Hello BruceS,
Here is the issue of truth in advertising????? If I knew where the briquettes were produced, one might have a clue as to what wood was used. I spent about 12 years in Springfield, OR. Kingsford made briquettes there. The predominate trees are pine. To me it added a pine taste to meat.
I'll add hardwood chunks to hardwood charcoal and keep the fingers crossed. The amount of wood chunks is important to the smokey taste. If you can cut your own hardwood........what a lucky person you are.
CraigH in La Pine,