Time to play "Name that wood"

[smoke ninja]

No "rays"
Fast growing
High "weight"
Doesn't smell fruity
Not sweet

 

[MUDDPUPPY]

what is post oak, Alex...lol

 

[smoke ninja]

I'm bored of this game. Who's up for a game a horseshoes

 

[Fwismoker]

Without a definitive answer on the question...thanks to the ninja son :heh: This thread is about as worthless as BOOBIES on a boar hog! :wink: ...as to quote my Dad.

 

[floydo]

Without a definitive answer on the question...thanks to the ninja son :heh: This thread is about as worthless as BOOBIES on a boar hog! :wink: ...as to quote my Dad.

haven't heard that expression in awhile. love it.
once worked for a guy who used it. think he was from Kansas or Nebraska.

I think he later became an expert in wood identification. we need him now.
:wink:

 

[1buckie]

No "rays"
Fast growing
High "weight"
Doesn't smell fruity
Not sweet

Still think pecan....all mine's in chunks, no long splits, so no visuals to compare, but it does look like that......pretty clear, not much color variation in the core.......... doesn't smell "fruity" more "nutty".....it's a nut tree..........fairly mild as things go......doesn't have the sharp edge of hickory.......

Any leaves, or did you just get it like that?

 

[jham0077]

Pee-can? The grain looks just like the chunks I use.

Why sure pee-can. Depends on where your at as to the pronunciation of said wood.
The grain is kinda streaky like walnut too.

 

[Tricky]

Still think pecan....all mine's in chunks, no long splits, so no visuals to compare, but it does look like that

Grain, color and everything else looks like the pecan I use, for what its worth! So I still vote for pee-can too.

 

[Fwismoker]

It aint pee-can because they don't have that in Meechigan. :heh:

 

[smoke ninja]

Clank, clank


Ya'll just see that double ringer.

 

[jeffreywp1]

It aint pee-can because they don't have that in Meechigan. :heh:

I did learn something new out of this. When I looked up pecan and it's growth range last night, I learned that pecan and hickory are related. I never knew that.

 

[lilburnjoe]

I did learn something new out of this. When I looked up pecan and it's growth range last night, I learned that pecan and hickory are related. I never knew that.

Pecan is Hickory lite !

 

[IamMadMan]

Looks like oak bark, but the long split grain looks like butternut.

I'm still in for butternut....

 

[Backfirin' BBQ]

I'm still in for butternut....

Me too!:mrgreen:

 

[jeffreywp1]

I'm still in for butternut....

Is butternut a heavy wood?

 

[smoke ninja]

Wow. 1500+ views.

Doubt it's a fruit wood. It looks like oak has been ruled out. Pecan doesn't really grow here (does hickory). The most common hardwood tree left in this area is maple. So unless there is something that eliminates that (like the lack of rays did for oak) that's my best guess. I'll compare it to the store bought bag of maple wood I have in the morning.

Guess I win. Feel free to check this post as helpful, thank me and give me a pat on the back.

 

[ace27705]

looks like poplar or maple to me.

 

[smoke ninja]

It's heavy, wouldn't that eliminate poplar? Plus I don't see many poplar trees in peoples yards.

 

[IamMadMan]

Is butternut a heavy wood?

Butternut has bark similar to oak and is a dense wood like most nut trees. The inner core of the wood is usually darker in color than the rest of the wood.

Also elm has a similar bark but I have never seen the grain of any elm wood.

 

[Firby13]

It's heavy, wouldn't that eliminate poplar? Plus I don't see many poplar trees in peoples yards. Yesterday 10:17 PM

Yes, the stuff grows like weeds around here.
Poplar usually has a greenish tint to it as well.
Green it smells like someone is burning corn stalks.
Dried it burns a lot like very dry Pine without the popping.
Makes great kindling, not much good for a sustained fire.
I burn it on the fire pit all the time for bonfires but it's never getting near my cooker.

Your wood looks more like Hickory to me than anything else that I've seen, but I've never seen Pecan.

WMMV,
Steve