Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Pond Boss Wood for smoking

What a great topic - I had to chime in! I love pecan, a lighter version of hickory - wish I lived closer to the South. Tons of red and pin oak up in Lincoln - whenever I hear the chainsaws firing up in the neighborhood I drive until I find them and take whatever they haven't already chipped. Takes me a couple years to season, but I love it for making lump charcoal, winter fires for the family, and smoking, too. I agree Oak doesn't impart as strong a smoke as mesquite or hickory - but it's versatile, abundant, and free.

I'm using Mulberry lately as it grows in the fencerows all over Eastern NE - it's a dense, hot, and good smoking wood with a slightly fruity smoke - but pops too much for the fireplace. I recommend trying it if it's available in your area.

Couple woods no one has mentioned here are my two favorite companion woods - cherry and sugar maple. While cherry might not be as common, sugar maples are pretty ubiquitous and I like adding to oak or hickory.

Tried lilac this Summer on fish - it was awesome, but wood is hard to source.

Sorry can't help you with the woods you're looking for Scott, but we do have plenty of mulberry, oak, ash and maple down here. Ash is pretty light but good on everything...I have tons of green ash.