Best wood for pull pork??

[kingforce]

Ok guys I have always used pecan wood but I keep hearing that fruit wood goes very well with pork meat. So I decided to stop by academy(Texas) and pick up some fruit wood o was originally only going for cherry and apple but I came across peach also, with that being said which of the 3 would go best with pull pork?


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[kettlebb]

Peach. Always and forever.


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[kingforce]

This is the first time I heard anything about peach haven't even seen it till today lol


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[Travis]

I use a lot of peach. Gives a nice color and light sweet smoke. Can't go wrong with any of them.


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[Schaefd2]

I usually use apple. Haven't tried the others so my opinion shouldn't matter. Perhaps I shouldn't have posted lol

Brandon, you still got some peach in your yard?


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[kettlebb]

I have one tree left that I plan to cut up and bag for smoke wood.

I'm an idiot fellas. My property had 10 peach trees when we bought it. Flooded with peaches, pits, and tons of bees and hornets to the point where the dog and kids couldn't use the yard space. Had the previous owners planted a line of trees on the back edge it would have been fine but no, they didn't plan it well at all. I left a single tree thinking we'd be ok but didn't think about the pollination needed. It's dead now so I'll at least have free smoke wood.

Like Travis said, it's super mild and sweet. If you put the wood chunks on and WAIT TILL IT TURNS THIN BLUE you'll have some of the best pulled pork.


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[YardBurner]

Myron Mixon uses a lot of peach wood.
I use whatever is available locally.
NC uses hickory cause they have it.
TX uses post oak and mesquite...
Here in N. Central MD we have tons of
Wild black cherry, apple, maple, pear, peach
and oak.  Hickory not so much.
So that's what I use.

Regional Q styles all burn what is nearby.
They didn't have Academy or Wally's World of Goodies
down the street to pick up a bag or 2.

I have to admit, haven't seen the bagged peach before.
I go to an orchard down the road and get all the prunings
I want for nada.
BTW, you can use non flowering fruit trees as well.
Bradford pear has a really nice flavor.

[kingforce]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I have to smoke 4 pork shoulders for next week for my daughters birthday (turning 7 yr old) so I will definitely be trying peach for this occasion


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[WNC]

Cherry, with maybe a little hickory mixed in, that's my favorite combination


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[Bubblehead]

G U A V A!!!!!!  All day, every day!

[HoosierKettle]

Looking forward to trying all these.

I'll throw a vote in for mulberry. It's very good with pork and is plentiful in my area. Mulberry trees grow in any unmaintained fence line and people love it when you get rid of it for them.


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[noles2g]

Cherry and when I can get it citrus here in FL


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[HoosierKettle]

Don't forget about ash wood. Strong flavor that your not sure if you should like or stay away from. Kind of the scantily clad tattooed girl with multiple piercings at the end of the bar that seems to be tempting you with an occasional seductive glance type of smoke wood.


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[addicted-to-smoke]

.... Kind of the scantily clad tattooed girl with multiple piercings at the end of the bar that seems to be tempting you with an occasional seductive glance type of smoke wood.

I've been to that website as well, but the wife curiously disapproves.

[addicted-to-smoke]

Looking forward to trying all these.

I'll throw a vote in for mulberry. It's very good with pork and is plentiful in my area. Mulberry trees grow in any unmaintained fence line and people love it when you get rid of it for them.

Same here. I have access to two mulberry trees where I am in TN, but until now hadn't considered that option, so thanks! The berries plucked right off of the tree in summer are hard to beat!

I need to draw a yard map of the trees. I can hardly remember how to tell them all apart when it's warm, and have no clue once the leaves fall off LOL.