What wood are you burning?

[DoubleUpOrQuit]

Mostly oak with the occasional maple log mixed in.

[Thom Emery]

Oak Cherry and Hickory sticks

[lonnie mac]

Still have ton's of BlackJack Oak I am trying to use up. I love it! But I love my mesquite. Plentiful around these parts.

[jfmorris]

Ok just to be sure, is the Kindling Cracker a wedge mounted upside down in a circular frame? If so a local store has it for $99.

[jfmorris]

Yes there is a Northern Tool here in town apparently.

[EdF]

Yep, that's it and the price is about right. There are two sizes.

[jfmorris]

Yeah next time I am towards that side of town I'll try and pick one up. Smaller one should meet my needs. I would mostly be using it to bust up logs I cut in half with the chop saw, to make smaller "mini splits" for cooking with.

[DWCowles]

Here’s the one that I have.

[PaulstheRibList]

I so dig these!!!

[gijsveltman]

Completely different situation for me. I'm burning mango, guava and coffee wood!

[jfmorris]

I like coffee!

[dexavator]

I have some mango wood here but they say is not good for smoking, too much sap and can be poisonous. Whats your experience with mango? Hows' the smoke, too strong, how's the taste?

[Beefchop]

Oak and pecan.

[PBCDad]

I started with a big batch of cherry wood from an orchard. Picked up cherry and apple from CL that I haven't used yet. Got a batch of peach from an orchard on a different trip, but I've found the peach wood gives no discernible smoke flavor. I'll probably switch back to the cherry and use the peach for later in the cook.

[jfmorris]

So you have a stick burner? Or you are just adding wood to your PBC or other smoker? I've gone through a lot of bags of wood chunks from the store over the years as an addition to charcoal, but just now am thinking to start burning straight up wood for the entire smoke.

[PBCDad]

I bought a Jambo last summer and finally got it running a few months ago. I somehow haven't updated my signature yet...

[jfmorris]

Get that sig updated!

[Bluegrass918]

Almond is my go to, good mild sweet flavor.

[Quailsroost Smokers]

Kiawe and Guava

[dexavator]

I'm burning mostly Plum, Apple and Orange. It's very difficult to find Oak, Hickory or Pecan here in Brazil. I have also some Guava and Mulberry still seasoning and some mango that I've never got the courage to try, some say it can be somewhat poisonous or allergenic.

[Scout789]

I had no idea how many different woods could be used for smoking. Here in Tejas, oak, mesquite and pecan are the standard. Of course we know about hickory, but not being common here, it is little used. This plethora of other woods that are used has been very informative.
I use mesquite when I can get it and oak is the back up if I can't. Not a huge fan of pecan, but will use it in a pinch.

[Mr. Bones]

Yup, there ya go!

[JGo37]

I am surprised to see that we are using wood based on heat content, and all the common woods we use produce light smoke.

[texastweeter]

you can get hickory here in texas at a reasonable price, you just have to do a little looking.

[JGo37]

Wow I got into this way too late, so I have a wood-smokers question to add, but first:

Usually Hickory - except... I like Mesquite with Beef, cuz I'm a S. Western kind'a guy when it comes to steer. I have cherry, but haven't seen it's taste really catch on anything yet. I consider anything else exotic cuz it's either expensive or not available to me.

I like the way my grills are 'seasoned', and sort'a stick to one kind'a wood per grill. Does switching woods, maybe often, have an affect? Wouldn't a different wood leave a residue that would affect taste for the next burn with again a different wood?

[EdF]

Not in my experience, but my experience is kind of limited.

[JGo37]

I can switch to KBB only in the grills I separately use for Hickory and respectively, Mesquite, and still get a mild taste of the wood that I use in each particular grill. That's why I have a Patio Pro for quick cooks that I want to be 'neutral', like dogs or veggies on the griddle.

[wwilli7]

Hickory and Oak as its readily available to cut off my property

[PaulstheRibList]

Oak and Oak and Pecan.