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Mother Nature's attempt to bring me wood to smoke

RRP
RRP Posts: 26,069
edited June 2023 in EggHead Forum
Yesterday we had a BAD storm!




Trouble is that tree is maple which I don't care to use for smoke. Soooo off to the burn pit!

At least it didn't damage my 3 eggs out there! :)
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,165
    edited June 2023
    Or mother nature’s way if just giving you Wood one last time
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • ColtsFan
    ColtsFan Posts: 6,585
    Same here, Ron. It was pretty wicked at my house. I have tree's down on the property that I need to clean up.

    Glad that was all you got.
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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 5,877
    Glad you didn’t have any major damage. I’ve not used maple. I’d have to give it a go.

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,701
    You just burn the maple?  I like maple after it is fully seasoned.  Just a little bit with chicken or pork.

    I guess when you are surrounded by good woods it is easy to just burn it.  Especially if you have ready access to oak, apple, pecan, guava, cherry, peach, pear, orange, or hickory.

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,093
    Pretty entertaining here around 5 PM (EDT) last evening although the one that ripped thru here early last Sunday PM did the more serious damage. Closed a major road for better than 10 hours.  BTW-also took out the power for around 8 hours.  
    Way to dodge a serious bullet right there. 
    Regarding maple, I have infrequently smoked with it and do enjoy using the maple lump that I overpay for from the GWN every year.  It has a noticeable sweet aroma.  FWIW-
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 10,135
    lousubcap said:
    Pretty entertaining here around 5 PM (EDT) last evening although the one that ripped thru here early last Sunday PM did the more serious damage. Closed a major road for better than 10 hours.  BTW-also took out the power for around 8 hours.  
    Way to dodge a serious bullet right there. 
    Regarding maple, I have infrequently smoked with it and do enjoy using the maple lump that I overpay for from the GWN every year.  It has a noticeable sweet aroma.  FWIW-
    Are you talking Basque’s Nature’s Own Sugar Maple? That’s my go-to! Rockwood of the North?! 😂
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,093
    Yep as I can't get Maple Leaf out of the GWN. I would love to have access to compare but the Basques is some great lump.  Great minds think alike. 
    Now if I could only get behind the wheel of your friend's Ferrari...
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 10,135
    @lousubcap

    Maple Leaf and Basques are remarkably similar, IMO. Both rather neutral and cooperative. 

    Guess you might ultimately have to make a trek out this way for the true Maple Leaf experience (and to ride the neighbour’s whip). 🙂
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  • Sweet100s
    Sweet100s Posts: 553
    Glad you didn’t have any window or worse damage Ron.   What wind speeds did that? 

    Mother Nature put a big part of a tree on my deck and roof during this years Austin Ice storm but overall damage was minor.   Really scary hearing massive iced tree branches falling ever 15 minutes the entire night.     The noise was 10 seconds of crunching,  like driving on the ice in Boston, followed by :: BOOM ::,  every 15 minutes.



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