starwalt12
Cook
First of all I use a WSM 18.5. My questions about wood are as follows. Is it ok for the bark to remain on the wood or does it need to come off? I know wood is bbest for smoking when it is dry, but is it just as ok if it is green? I have run into all the oak, maple, walnut, and apple I could ever use as well as a small treasure of hickory. So I will obviously be cutting my own wood chunks from here on out, some of it is green, some of it is partially green, and some of it is good and dry. I live in Illinois and had a girl at work tell me that her husband was about to cut down a pecan tree. This confused me because Im pretty sure pecan trees only grow in the south. Well the next day she told me it was an english pecan tree. I'd never heard of such a thing. Would this be just as good as a southern pecan tree for smokin? Lol, I think that's it for now.