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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

To get the smoke you'd use wet wood chip in addition to the logs you use to 
get the heat.  Smokey wood doesn't really get all that hot and is a bear to 
keep going, so you'd have to treat it the same as a smoke house.

I'd suggest apple wood chips, then you'd smell nice <g>

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


> Actually, its a small 'cabin', like 10x10, with a fireplace and no
> chimney.  You build the fire and warm it up, and obviously you are
> smoking it up, too.  Then, you open the door or the window or allow 95%
> of the smoke to clear without loosing too much heat, and you enter.
> I've never actually done it, but I would imagine it would be like
> entering a smoky bar or foggy nightclub or something...not that I would
> know anything about that kind of stuff either... but as to the wood, I
> would imagine they would burn birch, ash, and maybe aspen.  Then again,
> maybe they use the softer pine for more smoke...I dunno.
> I just got home from a 10+ hour day at work and I could REALLY use a
> sauna, but I can't even take a shower as the bathroom is torn apart and
> we are remodeling this weekend..but, I can dream...about saunas,
> Finland, and BBQ sauce. ;)