On 9/11/2014 10:35 PM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:03:27 -0500, "Pete C." >
> wrote:
>
>>> One caution there, the wood chunks will ignite of not soaked and can
>>> play havoc with keeping a steady temp.
>>
>> They do ignite, but in the somewhat O2 starved firebox which I have
>> throttled down to limit the charcoal burn the wood produces plenty of
>> smoke, and doesn't have a notable affect on the temps.
>
> I was at the grocery store and did look at the wood bundles, but they
> weren't anything special like hickory or fruitwood, just ordinary wood
> (not pine). Should I buy them anyway or search for something else?
>
>
Do NOT buy them.

Go to a dedicated BBQ store and get real fruit wood, or pecan, or hickory.

The store bundles are trash wood.