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Hardwood Smoking Chips Split from Oak Offcuts
Smoking wood is hardwood: oak and alder in Europe, fruit woods, hickory and maple in North America. Pine and fir are avoided, as their resin gives a harsh soot. Split clean, bark-free offcuts into small chips and keep them dry.
The picture: our diagram, an oak offcut and the chips split from it.
Beginner
An hour
Instructions
1
1
Choose the wood
Choose the wood
Take clean oak or other hardwood offcuts, never pine, fir or painted or treated wood. Knock off any bark.
Materials for this step:
Hardwood Block2 piecesTools needed:
Hatchet2
2
Split into sticks
Split into sticks
Stand each piece on end on firm ground, set the hatchet on it and drive it through with the mallet, splitting it into sticks about 2 cm thick.
Tools needed:
Hatchet
Wooden Mallet3
3
Chop into chips
Chop into chips
Split and cut the sticks across the same way into chips about the size of a thumb.
Tools needed:
HatchetWooden Mallet4
4
Store
Store
Weigh them and keep them dry in a bucket or sack until you smoke.
Tools needed:
Balance Scale
Bucket5
5
Chips from a block
Chips from a block
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