BBQ Talk #21 – How to Cook with “Green” Wood Like a Pro

Byamazingfoodstv


What’s up everyone! Cooking with “green” wood. As if barbecue isn’t hard enough already, having to deal with wood that doesn’t want to burn is the worst! In this video I give you some tips about how you can maximize the uses of green wood without having to wait months for it to be ready.

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  2. I use green wood with every cook most of the time. My opinion….really green wood still has water in it. It creates a steam along with smoke therefore it penetrates the meat better. Just my opinion though. New to your channel, love what you are doing.

  9. Thank you for posting another video. I really enjoy the different aspects of your channel, from "how to" videos, to cooking, to interviews to showing us behind the scenes of commercial kitchens and special events etc.. However, my favorite videos are when you're simply at your smoker, with a shovel in one hand, Korean newspaper in the other and talking about wood and fire management.👍

  15. Great video. We've gone too long without green wood tips on the internet,. Winter temperatures with green wood seems to especially suck haha. Fat coal beds and pre-warmed smaller splits for the win. Keep killing it 👊.

  19. Excellent as always Joe, with all the wet weather across the country I am sure a lot will find this helpful. My wood pile stays uncovered and I am finding even with all the abnormal rainfall, the seasoned wood albeit wet is still good to go, the green wood is just more water logged LoL …..

  20. Great tips! One mistake I've made is adding too much wood, and when everthing is dry enough to catch I get a roaring fire and temp spike. I've actually removed wood from the fire. Having wood on top of the box works great! Lighting a fire outside to preheat (i.e. in the charcoal chimney) also works great!

  21. Joe,
    Very helpful! I have heard people discuss putting splits on top of the fire box before putting in the fire box. Do you think this helps?
    Also, does using a propane torch help, rather than just an initial coal bed? Keep the videos coming!👍

  25. Tip 3.5 – super helpful. My personal tip 3.5.1, is that I split the green logs into smaller logs. They may not catch any faster, but they'll steam out the moisture faster and, thus, burn better sooner.

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