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volscrazy65

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Mildew in first order from Smokinlicious
« on: March 29, 2017, 04:59:16 PM »
I received my new 3D and a box of wood from Smokinlicious today.  The wood had mildew on a few pieces.  I saw the older post about mold on the wood from Smokinlicious and feel a little better.  Is that pretty common from them? 
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Re: Mildew in first order from Smokinlicious
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2017, 12:10:34 PM »
I ordered the big box from them last August but it did not look like that.  I keep it in the original box in a closet and it still looks clean.
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Re: Mildew in first order from Smokinlicious
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2017, 02:24:10 PM »
I received my new 3D and a box of wood from Smokinlicious today.  The wood had mildew on a few pieces.  I saw the older post about mold on the wood from Smokinlicious and feel a little better.  Is that pretty common from them?

I've never received an order from them with mold on it like that.
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Re: Mildew in first order from Smokinlicious
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2017, 04:52:28 PM »
I have never received an order from them that was not in good shape upon arrival. You may want to give them a call and run it by them .
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Re: Mildew in first order from Smokinlicious
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2017, 11:31:04 PM »
+1 call them/ send them the picture.   

Never had that problem from this supplier.   
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Re: Mildew in first order from Smokinlicious
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2017, 10:32:57 PM »
I decided to keep the wood.  I used some on Sunday after using my bench grinder to remove the mold.

I sent them an email and this is the reply.

Morning, John!

Thank you for the picture and the question on what occurred with the
Hickory.  Here's my explanation:

Hickory, is by far, our most popular hardwood for both the commercial and
home user markets!  We constantly have to bring in fresh harvest of this
wood in order to  meet the high demand.  This Winter proved to be an
exceptionally odd one for us.  We have never experienced such a long run
of warmer temperatures even in the month of February, as we did this year.

That being said, we did not get a hard frost line in the ground.  This
proved to be especially challenging when it came time to harvesting trees.
 Mud was the prevalent outcome.

As a result, much of the hickory harvest has not had an opportunity to sit
long in stable temperature.  When this happens, there is a release of free
water of the wood which is water or moisture held in the cell cavities.
This is first to evaporate in wood.  That is what you see as the black
speckles or freckles on the surface of the wood.

Mold is stimulated when there are 3 conditions:
Moisture
Food source
Optimal temperature

Currently, the hickory is at an ideal state to provide those conditions.
It is an unfortunate event for us.  We could conduct additional heat
controls on the wood to evaporate more of the free water and to begin
affecting the bound water locked in the cell walls of the wood, but again,
we've now entered Spring where here, we had 57 degrees F on Wednesday and
the plunged to 33 degrees F on Thursday.  There is simply too much
temperature fluctuation right now to manage this well.

When I do recommend a cleaning of wood, I like to use a 1:3 vinegar-water
mix.  This is less risky than bleach.  But you should know that some mold
spores can survive this treatment.  In fact, there are mold spores that
survive combustion of wood so go into any procedure you put in place
knowing this.

We don't provide kiln dried woods.  Our opinion is they are not ideal for
wood-fired cooking methods as the moisture level is depleted too far.  We
do our best to control the moisture level with our heating process but
this is a challenge as well due to the extreme variable in temperature
before, during and after this treatment.

I certainly can provide you with a replacement but I cannot assure you
that the same event won't occur.

If you elect to keep the wood, try to give it as much air exchange and
stable temperature as you can.  At this stage, the wood will not release
any mycotoxins into the air or change any of the flavor of the smoke
vapor.  If, however, you see the wood form a heavy black fuzzy mold, I
would discard at that point.

Let me know if I can answer any other concerns.

Thank you again for the order.  My apologies that the hickory did not have
the appearance that our wood normal shows when purchased.
John
Flintstone, GA
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