Source for wood sawdust for smoking

[nathanm]

I need to find a supply of wood sawdust (or very fine chips) for smoking meats. I am particularly interested in oak, apple and hickory.

I want to buy some large quantites - i.e. 50 lb sack - not the tiny little bags that are sold for use with home barbeques.

Does anybody have recommended suppliers?

[devlin]

I need to find a supply of wood sawdust (or very fine chips) for smoking meats.  I am particularly interested in oak, apple and hickory.

I want to buy some large quantites - i.e. 50 lb sack - not the tiny little bags that are sold for use with home barbeques.

Does anybody have recommended suppliers?

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Find a local sawmill. They often will let folks carry away as much scrap and chips and shavings as they like.

[RobertCollins]

I use a Traeger grill: http://www.traegergrills.com/dealer.cfm .

They use pelletized saw dust for their pellets. The come in 20 an 40 # bags. The 20# is about $15. I think they would work for you as I have used them in a gas Weber.

I would follow devlen's advice if I were in the hardwood country he lives in but here in Washington (state), I think the fir and hemlock saw dust would not taste very good.

Edited May 2, 2009 by RobertCollins (log)

[MaryMc]

I've bought wood from these folks. The prices are pretty reasonable and they have a wide selection of woods.

Barbecuewood.com

[ray goud]

Being a furniture maker myself, you have quite a dilemma, even if it isn't obvious: Most shops don't deal with only one type of wood at a time; we might make a cherry table, an oak chair, a walnut sideboard, with all those chips/dust going into the same dust/chip collector. You definitely DON'T want the walnut stuff because it's poisonous. Besides that, will you accept the possible and likely mix of wood species? If so, then find a local shop and ask them for what they will give you, and it should be free.

Ray

[mr.baconhead]

Butcher & Packer: 40# hickory sawdust - $25.75

http://www.butcher-packer.com/index.php?ma...ex&cPath=31_132

Shipping is $9.75 for orders up to $49.99, so you might as well order some hog casings and pink salt while you're at it.