What firewood gives off the most heat?

Hardwoods such as maple, oak, ash, birch, and most fruit trees are the best burning woods that will give you a hotter and longer burn time.

What wood burns longest?

What Wood Burns the Longest as Firewood?

Walnut: As a hardwood, walnut naturally has high levels of durability and density.
Yew: Yew is another type of wood that puts off a robust amount of heat while it is burning slow and steady.

What is the BTU of oak firewood?

TABLE 1. Firewood Facts (Sorry for any gaps in the data)

Species	Weight (lbs./ Cord) Green	Heat per Cord (Million BTUs)
Oak, Bur	4960	26.2
Oak, Gambel		30.7
Oak, Red	4888	24.6
Oak, White	5573	29.1

What wood crackles most?

Softwoods typically have a higher sap content compared to hardwoods. The higher sap content of softwoods means that more popping and crackling noises can occur.

How much should a cord of firewood cost?

The average price for a cord of wood is $300. Most people pay between $120 and $580 but prices could go as high as $900. Prices depend on location, type of wood and how the wood is cut. Seasoned wood, or wood that’s dry, will also cost more.

What firewood pops least?

Hardwood varieties of firewood are less likely to pop and crackle than softwood varieties. There are a few reasons for this, one of which is the low moisture content of hardwood. Most hardwood varieties have a lower moisture content than softwood varieties, so they typically don’t produce steam pockets when burned.

What does it mean when wood crackles?

When wood in a fire gets hot enough, the cellulose inside starts to turn into gas. As wood burns, the mix of expanding gases and cellulose breaking down makes the pockets of trapped steam burst open from the wood, one by one. This is why you hear the crackling and popping noises.

How much BTU does a pound of firewood have?

All firewood has about the same BTU per pound. Non resinous wood has around 8000 to 8500 BTU per pound, resinous wood has around 8600 to 9700 BTU per pound. Less dense softwoods have less BTU per cord than more dense hardwood but they also weigh less per cord.

What kind of wood produces the most BTUs?

Dense firewoodwill produce the highest recoverable BTUs, but all wood must be “seasoned” for best results. Seasoning lowers the moisture content so less energy is used to drive off water (which limits heat efficiency). Many of these heavy woods have excellent burning properties during the three stages wood goes through when burned.

Which is the hottest type of firewood to burn?

Osage-Orange is the hottest burning type of wood, with a heat output rated at 32.9 million BTUs per cord of seasoned firewood. It is closely followed by Black Locust, Hickory, and Oak, all of which have exceptionally high heat output.

Why do you burn firewood with high BTUs?

Most people burn firewood for one reason….heat. So, it only makes sense to burn a firewood that generates high BTUs. BTU or British Thermal Unit is the amount of energy required to heat one pound of liquid water by one degree fahrenheit. To get the most energy out of your firewood the wood should be seasoned.