We have had some strong winds recently in London which has brought down a
few dead branches from a large horse chestnut tree near my home. I picked up
a nice branch about 2 feet long by about 1 foot wide. I have a question.

Upon splitting the wood up with an axe I noticed that the wood was full of
knots. There seems to be no resin visible but is it still OK to use knotted
wood in the smoker?

Graeme

Graeme...in London wrote:

> Upon splitting the wood up with an axe I noticed that the wood was
> full of knots. There seems to be no resin visible but is it still OK
> to use knotted wood in the smoker?

Not a problem, Graeme. Enjoy :-)

Graeme...in London wrote:
> We have had some strong winds recently in London which has brought down a
> few dead branches from a large horse chestnut tree near my home. I picked up
> a nice branch about 2 feet long by about 1 foot wide. I have a question.
>
> Upon splitting the wood up with an axe I noticed that the wood was full of
> knots. There seems to be no resin visible but is it still OK to use knotted
> wood in the smoker?
>
> Graeme
>
>

Can't answer your question, but will say 'nice score'. I buy all my
smoking wood and I do know the best woods to smoke with is, in this order

#1 hard woods
#2 free wood


Hope it works for you.

Happy Q'en,
BBQ

On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 08:50:02 -0700, Dave Bugg wrote:

> Graeme...in London wrote:
>
>> Upon splitting the wood up with an axe I noticed that the wood was
>> full of knots. There seems to be no resin visible but is it still OK
>> to use knotted wood in the smoker?
>
> Not a problem, Graeme. Enjoy :-)

Betcha them knots will burn real hot/fast!