
that was seasoned!

Burns awhile though. ;-)


Yeah it's a big'un! Between the neighbor and you, it sounds like it'll
be a real fun project! My neighbor has the sharpener, I keep feeding him
so the sharpening is a done deal!

--
Mike Willsey
http://groups.msn.com/ThePracticalBarBQr/_whatsnew.msnw