Wood Suggestions for smoking a pork shoulder.

[burntends]

I like to use apple with a little cherry in it. If available in your area peach is great too, creates a great result with pork.

 

[crod]

The last pork butt I did (my Avatar pic) I smoke 2:1 cherry to hickory mix along with cherry dr.pepper injection and in a pan in my smoke chamber. The pork came out amazing I've had really good luck mixing fruit wood with hardwood.  I use a 2:1 ratio because fruit is less overpowering then hardwood ( hickory,oak,....)

 

[oldschoolbbq]

I've done a lot of Butt with Hickory, keeping the smoke light reduces the harshness of the  taste .

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• oldschoolbbq
• Oct 14, 2012

See the light smoke... see the color and density?

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• oldschoolbbq
• Oct 13, 2012

Takes a bit of Babysitting, but that's part of the fun.

Just sayin' , have fun and...

 

[hbt731]

My area has an abundance of oak. I use it and a usually a mix of cherry or apple. 

 

[thsmormonsmokes]

Hard to go wrong with any of the fruit woods.  Personally I really like hickory too, but some of my family think its too strong, so I've been leaning heavily to apple and cherry lately.  They tend to be more mellow.

 

[thomaswalls]

I've used a ton of pecan and apple mixed. It ends up awesome every time. Just make sure youre going low and slow. I always smoke between 225 and 250. It gives the pork so much more flavor if you have the time to smoke for an entire day. Just make sure you have plenty of beer! Lol