In article >, Mark Gibson
> wrote:

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> Another thing is that a guy i work with has access to a hickory
> orchard (it's in his family} and he recomends using basic cheapo
> charcoal from wally world and using the hulls from the hickory nuts
> because they have a higher resin content than the hickory wood chips
> and therefore give more flavor with less material.
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Welcome aboard, Mark! Ist time success makes that 2nd time success even
better!
I'd be careful using nickory nuts & hulls. They're really a hit and
miss proposition - if they're the wrong species of hickory or a tad too
green - you'll be sorry. The wood is a much safer bet.
Botanically, pecan is essentially 'hickory's cousin'. You might wanna
locate some pecan chunks for your first time smokes. It's a little
milder and harder to oversmoke with. Sadly, though both these woods
are hard as a rock to cut.

monroe(pecan fan)