Ever try it? I got some last spring from my brother who cut down a couple trees. I've been having good luck with it. It seems to burn pretty clean, long and fairly hot.
+1 - very high BTU wood. The only problem is getting much of it! I've heard it's nasty to split, and, seeing that most are pretty gnarly looking trees, I believe it! Cheers!Troutchaser said:apple wood rates very high on the BTU chart. Better or equal to oak if I remember right.
pen said:However, I haven't burnt a bit of it through the wood stove. I save it for the burn pit.
BackwoodsBarrister said:I put it in my heater, burns great. After it gets to the coal stage, I open the top door to my heater, throw in the grill insert and add the steaks. Best of both worlds.
Troutchaser said:apple wood rates very high on the BTU chart. Better or equal to oak if I remember right.
gyrfalcon said:Wish I could get my hands on more of it, but there are a lot of orchards around my area and vast numbers of people who appreciate its burning qualities, so it's hard to come by without paying an arm and a leg.
woodchip said:gyrfalcon said:Wish I could get my hands on more of it, but there are a lot of orchards around my area and vast numbers of people who appreciate its burning qualities, so it's hard to come by without paying an arm and a leg.
Doesn't help when people like me coming onto the net going on about it's fabulous burning qualities for all to see ;-)
My father had some apple come down last year so I took it home. They were dead standing and split like a champ, but I can understand how green applewood could be difficult. Its one of my favorite woods to burn. Saved a few rounds for this year and I like it so much I couldnt bring myself to burn it yet. If you have a fireplace, its worth throwing in.. gives off one of the better smells of all wood IMO. I went out for a cigar while burning it and the chimney smoke made me hungry. Wish I had an unlimited supply. Enjoy.Intheswamp said:Splitting apple is easy. I can hand split a round of some of my well seasoned apple in less than a minute...of course the splits end up only about 3-4 inches long... for the grill.
denjohn said:Recently read that a commercial smoking operation was paying $800/cord for it.
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