My neighbor has a big double red oak he wants dropped and that should give me more wood that I need. Another neighbor is going to take part of it and he has a log splitter that he is going to let me use so I can get my wood and start it seasoning before I get the Lang.
Scotch: Current favorite- The Arran (anything by them), Glenmorangie 12yr Lasanta, sherry cask finished. The Balvenie Double Wood, also like Oban 18yr, and The Glenlivet Nadurra (Oloroso sherry cask finished) among others. Neat please.
About meReal name: Aaron
Location: Farwell, Michigan - near Clare (dead center of lower peninsula).
Occupation:
Healthcare- Licensed & Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) at MyMichigan Health, a University of Michigan Health System.
Marauderer WOW! That is great. You will be in perfect shape for doing up some proper smoked beef! Oak/red oak is my favorite for beef, or even mixed with pecan. If you can cut some 5" long mini splits and box them tightly in a large flat rate box from the post office, it should cost $17.90 to ship anywhere. I will gladly pay you that plus your time to send me some! That will still be cheaper then fruitawoodchunks.com. Alas, I have no access to red oak right now...
​Green Mountain Davy Crockett pellet grill/smoker
Weber Summit Gas grill
Masterbuilt 30" electric smoker
Maverick ET-733
Thermapen
ThemoPop thermometer
Favorite beer: Fuller's ESB
Favorite cheap beer: Old Chub or Robert the Bruce if they are ever on sale.
Favorite wine: Cabernet Savignon, some Super Tuscans
Love your cooker. Mine looks nearly identical. 22 inch pipe, correct? Does it have a plate that you can raise or lower between the firebox and the cooker?
Paul do you mean a convection plate? if so it does have that, however it doesn't raise or lower it slides back n forth to help regulate your temps from right to left.
Where do stick burner owners get their wood? That is what holds me back. Living in South Dakota trees are in short supply. Oak and other trees for obtaining smoking wood are even harder to come by. I can get charcoal and pellets but don't know how to get stick wood.
Scotch: Current favorite- The Arran (anything by them), Glenmorangie 12yr Lasanta, sherry cask finished. The Balvenie Double Wood, also like Oban 18yr, and The Glenlivet Nadurra (Oloroso sherry cask finished) among others. Neat please.
About meReal name: Aaron
Location: Farwell, Michigan - near Clare (dead center of lower peninsula).
Occupation:
Healthcare- Licensed & Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) at MyMichigan Health, a University of Michigan Health System.
I think a lot of us probably cut our own, scavenge where we can, know someone who wants a tree or two cut, etc. If there are any firewood delivery places near you then you may be able to order a few cords...if it's the right kind that is.
Hello bep35, I have a firewood yard down the street from my house and he usually has a pretty good variety of stuff. I buy the logs and bring them home and then split them. here is some stuff I just recently bought. I got some Oak, Apple, Cherry, and Walnut. The second picture is a rack I just had built by a local Wrought Iron worker to hold all my splits next to my pit.
Started Low-N-Slow BBQ in 2012. Obviously, it's taken hold (in chronological order:
1.) A pair of Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5's
2.) #LilTex, a 22" Expensive Offset Smoker (looks like a Yoder Witicha)
3.) #WhoDat1, a HUGE Gravity Fed Insulated Cabinet Smoker (cooking chamber 3'x2'x6')
4.) A Full Size Commercial Dryer/converted to Vertical Smoker.
5.) Jambo Backyard stickburner (my FAVORITE Pit so far)
6.) GrillMeister, a huge 24"x48" Adjustable, Charcoal Grill from Pitmaker.com
7.) 22" Weber Kettle with Slow-N-Sear
8.) Vault insulated reverse-flow cabinet smoker from Pitmaker
9.) BarbecueFiretruck...under development
10.) 26 foot BBQ Vending Trailer equipped with HUGE Myron Mixon 72xc smoker is HERE, Oct 2016!
11.) Opened www.PaulsRibShackBarbecue.com Food Trailer officially in March 2017
12.) Austin Smoke Works 500 Gallon Propane Tank Offset Smoker, named "Lucille" as travel pit for PaulsRibShack, Oct 2018.
12.) Opening Brick & Mortar location at 4800 Nelson Rd, Spring 2019. Had a pair of 1,000 Gallon Austin Smoke Works pits, both in RibShackRed for our new place!
Fabulous Backlit Thermapens, several Maverick Remote Thermometers (don't use any remotes anymore), Thermoworks Smoke, Other Thermoworks toys, Vacuum sealer, lots and lots of equipment...
I'm loving using BBQ to make friends and build connections.
I have #theRibList where I keep a list of new and old friends and whenever I'm cooking, I make 1 to 20 extra and share the joy.
Did someone say firewood...
Pecan on the left (there's still a bunch on the ground, waiting for me to build and stain a second, larger, rack), and the right and very top on the left is Oak. Stickburning fun!
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