Wood chunks - with or without bark on them??? Pellets question, also.

[Bebe]

64 oz. Fireside Friend Splitting Tool

 

[rich b]

If you call Maine Grilling Wood and tell them you have an electric smoker they will split the wood chunks for you!  No additional charge......

 

[swthorpe]

Good to know, Rich.  Thanks.

 

[H3]

I used to use MGW, but I have found that www.smokinlicious.com has much higher quality wood with no bark for a great price. They even send a card that tells you the moisture content of the wood in your order. I got the 1 cubic foot box double filet with Cherry Maple and Oak. I still have to split some of the chunks, but I use a small hatchet and its not a problem. I smoke all the time and have barely used a quarter of the box in 3 months.

 

[kelvinator]

I got a bit annoyed when I opened the bag of black cherry I got from Maine Grilling Woods and noticed mold on the outside of several of the pieces.

That is unusual. MGW ships their wood between 5-10% moisture content specifically to avoid mold. Higher moisture content has to be special ordered and they consider it to be green. It comes with a warning regarding mold. I have ordered the sampler and specified Green....It came around 15% and contained no mold.

Yeah it was weird. It was only a couple pieces though so I just tossed them out. None of the other wood in the sampler box I got seems to have any on it. Still not sure what I am going to do with the white cedar they put in haha.