Using Maple as a Smoke Wood

[m homchick]

I'm building a maple coffee table and have quite a few scraps. I was wondering if anyone has experience smoking with maple. Does it work/add good flavor? If so, what smoking woods have similar characteristics?

Thanks ahead for the input I know I'll get from this great group!

 

[Doug D]

Maple is reasonably mellow, and brings an interesting dimension to turkey. Can't say I'd want to use it on it every time, but...

 

[m homchick]

Thanks, Doug. I usually go with a hickory base with 25% each apple and cherry to round it out. Seems to taste good to me.

I'll try the maple one of these days on something that I'm willing to experiment with.