wood chunk for smoking

Shawn

I was woundering were are the best place in canada to get apple and sugar maple wood chunks?

Shawn

yes i live in halifax and chunks are no where to bee foud here. only chips!

Shawn

is there a special way to dry the wood and do you have to take the bark off!

onedbguru

Yes. 

1) cut wood 

2) put in dry place (out doors or in) 

3) wait a few months until dry - or as they say, "seasoned"

Large logs can take 6-12 months before ready to burn - that is why you buy seasoned firewood so it has as little moisture as possible.

Or, if you are close friends with a lumber producer that has access to a wood-drying kiln  

Reflib

What about maple? We have a vivy maple on the Wet Coast and not a lot of Sugar. Any difference noticed?