Cherry coal producing factoid
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 -- George B. Ross is remove the obvious bits for email Why is it that being a good boy and being good at being a boy don't require the same set of skills? - anonymous |
Cherry coal producing factoid
Denny Wheeler wrote:
> I'd be interested in Dave Bugg's input on this--I know he has, and > uses, cherry wood. (along with apple, maple, and other fruitwoods; > Wenatchee is kind of a major fruit-growing center) Oak and hickory seem to produce higher btu than cherry and apple. -- Dave www.davebbq.com |
Cherry coal producing factoid
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. -- Regards, Piedmont The Practical Bar-B-Q'r at: http://web.infoave.net/~amwil/Index.htm What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? Mahatma Gandhi, "Non-Violence in Peace and War" |
Cherry coal producing factoid
Mike "Piedmont" ) opined:
> 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. > In Mishawaka, not far off! After a bit of digging, found some BTU info for various woods: BTU/Cord Hickory, Shagbark: 27,500 Apple: 27,000 Maple: 25,500 Oak, Red: 24,600 Cherry, Black: 20,400 with all but apple listed as "Excellent" coal producing and it was "Good". -- George B. Ross is remove the obvious bits for email Why is it that being a good boy and being good at being a boy don't require the same set of skills? - anonymous |
Cherry coal producing factoid
> In Mishawaka, not far off! The farm is on M-140 south of Watervliet, just in case you were interested. <g> Someone tore up a field of apples, too. It's a shame to see those burned in huge piles. -John O |
Cherry coal producing factoid
"Dave Bugg" > wrote in message ... > Denny Wheeler wrote: > >> I'd be interested in Dave Bugg's input on this--I know he has, and >> uses, cherry wood. (along with apple, maple, and other fruitwoods; >> Wenatchee is kind of a major fruit-growing center) > > Oak and hickory seem to produce higher btu than cherry and apple. > > -- > Dave > www.davebbq.com Higher Btu? Does that mean you get more heat from them than the Btu's on the bottom? ;) In wood, you can usually translate the weight of the wood to a given number of Btu. Most cases, that is about 7,000 per pound. Dryness and density are the factors here. Cherry, although a hardwood, is not as dense as oak or hickory, thus a given sized log will produce less heat than the others of the same size. One can work as well as the other, you just have to feed more volume for the same heat output. http://mb-soft.com/juca/print/firewood.html |
Cherry coal producing factoid
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> In wood, you can usually translate the weight of the wood to a given > number of Btu. Most cases, that is about 7,000 per pound. Dryness > and density are the factors here. Cherry, although a hardwood, is > not as dense as oak or hickory, thus a given sized log will produce > less heat than the others of the same size. One can work as well > as the other, you just have to feed more volume for the same heat > output. http://mb-soft.com/juca/print/firewood.html That's, uhhh, that's what I meant.... ummm.... yeah. Thanks for the info., Ed. -- Dave www.davebbq.com |
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