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This has been my experience. whether it's red or white oak, it just provides the flavor profile that you'd expect smoked pork to have. There is a BBQ restaurant a few miles from me that still cooks their meat over an open pit with oak. He doesn't season it, just smokes until done (not all the way to pulled pork temps) and chops it. The flavor can't be beat. It's served without seasoning, you can salt and pepper to taste and they provide their own house sauce. I try to avoid that area around lunchtime if I don't have time to stop in, the smell of open pit pork cooking will render you helpless to resist.