Smokeless campfire
So who among us doesn't love a campfire? It's one of the joys of being out in the woods, isn't it? Even if you are in a campground at some independent private place where your neighbors are only a spi...
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Flan wrote:
Seasoned wood is key. A lot of the overpriced, bagged “kiln dried” garbage they sell at the campgrounds end up smoking a lot more then the mill ends or scrap pallet material I prefer to use.
For an open fire really dry wood is indeed crucial. The more water, the smokier the fire, but even bone dry wood still smokes some in an open fire. Last time I fired up the stove, I used some wet pine, cut to make a little log cabin 20 years ago, but left uncovered in a pile after cutting into firewood a year ago. It was sufficiently wet it barely burned, but even that wood produced no smoke.
So, yeah, might be too expensive for some folks, but I like it enough to spring for it just to avoid smoking/stinking up the neighborhood. YMMV.
