what type of wood is this

[morkdach]

what types are these they were given to me as pecan oak hickory left to right not to sure about the oak and hickory which is which

[Slanted88]

From left to right....Hickory,Oak, & Peeeecan! Might be wrong!

[morkdach]

From left to right....Hickory,Oak, & Peeeecan! Might be wrong!

Thanks but the one on the left i'm sure is pecan its the other 2 in ?

[doctor phreak]

what types are these they were given to me as pecan oak hickory left to right not to sure about the oak and hickory which is which

one on the left is definitely pecan i use enough of it....now the middle i would think is hickory and the right is oak....

[chefrob]

^^ that's what i was thinking........

[morkdach]

one on the left is definitely pecan i use enough of it....now the middle i would think is hickory and the right is oak....

thanks the one on the left i thought was pecan but on another forum i was told it was not .
but i like your choices heres another pic with the bark.

[curious aardvark]

one in the middle is oak.
That's a bark I do know :-)

other two are definitely bits of trees

[Richtee]

one in the middle is oak.
That's a bark I do know :-)

other two are definitely bits of trees

Yup. Pecan oak hickory. Easy way to tell...hickory's the densest (heaviest). Stuff's like lead!

[hog warden]

Big piece on the left is pecan. Can tell by the color of the wood and bark. Other two both look like oak. By the bark and color and pattern of the wood. Hickory is as white as the pecan is, with a very dark center piece.....a dark center core like the pecan, but slightly larger. Technically, pecan is a type of hickory.

You could also tell by shaving off a sliver and lighting it. Hickory will smell like the pecan, only stronger. Oak smoke will be different. No mistaking hickory for oak.

Hickory doesn't split well.....so I though maybe the middle piece could have been hickory.....with those rough splinters.....more pulled apart than split, but the bark and and color of the woods say oak.

[Whisky Fish]

[QUOTE=hog warden;120300]You could also tell by shaving off a sliver and lighting it. Hickory will smell like the pecan, only stronger. Oak smoke will be different. No mistaking hickory for oak.

QUOTE]

Best way to single out the Oak. No mistaking .

"Yep, , nothing like a nice peice of hickory" Clint Eastwood, Pale Rider.(after taking an axe handle to the bad guys)

[SMOKE FREAK]

one on the left is definitely pecan i use enough of it....now the middle i would think is hickory and the right is oak....

The oak is on the right...

[morkdach]

the one on the right is the lightest of all in weight and splits nice the one in the middle & left just tear not good splitten.
the one on the right doesnt smell like hickory when used and not to sure what oak smells like

[SMOKE FREAK]

The oak I have splits cleanly...hickory not so much...

[hog warden]

The problem with making a certain ID on a pile of firewood is further complicated when you remember that for stuff like oak and hickory, there are many varieties within each type. White, shagbark and pignut hickories to name three. Within a five minute walk of where I'm sitting I could find pin oaks, shingle oaks, burr oak, white, red, black and shumard oaks, to name a few. They all have different barks, grain, density and when burned, subtle to stark differences in the odor of the smoke. Seeing the tree (including the site where it grew) and the leaf would make it easy. Lacking that, best guess comes from looking closely at the bark, the wood grain and a smell test. Oak smells like oak even before you burn it.

[Meat Hunter]

From left to right....Hickory,Oak, & Peeeecan! Might be wrong!

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