What wood is this?

[Mark Gibney]

Friend of mine brought me a couple of boards left over from a window treatment job.

The wood feel light in the hand, it is dark brown, and the grain pattern looks like red oak. It even has open end-grain pores too.

It smells just like bar-b-que sauce.

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The photos show the endgrain of a piece I just cut off.

I've never seen this wood before. Any ideas what it is?

[peter gagliardi]

It is “torrified” wood. Usually done with Ash and Poplar. Just heat treated wood.

[Sam Force]

It is "thermally modified" wood, google Northland Forrest products

[Michael Costa]

Tree wood. Lol. I honestly don't know but at first glance it looked like composite.

[Mark Gibney]

Thanks. Learned something new.