I've been burning some of the (dryer) ugly chunks in the fire pit the last few nights for cookin' fires, and I gotta' say, I'm impressed. I just may have found a new "favorite" cookin' fire wood. That stuff coals-up unbelievably well and holds those really hot coals for a long time... and it don't take a lot of wood either. I built a nice fire with it Sunday night for cookin' and last night when I got home there was still enough hot coals in the bottom of the pit to start the fire... 24 hours later!! Smells good too, and adds a nice flavor to the food. I took a small trailer load of uglys down to dad and told him to try it for his cookin' fires. I'm half temped to save it all for fire pit cookin' wood only... but it would probably rot to mush before I could use over three cord for cookin'. Thinkin' I'll give some of it a try in the smoker this summer. Stuff certainly beats the heck out'a oak for cookin'... and I didn't think anything would coal-up and cook better than oak!