Re: Can you ID this wood?
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:51 am
I think you were basically looking at the difference between good and good. Properly cured, either your white oak or a hickory would be entirely suitable for smoking. In fact, I would expect a white oak to burn much cleaner and with less resinous smoke than say the Postoak or red oak stuff we have down here in Texas.
If it burns with a sharp kind of sweet odor, then you're probably looking at Hickory; oak typically has a non-sweet odor that I can only describe as rustic and pleasant. Hard to describe the difference, it's more of a muscle memory thing.
If it burns with a sharp kind of sweet odor, then you're probably looking at Hickory; oak typically has a non-sweet odor that I can only describe as rustic and pleasant. Hard to describe the difference, it's more of a muscle memory thing.