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Default Apple wood for smoking, but... crabapple???


43fan wrote:
> A friend of mine is trimming a crab apple tree way back and knew I was
> looking for wood for my smoker, and has a bunch saved up letting it dry. Is
> this good wood to use? Or is there something about the crab apple wood that
> I shouldn't use it?
>


When I first got my smoker I used some green crabapple wood. I used way
too much of it, too. It was OK on shoulders, not so much on ribs. If
someone else has had good results with it, I'm willing to try it
again...but seasoned and a lot less smoke. ;-)

-John O