Apple Wood

[JayG]

I have recently been given some trimmimgs from a friends apple tree, being new in th smoking game I was wondering if I needed to do anything to the wood before attempting to smoke with it? Some of the wood is quite thin and some has a small amount of fungi on it. Hope someone can help?

Regards JayG

[YetiDave]

You'll probably want to remove any fungus but aside from that you should be good to go. There are two schools when it comes to lump wood - some suggest you age the wood (dry it out) whereas some say use it when it's green. I'd suggest giving some a go as it is and see how it works out. If you don't like the smoke then put it in a dry place to season for a few months

[keith157]

Most certaintly get rid of the fungus and I've used both dry and semi-green wood so I'm not sure there wood be a problem.