Smoker fuel

[Zante]

I remember reading here that someone used used, dried teabags. Is that correct?

 

[nantmoel]

I remember reading here that someone used used, dried teabags. Is that correct?

You would have to drink some tea to fuel a smoker! I used shavings off my planner.

 

[wightbees]

Same as above, here

 

[Millet]

A bale of comprest wood shaving for the chickens cost's £5 it lasts for ever and works a treat in the smoker.

 

[user 3509]

Yes we use old dried teabags. We dry them out on a windowsill and once throughly dry store them until use. They make very good smoker fuel.

 

[Zante]

Yes we use old dried teabags. We dry them out on a windowsill and once throughly dry store them until use. They make very good smoker fuel.

Thank you. I started drinking tea instead of coffee during my work breaks and with only two hives, a week's worth of mugs of tea is plenty to fuel a smoker.

 

[Farmer Tom]

But be careful, some have plastic in them:-
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jul/02/teabags-biodegradeable

 

[marocco bees]

I remember reading here that someone used used, dried teabags. Is that correct?

Actually i use dry orange or lemon it gives good smel , i never used teabags☺☺

 

[pargyle]

A bale of comprest wood shaving for the chickens cost's £5 it lasts for ever and works a treat in the smoker.

I use shavings off the lathe ... they tend to be hardwood rather than softwood so they don't have as much resin as the softwood shavings you get in the bales - I found that burning softwoods tends to bung it up more. I also include a fair amount of turning dust as well ,,, makes it go for longer.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

I use shavings off the lathe ... they tend to be hardwood rather than softwood so they don't have as much resin as the softwood shavings you get in the bales - I found that burning softwoods tends to bung it up more. I also include a fair amount of turning dust as well ,,, makes it go for longer.

Tar from the use of softwood can be easily removed by roasting the tarry deposit with a blowlamp followed by a gentle scrape when it turns crispy.

 

[Hivemaker.]

Western red cedar (softwood) planer shavings don't have the resins and burn nice and clean in a smoker...never need to clean them.

 

[pargyle]

Western red cedar (softwood) planer shavings don't have the resins and burn nice and clean in a smoker...never need to clean them.

Yes ... and it has a nice soft smoke and a clean smell as well ... perhaps I should have qualified that I was talking about 'lesser' softwoods than WRC. It's the sort of garbage pine sold in the likes of the DIY stores that is really foul .. it even clogs up the chimney of my micro woodburner !

 

[madasafish]

Dried horse dung - burns slowly, lots of undigested straw etc..

Elephant dung would be better...

 

[Zante]

In the end today I went with a mix of egg carton, olive prunings, and a handful of green grass on top. Started off smoking nicely, but then got distracted and didn't keep it going.
It hadn't gone out when I inspected the second hive, there was still enough smoke, but not as much as with the first one.

 

[rdmw]

Very dry very crumbly rotten wood from a chestnut tree Lights with a capful of meths and burns cool and slow


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