What kind of hickory for smoking meat?

[reaperman]

I have a friend who works at a cabinet shop and brought me a bunch of hickory scraps. It's pieces of tongue and groove that apparently didn't meet the standard. Anyway, the guy knows I like to smoke on a regular basis and brought me a couple of boxes of hickory. What I need to know is can anyone identify what kind of hickory this is and would this kind be good for smoking meats? Other than having hickory cabinets in my home, I dont know a thing about hickory other than it looks nice. Hickory trees dont grow this far north (Mn), so not having contact with them I dont know what kinds are preferred for smoking. Thanks, happy eating.

 

[mizzou]

I don't think it makes any difference on the variety. It may even be pecan, someone told me they mix the 2 for furniture wood.

 

[blades]

That cabinet shop wood is going to be way to dry, so you better dump it in a pail of water for about a week to make usable for your purpose.

 

[kmcinms]

I always soak my wood in cider .....:msp_biggrin:

 

[GrassGuerilla]

Looks like Hickory to me. Although Pecan would be just fine too.

Thanks for the cabinet shop scrap idea. That could yield some nice smoking wood.

 

[kmcinms]

Pecan is great smoking wood. I like red oak for cooking burgers and steaks. :eat:

 

[SS396driver]

I always soak my wood in cider .....:msp_biggrin:

I see what you did there....

 

[tbow388]

What kind of Hickory?

The wooden kind!!!!:msp_w00t:

 

[groundup]

Tough to tell what kind, but it does not matter anyway. It all will flavor the meat the same way and I do not know of anyone who could tell the difference in which type of Hickory you used.

 

[chadihman]

I always soak my wood in cider .....:msp_biggrin:

Your a lucky dog if your referring to the one bent over the Deere.

 

[zogger]

I have a friend who works at a cabinet shop and brought me a bunch of hickory scraps. It's pieces of tongue and groove that apparently didn't meet the standard. Anyway, the guy knows I like to smoke on a regular basis and brought me a couple of boxes of hickory. What I need to know is can anyone identify what kind of hickory this is and would this kind be good for smoking meats? Other than having hickory cabinets in my home, I dont know a thing about hickory other than it looks nice. Hickory trees dont grow this far north (Mn), so not having contact with them I dont know what kinds are preferred for smoking. Thanks, happy eating.

You could always score all those broken axe handles from the old school guys who like breaking and replacing them..hey, its hickory!

heh heh

So ya, scrounge all the good hardwood scraps you can get! Cooking or burning for heat.

Factory scrap is great wood! I have a background working in furniture and cabinet shops and I have hauled home just tons of that stuff. Had no market at the time, but I have quite literally burned beaucoup stove loads of birds eye maple. Every guy who wanted scraps for projects in that whole area had all they wanted, and this was way pre internet so no way to easily sell decent scraps.