Shagbark is one of the best woods you can get for cooking, smoking, and heating.....hands down.
It'll be two years or more til it will be promo for heat, but you can use it immediately for smoking or cooking. And the bark makes great syrup too!!
http://davescupboard.blogspot.com/2011/01/making-shagbark-hickory-syrup.html?m=1
dont mean to highjack but i got lots of mockernut on my property. how does that compare to other hickories?
The nuts are very good on variety of baked goods - and I'm not a fan of nuts on baked goods.Also heard the nuts are great for eating/baking too.
Thanks Scotty for the info! You know how much I like to smoke down here, Reckless, be glad I'm not close to you... I'd have one of those puppy's C,S,S, and ready for smoking before you could blink, beautiful tree's....Shagbark is one of the best woods you can get for cooking, smoking, and heating.....hands down. It'll be two years or more til it will be promo for heat, but you can use it immediately for smoking or cooking. And the bark makes great syrup too!!
Thanks for the insight Scotty! My friend has about 5 trees like this on his property (only cutting down one) so going to try this for sure. Also heard the nuts are great for eating/baking too.
That's not true Dennis, I cracked open in MarchThe nuts won't be ready to crack open until at least January
dont mean to highjack but i got lots of mockernut on my property. how does that compare to other hickories?
Thanks. Unfortunatly all of mine seem healthy are none a really in the way of anything. Quite a few 20+ inches and most are cery straight and tall. I cut a small one a year and a half ago that i think i put in this years stash.The wood is pretty much equal in all properties,but the nuts are inferior to shagbark or shellbark hickories.Smaller size,thicker shell with more partitions,less kernel & quite a few are often empty,even in a good year.
I read somewhere that one type of hickory has a superior smoking capacity over the others and I believe its mockernut. Because when I read that I was disappointed because mockernuts are the only hickory I dont have here in NY. Besides Pecan.dont mean to highjack but i got lots of mockernut on my property. how does that compare to other hickories?
That is a great link Scotty, if you are cutting hickory down, I wonder if you can harvest the inner bark as well?Shagbark is one of the best woods you can get for cooking, smoking, and heating.....hands down.
It'll be two years or more til it will be promo for heat, but you can use it immediately for smoking or cooking. And the bark makes great syrup too!!
http://davescupboard.blogspot.com/2011/01/making-shagbark-hickory-syrup.html?m=1
Did not know that , I just cut up a shag bark a coupe months ago and have one out back dropping nuts right nowAnd the bark makes great syrup too!!
I better go check my stacks I had some I planned on burning after seasoning about 11/2 years.
I do a lot of smoking, and you can smoke with "any" hickories, the mockernut's add a good robust flavor to most meat, especially foul. The others are a bit milder in my opinion, which is fine, depending on your taste. "Any fruit woods" are great if you decide to smoke.I read somewhere that one type of hickory has a superior smoking capacity over the others and I believe its mockernut. Because when I read that I was disappointed because mockernuts are the only hickory I dont have here in NY. Besides Pecan.
Difference in burn quality might be hair splitting.
Many don't know it, but those are some of the best tasting critters out there.I plan to be sitting slightly uphill of a nice stand of shagbark about daybreak tomorrow. Tree rats for supper on thursday should be the result of my efforts.
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