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Title: Plum Tree Wood
Post by: bucaguy on February 11, 2011, 10:14:35 am

I have a plum tree in my yard that I have to take down. Has anyone ever used it for cooking or smoking?

Title: Re: Plum Tree Wood
Post by: Mark on February 11, 2011, 01:49:09 pm

Plum works as good as any other stone fruit like peach or apricot.

Title: Re: Plum Tree Wood
Post by: bucaguy on February 11, 2011, 04:55:03 pm

Do you need to soak it or anything like that.

Title: Re: Plum Tree Wood
Post by: azkitch on February 11, 2011, 09:17:48 pm

Just make sure it's seasoned!! Then use it the same way you'd use any other flavor wood.

Title: Re: Plum Tree Wood
Post by: bucaguy on February 12, 2011, 09:34:08 pm

being new how do u season it.

Title: Re: Plum Tree Wood
Post by: azkitch on February 12, 2011, 10:04:28 pm

Let it sit outside for 'bout 6 months, here in AZ. A year where they have those damn 4 seasons everyone living somewhere else thinks is so great...That just allows a large percentage of the natural moisture in the tree to evaporate, leaving firewood. If the tree's been laying in a yard dead for that long, it's seasoned.
And if you're unsure if you should use it, I'll bet you could find a volunteer to try a couple hunks...(me, me) haha...
Green--unseasoned--wood will emit all kinds of stinky nasty stuff that'll get on your smoker and meat. In a nutshell.
I got a wagonload of mulberry a few weeks ago. I've got to make a nice pile in my back yard so it all dries out. Everyone's worried about bees building in my wood, so I make sure to go pick around in it every week. I've been using my Weber Kettle as a stickburner lately. Great for fryin' burgers, sausages, chickens, and the rare (pun not intended, but appreciated) steak.