WILL WET WOOD BURN?

I was called out for saying wet wood will burn..so today i will show you that it will in fact burn...VERY WET WOOD DUNKED AND SOAKED BURNS!!! Watch and learn and be amazed!

[@RVBob]

I'm sitting here watching this thinking, duh, of course it'll burn. Then I remember that not everyone has built a fire on a frozen lake with snow-covered Spruce branches, then cooked fresh pike on a stick. I guess my childhood wasn't wasted after all. 😂

[@jimmiddleton6388]

Hi Chris in the grocery store they use wax coated cardboard boxes for produce I cut them up in to pieces inch and half by six inches long. One piece is all I use to start my fire every day. It never fails.

[@ChrisCruz-gp6lo]

Who would have ever thought what would could burn great video sir

[@waynetharp]

Tune in tomorrow to see Chris start a roaring fire with just a stack of old, damp, and moldy Benjamins!!😮😮

[@compostjohn]

Maybe by 'wet wood' they meant unseasoned? Some unseasoned wood is VERY difficult to get to burn well, and it is very inefficient at giving heat as so much of the energy goes to evaporating the water in the log. We folk with stoves in clean air zones (in the UK) are told that burning wood with a moisture level in excess of 20% is illegal as it creates smoke/particulates, AND it results in lots of soot in the flue. I stack my firewood outdoors with no cover, and I know that it seasons absolutely fine and will go in the stove even if it's recently been rained on. But I season ALL my wood, even Ash which is supposed to be OK to burn green.

[@kenbrown2808]

when us Pacific Northwest folks say wet wood, we don't mean dry wood that's been dunked in water for 5 minutes. we mean wood that when you split it, it splashes.

[@DuhartCreek]

Thank you Chris, I ran out of dry wood. I have plenty of fat wood or pine, add kindling and get a good bed of coals, add white oak that has only been cut an split for 2 months. Give me 1 hour and have a fire you don't want to stand beside.

[@johncollins500]

Good morning Chris -11F in S. E. Ohio. Probably the coldest we've had in 7-8 yrs. Great content. See ya on the next one!!

[@reverend_sasquatch583]

Oh wow! We're in a heat wave then, down here in Charleston WV! Only -3 here.

[@littleslawncareandfirewood]

-25C / -3F this morning 🇨🇦🥶 good video very educational to watch wet woods burn

[@shaneapplegate1975]

-17 with wind chill in the tri-state actual thermometer showing -4 f got the stove a roaring this morning 🔥 burning 14% moisture Cleveland pear and Osage. 82 degrees in my 100-year-old brick uninsulated house this morning 😁✌️

[@jamesbuchanan7088]

Good morning woodhounds, -6 here today

[@grofffamilyprojects]

Fires are always fun!! Big or little just flat out fun!!

[@coreyriley7160]

G’morning Chris. You make magic fire. More resin is the correct answer. GoodNightIrene

[@Dakota77d]

Dang- now I want to get my fire-pit going

[@brucemikkelsen7615]

The Firewood Poem Beechwood fires are bright and clear If the logs are kept a year, Chestnut's only good they say, If for logs 'tis laid away. Make a fire of Elder tree, Death within your house will be; But ash new or ash old, Is fit for a queen with crown of gold Birch and fir logs burn too fast Blaze up bright and do not last, it is by the Irish said Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread. Elm wood burns like churchyard mould, E'en the very flames are cold But ash green or ash brown Is fit for a queen with golden crown Poplar gives a bitter smoke, Fills your eyes and makes you choke, Apple wood will scent your room Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom Oaken logs, if dry and old keep away the winter's cold But ash wet or ash dry a king shall warm his slippers by.

[@Outsidewithgary]

Good morning 16 degrees here. Chris is the professor of wood. Class is session😂😂😂. Good information for sure.

[@Jill-l5d]

Good morning it's 9 degrees here in Shelbyville, I dearly hope that you and yours are warm, full and slept well.

[@JohneyEnriquez]

Hello Chris thanks for teaching us, I flip firewood I bought a cord mesquite split and stack I notice when the bark came off it was wet but wood dry the cord was in the middle I decided to take every bark off to dry should I have it on or dry in the sun.

[@ChrisLascari]

You should have had an old fashioned weenie roast, reminiscent of the old woodyard

[@erscustoms911]

Perfect reason to cover your wood with a tarp Less smoke= more btu s

[@kenbrown2808]

cover, don't wrap. wrapping keeps the water in.

[@larryvankirk7423]

Nice video/ science lesson Chris. Clear, calm, +22F this morning. You’re getting a lot of use out of that smokeless fire pit. GNI

[@kimj2570]

03:10 Here in Finland every self respecting firemaker lit fires with birch bark. Its natures solid napalm. Sellers of good quality firewood here always include birch. We got lot of wet areas where birch grows.

[@davidedwards3734]

Chris i need you to come get your weather, with snow from SE Georgia!! I like watching snow on your videos, not in person!! People don't understand the difference in dry and wet, green wood!! Around here,lots of people who cut wood from the hurricane are selling it as dry. Seasoned wood.......it's Green!!! Shouldn't complain, Great for my sales!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

It's been in the 20s here in Washington state for the last week, but there is no snow. Yet.😮

[@cody28h]

What’s the name of the fire pit Chris ? I want one

[@jalleman61]

You are so very correct in that wet wood will burn but at a price.In a gassifier wet wood is not good as you loose around 20% efficency do to the burn off of moisture.Case and point look at your burning pit and its not gassifying but it does prove it will burn if you have enough heat😊

[@frankvanalthuis1867]

I just split a bunch of beech,cherry , and ash that was dropped in December and it tested between 21 -24%. I was surprised it was that low. Just to check my meter I split a two year seasoned piece of red oak from my woodshed. It was 24%. Must of been cut in the growing months. I think cutting your firewood trees during the depths of winter isn’t mentioned enough as to giving you a big jump start as to seasoning.

[@kurtloftfield4537]

Good morning all!

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Good one 👍🏻

[@marshillmike]

If you split a piece and take shavings from the inside of the wood (a baseball cap full will do) you don't even need the cardboard to get it going and with the birchbark, you're gold. Now please tell us about that firepit.

[@toddsoutsideagain]

Yup! 👍🏻👍🏻GNI

[@larryholland1466]

So how much would you use in the house. Do it affect the chimney?

[@philliphall5198]

Yes major build up

[@mrboxingrandy]

Zero. The only time you'd want wet/ green/ dirty/ or rotted wood in a wood stove is if that was literally your only option, and temperatures inside made it life threatening. At that point it isn't a want, it's a need lol. Any of the above mentioned will build creosote pretty heavy and the more you have of each of those combined, the thicker and quicker it builds up. Creosote buildup + heat can create chimney fires, which is one of the main causes for house fires using wood stoves. So unless the untire house, top to bottom, inside and out, is 100% fireproof, the answer is zero.

[@philliphall5198]

@ open pit is how we burn misquite wood or bbq pit with dry wood, usually 2 plus years old

[@mrboxingrandy]

@@philliphall5198 Nice, yea. Some woods like cedar, pine, etc take forever to season like 2 years or so. Not sure how long mesquite takes but I do know stuff like white oak, maple and anything along those lines if cut same day and cross stacked somewhere dry, it'll easily be seasoned in 6 months. As far as bbq pit goes... Literally just thinking about the last custom built wood smoker pit we had had my mouth watering. That pork was so good gold couldn't buy it lol

[@mihalon5]

47° warmer here than yesterday morning. Cokato Minnesota.

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

I do this all the time in my firepit. I will get it going good and hot than toss on a fresh cut cookie or chunk and let it all burn. 🔥 😉👍

[@home-powersystems7782]

People who say wet wood won't burn have never been camping or hunting. Nuff said.

[@D-B-Cooper]

I live in a rain forest and our ambient humidity is usually higher than 50%. My wood never gets what you would consider dry. I heat with wood. I have probably two cords of cedar kindling. According to all the experts on here it is impossible.

[@roncaron-l1r]

Hi Chris yes wet wood will burn we go ice fishing we used wood in the side of Lake (Ty Ron

[@JordanFreeman-v3i]

I don't start dry wood fires with wood period lol cardboard and paper are the preferred fire starting medium

[@philipgagnon3114]

Next week Professor... how to read smoke signals? 😊

[@joeahopelto8032]

It takes a little more effort, but even green wood will burn. There will be more smoke/steam from the "green" wood fire. The fire keep on burning if it gets fed more wood as needed. Even light rain won't put it out.

[@kenbrown2808]

wet wood won't burn. however, if you heat wet wood up, the water will evaporate, and then it will be dry wood. the tipping point is if there is too much wet, it takes enough heat to boil off the water, that you struggle to get the fire to grow.

[@carlvaneck2783]

Nice Kitty's!!!

[@B.E.Greatful]

✝️🇺🇸🙏🏻💪🏻💯 best job ever

[@philliphall5198]

Well wet forest burning in California It was green right

[@two-strokesmoke7289]

My "pops" always had a 5gallon can of diesel setting by the furnace for "high speed" fire starts, with small coffee can (8-12 ounce) and of course we always had newspaper around.😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 When it was -30 outside and the fire had went out and it was about 45F in the house........ya had to get it goin' in a hurry!!!!

[@thebradleysoncatbirdhill6849]

One thing I have learned since starting my KZbin channel is that there is a segment of viewers who suffer from "You Should Syndrome " ... otherwise known as YSS disease. The etiology is often too much thinking and not enough doing!

[@reverend_sasquatch583]

Huge difference between wood that is wet, and wood that is not seasoned. Likewise, huge difference between "dry" wood, and seasoned wood. And if people don't know the difference, they need to learn quick, especially if they're burning wood and/or selling it. Back before I processed my own firewood, almost everyone selling wood said "seasoned!" 99% of the time, it was not. People think you can fell a tree in January, leave it on the ground, split it and stack it in July, and sell it in Sept. as "seasoned". Nope.

[@michaelmileski9830]

Hi

[@erscustoms911]

Wet wood is why your unseasoned oak doesn’t seem hot, oak takes longer to dry , using all the btus to burn it , losing heat thru steam out of the chimney! Wet wood is different than seasoned wood that is been stacked improperly and not covered, taking longer to get heat for the customer, not as long as wet unseasoned but longer than tarping it to keep moisture off.

[@billcoulter2666]

You need some pine cones!

[@jbking6376]

Is it a wet heat?😉

[@chadm4229]

7 today 😢😢

[@philliphall5198]

Need waste oil dipping on it and it will burn good 👍

[@GregPrince-io1cb]

Good Morning Woodhounds!!

[@shaneapplegate1975]

Just chill out this morning would you ❄️✌️

[@unclev7075]

Big difference between butning in a woodstove and open pit. But yeah, common sense prevails always.

[@mrboxingrandy]

I mean, yes and no. Main difference is outside you don't have to worry about creosote buildup from burning wet / green wood in a wood stove. As far as getting it to burn? No difference. No matter how it's done, or where, oxygen, heat and fuel (wood) = fire. The more oxygen, the hotter the fire. That's where using the dampener, stove flap and even barely cracking the door comes into play to feed it oxygen / air flow. If it's not burning and keeps going out, 99% of the time it's because it isn't getting enough air flow so it just smokes and suffocates itself. No different than lighting a candle and putting the lid on, no oxygen, no fire.

[@genesims828]

I soak my hickory and pecan wood before I us it for smoking meat

[@annaaron3510]

The Science Guy ! Wet wood a.k.a. unseasoned, useless, green, sizzle stuff, punky, silly sticks, WILL burn if and only if there's enough heat to evaporate the 'H20. We may, may, recommend C-4 ( as used to heat MREs in country ) ; ask a Vet . For this experiment and tutorial you will receive a promotion from M.B.A. to PhD F.S. ( Firewood Science ) Congrats. JMNSHO

[@GregPrince-io1cb]

44°F hard rain , wind comin from north...here in Estero Florida this morning.... somebody come and get their weather they let loose!!