Black Cherry for Smokewood?

[mike.stavlund]

I've cooked with and loved cherry, but is black cherry good too?  We were clearing some brush at a friend's house and identified some of the wood as black cherry.  It's all stacked to season, but I won't bother if it is terrible for smoking.

The funny thing is my buddy was prepping to cook two shoulders overnight on his kettle, and was in a mad scramble yesterday to find some cherry or apple wood (his preference).  So it'd be sweet if he was able to source his future cooks right in his own backyard. 

[HankB]

Yes (I think. *) it should be good. Interesting thing about cherry is that whatever gives cherries their flavor actually survives burning and carries over into the smoke. It is my favorite wood for fish and I like it for smoking hard boiled eggs too.

(*) I cannot imagine that there is that much difference between different various types of cherry.