leeherd Posted September 13, 2006 Report Posted September 13, 2006 Decided to drill the forum here for some info. I have a growing collection of wood scraps building up in my shop. I have managed to go through most of the oak, cherry and maple this summer using them as smoking supplements for the KK. I am getting down to ths scraps of more or less tropical exotics, rosewoods, bubinga, zebrawood... Has anyone seen or heard of a link that can give me an idea of which woods could create grill or health problems. Thanx
Greg_R Posted September 13, 2006 Report Posted September 13, 2006 Certain woods are toxic (as you know). http://www.woodturner.org/resources/toxicity.cfm has some good articles at the top of the page. Rosewood is extremely toxic... I would steer clear of that!
Firemonkey Posted September 14, 2006 Report Posted September 14, 2006 wow, I did not know rosewood was toxic! I used to have a laser engraver in my garage, and did alot of work with rosewood. The vented smoke smelled great around the entire neighborhood! Kind of like pumpkin pie spice or something earthy like that.
ThreeDJ16 Posted September 14, 2006 Report Posted September 14, 2006 wow, I did not know rosewood was toxic! I used to have a laser engraver in my garage, and did alot of work with rosewood. The vented smoke smelled great around the entire neighborhood! Kind of like pumpkin pie spice or something earthy like that. So that is whats wrong with you? hehehe -=Jasen=-
Greg_R Posted September 14, 2006 Report Posted September 14, 2006 The rosewood toxins build up in your body. All of a sudden you'll just get a severe allergic reaction to the wood. Be careful and always use a quality respirator when WWing!
leeherd Posted September 22, 2006 Author Report Posted September 22, 2006 I know most woods have issues when they are being turned to dust. The rosewoods especially are sensitizers that can create bad reactions. But the routs of entry are inhalation and to some degree absorption through the skin. You end up with a whole different set of issues when you ingest a product that has been heated or burned. The Wicked good competition blend used primarily exotic hardwoods to make their lump. I was hoping someone would have seen a link somewhere out there that could shed some light on these other woods. BTW yes the Rosewoods have an awesome aroma, (residual odor noted after removing my dust mask) when you are converting them to dust. I was just imagining what that would convert to taste wise.
Greg_R Posted September 22, 2006 Report Posted September 22, 2006 You may want to poke around on U.S. environmental sites (or post something over on the SmokeRing). I have a great gov't publication on the engineering strengths of woods but nothing on burning / toxicity (EPA website maybe???). One of the guys over on the Smokering does environmental work... maybe he has some knowledge on the subject. Good luck!
kooky11 Posted September 23, 2006 Report Posted September 23, 2006 when i first read the subject title, i thought it said: "smoking with exotic weeds"
