Oak Types to smoke

[Philo]

Hi

can you tell me if I can smoke with any type of Oak tree. I fell what I think is a turkey Oak last year at my mums house and have been back to reclaim some of the tree. I have spit this into chunks and left it to dry out in my shed. Also can you use any type of cherry tree? My mum also has a lot of either wild cherry trees or bird cherry trees behind her house, I'm waiting for the cherry's to ripen to see if there edible.

Phil

[London Irish]

Turkey Oak is great for smoking.

There's a thread for smoking woods on this forum..

http://www.bbbqs.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=76

[KamadoSimon]

I think the general consensus is that if it's a fruit tree you are ok - so the cherry should be fine (http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/79030/wild-cherry). Whether or not the fruit is edible or poisonous doesn't seem to make a difference to whether or not you can smoke with the wood - for example conkers cause stomach upsets but the wood is fine to smoke with.

The turkey oak seems fine too: http://www.forestryforum.com/board/inde ... ic=39085.0

Hope that helps.

Simon