Can smoking with certain wood cause allergic reaction?

[Bearcarver]

That's pretty crazy. Now that I think about it I recall buying some briquettes labled oak and hickory to grill with and he didnt have any reaction to it. I honestly never realized oak and hickory were nut trees till it was just pointed out.

Yup---I love Hickory Nuts. We have lots around here, in PA.

Oak "Acorns" aren't that Great, but the Deer sure love them!!

Bear

 

[etotore]

To add, oils in tree's are fuel to fire when burning.
So oils will be converted to energy, so fire.
There will be leftover residue, but chemically it will probably be very different.
So I will say the approach of giving a small amount of food for test on the person is the best approach.
Always have antihistamine, ready if unlikely reaction does happen.

I do have allergies myself, don't think any doctor can advice on this matter with any science to back him up.
So if you have deadly allergies to one type of nut, I would say stay away, from that type of wood, because it's not worth being a guinea pig