A-MAZ-N Smoker's Users. Make your own dust.

[Savannahsmoker]

As you A-MAZ-N Smoker's users know the dust is sort of expensive so I checked out making my own and here is how I did and do it.

I filled up a baking pan with BBQr's Delight cherry wood pellets and lightly misted the pellets while stirring.


Let the pellets sit overnight and by the next day the pellets had turned into wet sawdust. I used a fan for a couple of hours to do initial drying and let them dry overnight.


Next day I put the pan of pellets in the oven at just above warm for 4 hours.

I found out this is not necessary unless one is in a hurry.

I Put the sawdust in a bag and let it sit for a couple of weeks.


Here is how well it works. You can see in the pictures the nice blue smoke it makes.

[Hippy]

I have that stuff growing on my patio. Those pellets really blow up if ya spill some and it rains. Guess i better sweep em up!

[barkonbutts]

That is a good idea!!! I will keep that in mind...I need to get me one of those before spring!!!

[Mark R]

I'm curious why, there's not much difference in the price per pound? At least not here, but then I can't buy either locally.

[Earache_My_Eye]

I just raise the blade up real high on the table saw at work and unhook the dust collector to make my own dust. Depending on what kind of kitchen we're building at the time, I can get oak, cherry, hickory, maple or alder.....I just bag it up and sift out the feathery stuff at home.

Sorry T. J. , but, I can't justify buying when I have cabinet grade hardwood at my disposal for free...

L8r,
Eric

[Savannahsmoker]

I'm curious why, there's not much difference in the price per pound? At least not here, but then I can't buy either locally.

Here is my reason why. A 40 pound bag of BBQr's Delight costs me $21 including shipping or about 52 cents a pound. A-MAZ-N Smoker dust costs me $4.49 a pound. That's almost 4 dollars a pound more for the dust.

[Mark R]

Here is my reason why. A 40 pound bag of BBQr's Delight costs me $21 including shipping or about 52 cents a pound. A-MAZ-N Smoker dust costs me $4.49 a pound. That's almost 4 dollars a pound more for the dust.

Cool source, that's right you use a pellet pooper. I like the selection of wood. I mostly use pellets in my AMPS these days, cept for cheese - don't go there.
Thanks for the pellet source.

[Savannahsmoker]

Cool source, that's right you use a pellet pooper. I like the selection of wood. I mostly use pellets in my AMPS these days, cept for cheese - don't go there.
Thanks for the pellet source.

That price is for a 400 pound shipment and a ton is the best price. I get a combo of Hickory, Apple and Cherry. Oak is the base material so I am always smoking with a mixture of oak and one of the other or all.

[dscott]

I just raise the blade up real high on the table saw at work and unhook the dust collector to make my own dust. Depending on what kind of kitchen we're building at the time, I can get oak, cherry, hickory, maple or alder.....I just bag it up and sift out the feathery stuff at home.

Sorry T. J. , but, I can't justify buying when I have cabinet grade hardwood at my disposal for free...

L8r,
Eric

according to Alton Brown you should never ever use kiln dried lumber to cook with.

[ExhaustedSpark]

I'm curious why, there's not much difference in the price per pound? At least not here, but then I can't buy either locally.

The why is that you can only buy the dust from i think 2 locations. and Pellets are everywhere.
You also can make you own pellet burner using any perforated metal for a lot less $
not to mention the pride in doing it yourself. Kina like a double nickel gallon barrel or manufactured BBQ for hundreds of dollars. I like the home grown and the meat taste great.

[Earache_My_Eye]

according to Alton Brown you should never ever use kiln dried lumber to cook with.

And his reason would be....???


Besides, I'm not cooking with it....it's just the smoke source...

[ExhaustedSpark]

Cool source, that's right you use a pellet pooper. I like the selection of wood. I mostly use pellets in my AMPS these days, cept for cheese - don't go there.
Thanks for the pellet source.

Why not for cheese. I use pellets for cheese and love it. I use my silverware holder for the pellets.
I have not tried sawdust or the fine dust in this unit but i will in the future.
Well i can seem to download a pict but i will keep trying
Karl

[ExhaustedSpark]

according to Alton Brown you should never ever use kiln dried lumber to cook with.

That is strange. I am under the impression that kiln dried lumber is just dried wood. I would not use Kiln dried treated lumber but kiln dried is just dried wood.
Any info would be helpful
Karl

[DDave]

Here is my reason why. A 40 pound bag of BBQr's Delight costs me $21 including shipping or about 52 cents a pound.

That price is for a 400 pound shipment

Your price per pound is somewhat misleading then. Not everyone is going to buy 400 pounds at a time. Plus you forgot to add the cost of running the fan for a couple of hours and the oven for four hours to your cost of production.

Sorry. It's the accountant in me. (Yes I did do cost accounting before I switched to IT.)

according to Alton Brown you should never ever use kiln dried lumber to cook with.

As a former dry kiln operator, I'd be interested in knowing his reasoning behind this. It's just heat and air movement that dries the wood. And temps are kept relatively low. We were drying softwoods and the temp topped out at 165°. Some softwood is dried at higher temps but hardwoods are generally dried at temps below 180° and some lower than that.

It may not be as aromatic as air dried wood but I can't think of any reason that kiln dried wood would hurt anything to cook with.

That is strange. I am under the impression that kiln dried lumber is just dried wood. I would not use Kiln dried treated lumber but kiln dried is just dried wood.

You are entirely correct.

Dave

[Savannahsmoker]

Your price per pound is somewhat misleading then. Not everyone is going to buy 400 pounds at a time. Plus you forgot to add the cost of running the fan for a couple of hours and the oven for four hours to your cost of production.

Sorry. It's the accountant in me. (Yes I did do cost accounting before I switched to IT.)


Dave

I assumed most people reading this would realized that pennies would have to be added for the fan and the oven. BTW the oven nor the fan is required and a 20 lb bag is $16. I am sure the accountant in you can still see a cost savings here not including the enjoyment of making ones own. lol