Rank your favorite wood flavors

[forktender]

Alder, Apple, Oak, Plum, Peach, Pecan, Pear, Cherry, Hickory and Nectarine. Not in any certain order, I like them all.

If I had to pick my top three it would be Apple, Cherry and Oak.

 

[gmc2003]

Hickory for beef and pork. Apple for fish and cheese. Occasionally I'll slip some maple into the mix.

Chris

 

[bbqbrett]

Orange..... Now that's a wood I've never even thought of. What does that flavor smell & taste like?

Sorry I am not the best at describing stuff like that but it is fairly mild and has a bit of a fruity taste. It went really well with the chicken I cooked and pretty decent on ribs.

 

[JC in GB]

I like mesquite or cherry for beef.

For other cooks, I have no real favorites. I use what I am in the mood for that day.

I like the following and combinations for them as well.

Hickory
Cherry
Apple
Pecan
Oak Whiskey Barrel
Post Oak
Peach
Have wanted to try sugar maple

 

[GaryHibbert]

In order, starting with my favorite:
Hickory for most anything; orange for birds, pork tenderloin, honey butter; pecan; a 2/3 to 1/3 mix of pecan and mesquite for pork loin; birch (very mild smoke); alder; Jack Daniels pellets for hot chocolate or anything chocolate. Don't like apple or maple at all.
Gary

 

[Motorboat40]

Cherry, Apple, hickory. Pecan, and maple are my favorite woods to use it depends on what peice of meat I'm smoking to which type is my favorite, and sometimes I'm just in the mood for something different from my normal smoke combo.

 

[whistlepig]

Cherry first, apple second, and hickory third. These flavors seem to work well on everything.