toasting wood in a oven

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Pikluk
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toasting wood in a oven

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i remember seeing a post/guide to toast wood in a oven
something like wrap a bunch of sticks in aluminum foil and cook for ... hours at .... f.
i used a lot of chared with torch sticks but now id like to try some toasted wood.
any tip or link to that post(i remember a long and detailed post on how to toast wood in a oven but cant find it again :( )
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Re: toasting wood in a oven

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Aidas wrote:I've been toasting my oak strips at 200 degrees celsius for 2 hours (wrapped in aluminum foil). I don't know whther that's a light, medium or heavy toast, but it's working fine. It gives a nice hint of vanilla.

Now I'm experimenting with a longer toast (3 hrs), to see what happens.

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Re: toasting wood in a oven

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I toasted some oak in the kitchen oven, it smokes the house out, left a toasted oak smell for hours. :esurprised:
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I soak mine for a day or so then wrap in foil and place in the oven for and hour or so.
Then I alligator char when I'm ready to install in to the likker.

Can't exactly remember why I do this.
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