Brick wrote:
> On 13-Sep-2008, "D. Winsor" > wrote:
>
>> "Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I'm helping a friend take down a crab apple tree today.
>>>
>>> Anyone used that for smoking? Any good? Or should I just take it to came
>>> and burn it in the firepit?
>> Are you using a chainsaw to chunk it up? I recently took down a maple and a
>> pin cherry, but thought I should cut them with a hand saw because of the
>> chain oil ruining the wood for smoking. I've got them both limbed out and
>> standing to dry a bit so they'll split easier after I saw up the chunks.
>> Are my thoughts on the chain oil wrong or too picky?
>
> If you're worried about or have experienced bad taste from chain oil, simply switch
> to cooking oil for your chainsaw. The saw isn't going to care.

Well, never thought of that but yes we used our chainsaws... oh well.
Got some nice chunks, not I just have to let it season

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Steve