Hello all, first post here. Just got a WSM 22 for cheap, barely used, so I've been reading up on a LOT of past posts to cut the learning curve.
I've been smoking quite a few years, first on a New Braunfels side burner, then a propane vertical because I got tired of baby sitting the burner, and the fact that the fire box rusted out,lol. The food all came out fine, but in all that time I can't discern any appreciable difference with different woods in the final product. I read how some folks like a particular wood for this and that and how they can tell the difference. Now I've used, apple, cherry, hickory, non discript hardwoods, basically whatever is in the wood pile and I don't obsess over it.
So the question is, how many of you can tell cherry from whatever, or feel you get a better product from your favorite wood? Thanks
I've been smoking quite a few years, first on a New Braunfels side burner, then a propane vertical because I got tired of baby sitting the burner, and the fact that the fire box rusted out,lol. The food all came out fine, but in all that time I can't discern any appreciable difference with different woods in the final product. I read how some folks like a particular wood for this and that and how they can tell the difference. Now I've used, apple, cherry, hickory, non discript hardwoods, basically whatever is in the wood pile and I don't obsess over it.
So the question is, how many of you can tell cherry from whatever, or feel you get a better product from your favorite wood? Thanks