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Good deal on Hickory

Cookinbob
Cookinbob Posts: 1,691
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I guess I am cheap, but I hate paying $7.00 for a 5 lb bag of smoking chunks when the trees grow wild.  Today I visited an Amish sawmill, picked up a few slabs of Hickory ( 80 to 100 lbs by my estimation) for $7.50.   I think I am set for at least a year, even if I give some to my son.  Weekend activities will include breaking these down into appropriate size chunks. 

I also use Apple which I pick up from a local apple farm market.  A "car pack" of apple firewood is $15 and covers me for a couple of years from a smoking standpoint.
XLBGE, Small BGE, Homebrew and Guitars
Rochester, NY
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  • SmokingOzarksBBQ
    SmokingOzarksBBQ Posts: 151
    I completely agree with you. I hate paying for the stuff. Right now I pay 7.99/9lb bag of Apple or Cherry or Mesquite. I have all the hickory i could want for free on our land but that gets old after a while. 
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,389
    i dont like paying for it either, ive resorted to hickory bark, found 4 trees nearby to pick from, do need to hit the orchard again
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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