are all wood chunks created equal?

[tinovr]

This might be a stupid question....

I've got a stack of oak firewood up here for use in our fireplace... split and cut to fireplace length and well seasoned... Not sure if it's red oak or white oak.

Can I just take a log, and cut off some chunks to make good smoking wood, or is there something else (health or taste related) that I should be aware of?

thanks
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[allsmokenofire]

As long as you don't have any kind of "funk" growin' on it....chunk away.
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Team Enoserv

[Harry Nutczak]

I have recently changed my smoke woods to all Oak, oak is great IMO.
I like maple too,

Hickory is the king, then oak is the queen of smoking woods

red or white?? Did it smell like cheese when it was green? if so it is red-oak.

if you remember the leaves, red oak has pointy leaves, White oak has rounded lobes on the leaves. Red-oak acorns are bitter, white oak are somewhat sweet.

Almost any non-resinous wood is acceptable for smoking, some have better flavors then wood.
For fruiting trees; if the fruit is edible, the wood should be good for cooking.

there is a list of acceptable woods floating around this forum someplace
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