Most the gas stations/grocery stores sell bundles of wood for fireplaces/bonfires? Is this wood suitable for my smoker, or should I worry about whether it has been treated with chemicals? Thanks!
Same here. Bought fire wood that is in bundles at the local store is pine.Our firewood here is not suitable for smoking. It's pine and juniper. Not tasty, not tasty at all.
Mostly Pine in NJ. Fortunately my property in PA is covered with hardwood. The adjoining land is a couple thousand acres of mountain. Think I'm going to be ok...JJ
My guess would be the chemical is a Pesticide and or Fungicide for the purpose to help prevent the spreading of any bad bugs and or diseases to other parts of the county, because of campers hauling that bundled camp wood across the country with them.I use that bundled wood to get a coal bed going sometimes before adding better stuff. I didn't know some had chemicals added....
It's not just national borders. Some of the folks I work with are big into "camping" with trailers, etc. They aren't allowed to bring in firewood, period, even within the state because of the Elm Borer thing.My guess would be the chemical is a Pesticide and or Fungicide for the purpose to help prevent the spreading of any bad bugs and or diseases to other parts of the county, because of campers hauling that bundled camp wood across the country with them.
On one of my trips to Alaska traveling through Canada, I seen a small pile of split firewood stacked up beside the shack at the Border Crossing, so I inquired about it and the Canadian Border Guard told me they don't allow people to transport firewood across the border for that same reason.
I to also like to use misc. scraps of trash wood to get my fires going first before I add on the good stuff.:grilling_smilie:
100% accurate, SM. Bringing firewood in the county (note: county) where we are is a no-no because of exactly what you spoke. Emerald ash borer is the unwanted critter here.It's not just national borders. Some of the folks I work with are big into "camping" with trailers, etc. They aren't allowed to bring in firewood, period, even within the state because of the Elm Borer thing.
Probably the same critter. I just had the name wrong...100% accurate, SM. Bringing firewood in the county (note: county) where we are is a no-no because of exactly what you spoke. Emerald ash borer is the unwanted critter here.
Pine for firewood? Good grief, what an excellent way to get a flue fire.Mostly Pine in NJ. Fortunately my property in PA is covered with hardwood. The adjoining land is a couple thousand acres of mountain. Think I'm going to be ok...JJ
Here in NY, you cant transport firewood over 50 miles, and you better be able to prove where it was purchased, cut from. Pre package bundles that have been treated are the exception. Ash cannot be moved from county to county, IIRC.
Last yr for the first couple weekends, there was DOT and Encon set up by the campground we seasonal in checking rigs for firewood and proof of purchase.
[emoji]128561[/emoji][emoji]128561[/emoji][emoji]128561[/emoji]
Not much hardwood here. However, Ponderosa pine is a superb firewood because of it's low sap content. I've cooked over it quite a bit but it's not a smoking wood.
Pine for firewood? Good grief, what an excellent way to get a flue fire. :redface: