Wood

Might need a little more info. Is this the same wood that you used the previous times? Where do you store your wood? Where did you get the wood from? Do you place it endgrain down?

Answer a few of those questions and maybe everyone will have a better idea of what is up.

Oh, was there a good smoke taste to the meat?

How was the smoke flavor intensity of the brisket? If you need more smoke flavor there are several things to consider. If smoke flavor result was good, I wouldn't worry at all about any left over wood.

It's typical(for mine) to have some dark chunks left over.

I have used the mesquite and charcoal before. The mesquite is from Cookshack. The red oak from Smokinlicious. I store my wood in plastic containers with holes in them - in my storage shed. I did place it endgrain down

OK - maybe a dumb question - I am relatively new to this. What is endgrain??

When they cut a piece of wood off of the log. The cut area is the endgrain. It will catch on fire faster then the bark or split edge. Hope this makes sense?

I hate to say it, but my worst burning wood has been the wood I purchased from Smokinlicious. Heart of wood, no knots, great wood. Bad burning. Go figure.

I thought maybe they had a rush of orders and were forced to ship wood that wasn't seasoned well. So I didn't use the remainder for nearly a year. Used it last week, and it still didn't burn well. I tossed the remaining 15 pieces.

You have a branch of wood, cut across it, then split it. The end grain is the exposed end cut across the grain. It's like slicing across the brisket grain and the cut piece falls over and lays down. The part facing down is the end grain or cross cut.

Where was the wood in the firebox?

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I have bought the large box of wood from Smokinlicious twice and have had excellent results.
My experience is it is the best wood I have used.
Have their Hickory, Cherry, Apple, Sugar Maple and Alder.
All burns fantastic.

To each his own!!!!

Thanks Tigerfan. I may have gotten a bad tree, which would be par for my course. I might try them again sometime.

Hey Drew!,

I'm wondering what part of the country you are in? Could it be that the storage shed gets hot during the day and sweats a little at night when the temps drop back down. If so the holes in your bucket could let it draw moisture out of the air.

I've noticed that my wood the last few weeks seems to have drawn a little moisture. I have my wood in a open plastic bag. The reason I can tell is that the small cracks in my endgrain seems to have disappeared and only the large cracks are there and not quite as large as and noticeable as before.

My other thought would be to make sure the element is in contact with the bottom of the wood box, touching as much of the woodbox as possible, and place the wood in the center of the woodbox.

You didn't say, did the product have a good smoke flavor?