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What is The Best Wood for Fire?
The best wood for fire depends on what kind of fire you want and what you are trying to accomplish. Whether you are burning in a wood stove, a fireplace or a campfire the type of wood that will be best can be different so it's not an easy question to answer.
Wood can be divided into two categories, hardwoods and softwoods. Hardwoods come from broadleaf trees like oak, maple, hickory and birch. Softwoods come from conifers like fir, pine, cedar, redwood and spruce.
Hardwoods are typically more hard and dense than softwoods but not always. Aspen, cottonwood and alder come from deciduous trees so they are technically hardwoods but they are softer than some softwoods like douglas fir.
The more heavy and dense a type of wood is the more heat energy it will produce and will burn longer. This makes dense hardwoods a great choice for a wood stove to maintain a comfortable heat over a long period of time. Or if you have a campfire and want a nice bed of coals dense hardwoods make an excellent choice.
Softwoods being less dense have less heat energy but they are easier to ignite and burn faster with a more intense flame. This makes softwoods good for kindling and starting fires. If you want quick intense heat from your wood stove softwoods can be an excellent choice. Softwoods are also good for campfires or an open fireplace if you want nice big flames instead of coals.
Both hardwood and softwood have advantages and disadvantages as wood for fire. I like to have a mixture of both so I can have the best of both worlds.
Learn more about different types of firewood and the amount of firewood BTU or heat energy in common firewood species.
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