George B. Ross wrote:
> I received a truckload of cherry wood from a friend last fall
> (cut and split, he is a great guy!) and decided to use some this
> past weekend. I've used cherry before for flavor, mixing in oak
> for and lump for heat, but this is the first time I decided to
> use cherry and lump only. It was a real struggle to keep the
> Klose up to temp with just cherry logs. I was feeding a log
> into to the fire chamber every 30 minutes, twice as often as
> with oak or hickory.
>
> I will continue to use cherry for flavoring, but will supliment
> it with oak or hickory for heat.
>
> FWIW
>
Hey George! Still living in Granger? Cherry isn't nearly as dense as oak
or hickory so it will burn up quicker. As far as flavor goes, I never
did find cherry by itself to be pleasant but when I mixed it with oak it
was a very good combo.

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