smoker fuel

[whoosling]

What's your favourite fuel for smokers and what stays alight longest? After many a trial and error I just use tightly rolled up toilet rolls but they aren't always easy to get alight.

 

[richardbees]

Hessian sacking - which I buy in 30 sack lots from some Coffee importer on ePay.

It's easy to cut and roll into tubes to size, stays alight and the smoke is less pungent than cardboard.

 

[Goran]

Mushroom from a beech..

 

[biglongdarren]

nice dry well rotted wood. lovely smoke and lovely smell. so easy to light and stays lit.
Darren.

 

[REDWOOD]

nice dry well rotted wood. lovely smoke and lovely smell. so easy to light and stays lit.
Darren.

less tar too

 

[dpearce4]

Mushroom from a beech..

Can u take a pic of it so we can see goran please

 

[Goran]

Mushroom from a beech..

Here is a picture..

 

[Luminos]

What's your favourite fuel for smokers and what stays alight longest? After many a trial and error I just use tightly rolled up toilet rolls but they aren't always easy to get alight.

...a whole toilet roll?

 

[VEG]

Here is a picture..

Looks like ganoderma

 

[TBRNoTB]

Here is a picture..

looks like something to wear!

 

[Goran]

Looks like ganoderma

Fomes fomentarius?

 

[Goran]

Fomes fomentarius?

Found it on english -
UK: Tinder bracket

 

[VEG]

I do believe you are right goran although the ones i have come across have had darker rings on them

 

[Goran]

There are also on some other trees, but common use is from beech. Some people use it just dried, someone boil it then dry ( as they say, you get milder smoke). But I had no problem this way either, without boiling-cooking. There are procedures how to boil it, but I don't try to remember it. When I need it I will find it

Forgot, first cut in proper pieces then dry in a sack on the air. Try the other way and you'll see..

 

[PBee]

Found it on english -
UK: Tinder bracket

Also called Horse hoof fungus. Found here on Birch as well as Beech.

 

[BeeJayBee]

Has anybody tries using these in a smoker?

King Alfred’s Cakes (Daldinia concentrica) http://www.mushroomdiary.co.uk/2010/06/cramp-balls/

 

[Finman]

.
MY favorite is Inonotus obliquus.

They are rare to find. It is a good fire starter. It takes a fire from car's cicarette lighter.

As basic mass I use rotten birch. It does not make smoker dirty

 

[Ddogs]

Whatever you use,put a bay leaf or two in the smoker.......smells lush !!

 

[waverider]

Going to use the tobacco stalks this year. A few of the online bee supply companies appear to be selling this product in 2013. There are studies show a correlation between tobacco application and varroa numbers.

Im off to find some of that fungi.

 

[peteinwilts]

The local bee inspector uses dry wood.

When he saw we had horses, he suggested the horse nuts were really good to use once lit. I'll try some in spring.