My cousin Monty visited me last weekend and told me about this amazing site, I've been smoking food for about 9 years now and I am just now finding out about this site. I have lived in Maine for 8 years now, and really miss the hard woods of the south, anyone know anything better to smoke with in the New England area other than apple or cherry? I've been experimenting with maple but oak has been my tried and true up here, I miss my hickory though. Thank you all for this site.