Best Smelling Wood

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What’s your favorite smelling, freshly split wood?

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Danno77 said:
I'm probably alone in this, but I really enjoy the smell of freshly split black walnut.
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Sick!!!
That stuff smells horrible! Burns nice after about 10 years drying time!!! (So I exaggerated not by much though)
I go with Cherry or Hickory!! Reminds me of BBQ!

MMMMMMMMMMMMMM BBQ!!!!
 
You guys that like Black Birch does it really smell that good in the stove? I have a few trees that I cut down last week. My property is filled with black birch though I never burned it before. I am thinking that if it smells that good I'll save it for the firepit on my patio.
 
I voted other. I just split some black birch, thought it smelled great. Black cherry and cedar are nice too.

The only wood that I've split that I thought smelled pretty bad was some black locust that had been used as fill. This stuff was under ground for at least 3 years... It was pretty damp but no rot... but it smelled awful when split.

Rich
 
cocey2002 said:
You guys that like Black Birch does it really smell that good in the stove? I have a few trees that I cut down last week. My property is filled with black birch though I never burned it before. I am thinking that if it smells that good I'll save it for the firepit on my patio.
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Well, when I burn it in the stove I get a whiff of it when I open the stove door, or if I'm outside, and it smells fantastic. Yes, save some for the outdoor firepit; you'll be very pleased. Smells like Wintergreen...
 
Danno77 said:
I'm probably alone in this, but I really enjoy the smell of freshly split black walnut.
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HA!
you are not alone.....
 
Just about anything that's DRY.

Someone down the street is burning something NOT DRY and it smells like $h!t.

I also have a neighbor that burns trash in his chiminea and that's worse than $h!t.
 
Red Oak...makes good furniture too!
 
Oak tastes pretty good too, when I'm sippin' on a glass of good Bourbon. The wife mentioned the other night that it always tastes best when you're sitting in front of a fire...go figure.
 
Any fresh split wood is great. Oak, Cherry, and Poplar are my favorite. But I like it all.
 
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