Probably better if you season it, and soak it in used crankcase oil.

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On Feb 5, 5:59 pm, "Steve B" wrote:
Is cottonwood a decent firewood? A friend is removing a tree, and it is
free. The tree is pretty big, as I hear. I can see it has 15.something
million btus per cord, pretty low when compared to anything. Anyone know
anything about its creosote output?

Steve

Check it on the firewood listing:
http://www.mb-soft.com/juca/print/firewood.html