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What’s your favorite smelling, freshly split wood?

Cherry 13 vote(s) 20.6%
Osage Orange 10 vote(s) 15.9%
Oak 11 vote(s) 17.5%
Hickory 5 vote(s) 7.9%
Pine 11 vote(s) 17.5%
Apple 13 vote(s) 20.6%
Other 0 vote(s) 0.0%
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  1. Bubbavh Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 22, 2008
    475 posts
    NJ Piney
    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!!!!
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  2. the_dude Feeling the Heat

    joined: Feb 26, 2008
    298 posts
    Southern WI
    Most definitely.
  3. Adios Pantalones Minister of Fire

    sasafras, black birch- if you haven't smelled them then you would really be surprised!

    I also like hemlock- when there re a few broken branches in the spring, the sweet smell is really outrageous.
  4. cocey2002 New Member

    joined: Dec 28, 2007
    138 posts
    Central PA
    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.
  5. Rich_CT Member

    joined: Mar 14, 2008
    45 posts
    Western CT
    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
  6. PA. Woodsman Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 26, 2007
    637 posts
    Emmaus, Pennsylvania


    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...
  7. RAY_PA Feeling the Heat

    joined: May 13, 2008
    319 posts
    Northeastern PA
    HA!
    you are not alone.....
  8. billb3 Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 14, 2007
    3,065 posts
    SE Mass
    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.
  9. jmhpsu93 New Member

    joined: Nov 11, 2008
    82 posts
    Baltimore, MD
    Red Oak...makes good furniture too!
  10. bsruther Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 28, 2008
    372 posts
    Northern Kentucky
    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.
  11. deadon New Member

    joined: Sep 30, 2008
    101 posts
    Central Pa
    Any fresh split wood is great. Oak, Cherry, and Poplar are my favorite. But I like it all.
  12. Adios Pantalones Minister of Fire

    Ash sometimes has a melon smell about it that I like.
  13. Outdoorsman New Member

    joined: Jan 6, 2008
    65 posts
    Mi.
    Red Cedar
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