Q Fuel

[CraigC]

I was just in Home Depot over the weekend and saw they are carrying bags of mixed split logs (hickory, oak and pecan) for $4.47 each. I believe they are 20lb bags. For me in south Florida, split logs are not an everyday thing.

Craig

[Timothy]

Originally Posted by CraigC

I was just in Home Depot over the weekend and saw they are carrying bags of mixed split logs (hickory, oak and pecan) for $4.47 each. I believe they are 20lb bags. For me in south Florida, split logs are not an everyday thing.

Craig

Man, I just gave away an entire cut up Oak tree to one of my neighbors who has a wood heater.

I still have about 10 trees to take out. All oak.

[CraigC]

Originally Posted by Timothy

Man, I just gave away an entire cut up Oak tree to one of my neighbors who has a wood heater.

I still have about 10 trees to take out. All oak.

This stuff is seasoned (dried) which I'm used to cooking with. I've never tried just cut stuff. Anybody ever use "green" logs/sticks? If it works well, you could make some folks real happy!

Craig

[Timothy]

Originally Posted by CraigC

This stuff is seasoned (dried) which I'm used to cooking with. I've never tried just cut stuff. Anybody ever use "green" logs/sticks? If it works well, you could make some folks real happy!

Craig

Yep, the guy who got the wood stacks it until the following year. Green wood burns cooler and faster than dried wood.

[Andy M.]

I believe green wood burns cooler and slower. Most of the heat value in green wood goes to evaporating the moisture in the wood. Once that happens, the wood burns to ash.

[taxlady]

Originally Posted by Andy M.

I believe green wood burns cooler and slower. Most of the heat value in green wood goes to evaporating the moisture in the wood. Once that happens, the wood burns to ash.

That is what I understand. I think you get more creosote in your chimney with green wood, as well.

[CraigC]

Originally Posted by taxlady

That is what I understand. I think you get more creosote in your chimney with green wood, as well.

I thought that you only got creosote from conifirs (evergreens) and not from hard or fruit woods?

Craig

[taxlady]

Originally Posted by CraigC

I thought that you only got creosote from conifirs (evergreens) and not from hard or fruit woods?

Craig

You get more creosote from conifers. Technically, it's cresote and carbon black, the stuff that coats the inside of chimneys.

[Chief Longwind Of The North]

Just make sure that when using oak for a Q-fire, you use white oak. Red oak produces a bitter flavor due to the high amount of tannic acid in the wood. Think of biting into a red oak acorn. It's so bitter that it's inedible, at least until you boil the tannins out of it.

Seeeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North

[Andy M.]

Creosote is a product of incomplete combustion of all woods. Burning green wood promotes the formation of creosote. Evergreen wood that is thoroughly dried will burn safely.