what is the good kind of wood

[CanuckJim]

Walnut

Fio,

Black walnut is a super woodworking wood, straight grained and very distinctive when a finish is applied. However, it will stain your hands purple, and some people, including me, get an instant headache from the dust. I do burn it in my fireplace occasionally, and it has a pleasant perfume-like aroma. Normally, though, it's hard to get and has too many drawbacks.

Jim

[Fio]

Any hardwood except walnut

While Fruitwood is the BEST wood for cooking pizza, if you can't find it, oak and maple are good substitutes. I burn oak in my pizza oven, and it works well.

I've also burned maple and cherry (woodworking cutoffs).

I've been told to stay away from walnut, as it imparts some nasty flavors and/or chemicals.

Just make sure your wood is as DRY as possible.

Cheers,

- Fio

[CanuckJim]

Wood Types

Aziz,

Depends on what you're doing. For pizza, you want fruit wood because of the taste it imparts to the finished dough. Here, I'm able to get apple and cherry from local orchards. The drawback is that it takes a long time to season it if it's cut green. I also use the sawdust for smoking meats and fish. In my bread oven, I tend to burn just about anything because the fire is raked out at the end. Still, my preference is maple limb wood. It has lots of BTUs per pound and really gets my oven roaring hot.

Jim

[aziz]

what is the good kind of wood i shoud use in my oven.

thanks