When I moved to my property there were about 200 dead apple trees and when we installed a wood stove I wasn’t sure if Apple was a good firewood but for the last 4 years I have burned nothing but apple wood and I have came to love it it produces a even heat and a great long lasting bed of coals
I’m sitting on about 3/4 cord of apple that’s been cut/split/stacked and top covered for 19 months now. As far as burning in a wood stove goes, yes it throws a ton of heat, and walking outside I can definitely smell a nice aroma coming from my chimney. It does have decent coaling properties, although I wouldn’t quite compare it to elm, black locust or oak in that department. It’s kind of a low flame wood, and because of this I prefer to burn it mixed with other woods. It will produce a nice blue colored flame sometimes, so that combined with the smell makes it a winner around the holidays in my book. It can be a bear to hand split, which is why I own a hydraulic splitter 😎 If you buck the wood to length, the sooner you split it, the easier. As the rounds dry out it becomes exponentially harder to split.
When I moved to my property there were about 200 dead apple trees and when we installed a wood stove I wasn’t sure if Apple was a good firewood but for the last 4 years I have burned nothing but apple wood and I have came to love it it produces a even heat and a great long lasting bed of coals
Also smells wonderful
I’m sitting on about 3/4 cord of apple that’s been cut/split/stacked and top covered for 19 months now. As far as burning in a wood stove goes, yes it throws a ton of heat, and walking outside I can definitely smell a nice aroma coming from my chimney. It does have decent coaling properties, although I wouldn’t quite compare it to elm, black locust or oak in that department. It’s kind of a low flame wood, and because of this I prefer to burn it mixed with other woods. It will produce a nice blue colored flame sometimes, so that combined with the smell makes it a winner around the holidays in my book. It can be a bear to hand split, which is why I own a hydraulic splitter 😎 If you buck the wood to length, the sooner you split it, the easier. As the rounds dry out it becomes exponentially harder to split.
About time you made a video, lol, I enjoy watching your videos.
Haha, thanks. I confess, I was slow getting this one published :)
I just want it for using on my offset pit smoker. Awesome for Pork and other things!
dose it burn fast or slow?