What woods for smoking?

[Tengu]

I have lots of beech and ash, anything else will have to be found.

What do you suggest?

 

[bushwacker bob]

Apple or hickory.


or tobacco

 

[santaman2000]

What are you smoking?

Stronger woods for heartier meats such as beef, pork, lamb, or chicken: Hickory, Pecan, Mesquite (although many like Apple for pork as well)

Milder woods for fish: Oak, Apple

Also fish can be "planked" That is it can be cooked by placing the fillet (preferably a large fillet such as Salmon) on a thin cedar plank then placink fillet, plank and all over the fire (such as on the BBQ grill) to cook.

 

[slowworm]

I wouldn't use ash but along with oak, apple, beech etc I use alder. I used to smoke a fair bit of cheese which was very good and I must do some more.

 

[Everything Mac]

Fruit woods. Cherry, apple, plum, pear etc

 

[crosslandkelly]

I've smoked chicken on the BBQ using tea.