Pappy Q
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I've always used hickory but have a line on some good oak. Choice between red or white. Looking for input.
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barnburner
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BobM
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I've been using red oak recently, it's mild and I like it.
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dkryzer
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I've had great success with both. In my opinion Red is a little milder.
Pappy
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What about pin oak?
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dkryzer
Knows what a fatty is.
Pin Oak I's also known as Swamp Oak since it tends to grow in wt environments. I've never tried it for smoking.
cliffcarter
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Pin oak and 5 others have the local name "swamp oak" depending on where you live, just as an FYI here's a link that names all of them-
http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/data_results_with_common.cfm
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mbshop
Babbling Farker
oak is good. "red oak" can cover a lot of oak species.
so get what you can. i use pecan or oak.
so get what you can. i use pecan or oak.
CarolinaQue
is One Chatty Farker
I prefer white oak, haven't had much luck with red oak., All the red that I have gotten was to resinous for my taste.
Swamp Donkeyz BBQ
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Either one is good. I prefer white oak but would never turn down any red.
MisterChrister
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garzanium
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cooked with white (the seasoned stuff underthe saws)this weekend after stacking it. I did like it a bit more than cooking with red
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Trumpstylz
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I like red. Whites good too though, but I like red better.
phil c
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I Oak has become my go to wood. Doesnt seem to mater red or white as long as its well seasoned.
Deep South
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The Red Oak and Pin Oak in Alabama don't smell so great when I split them. The White Oak smells sweet like Hickory and makes a great bed of coals.
SmokinJohn
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Hawg Father of Seoul
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If red oak is not good enough for whiskey barrels, then it is not good enough for smoking. That being said, I am now convinced that there are some regional reds that would be okay. We just don't have them here.
jeffjenkins1
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Oakey oak is my favorite! But just ship me whatever you don't like!
Jeff
Jeff
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I have tried red oak it was fine but white oak is my go to wood, a lot milder smoke than the hickory. In my pit the oak burns a little hotter (10 degrees hotter) than the hickory.
