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Which woods have the sweetest smell when burning ?

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  1. Rich L

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    When riding along today I suddenly smelled the most delicious wood smoke.Had no idea what it was.So what are the sweetest smelling wood smoke ?
     
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  2. patrick kozlowski

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    peach tree wood apple wood then theres always sassafras tree
     
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  3. MikeInMa

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    White birch has a sweet, pleasant scent when burned.
     
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    Love white birch aroma, I like red/black oak as well.
     
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    I was thinking Birch as well.
    I had a little mixed in with my other wood this year and you can really tell from the smell when you are burning it.
    I never really paid attention to smells before but the birch really stands out.
     
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  6. Backwoods Savage

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    Wood smells better when not burning.
     
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    I like cherry....
     
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    Birch is probably the best smelling wood when burning that I have experienced. I think it is even better than Hickory, which I have always thought was the best.
     
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    I always assumed cherry was the best which is why sometimes people will pay a premium for it. After all, they wouldn't be paying a premium for it's BTU value since it's nothing great.
     
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    Shagbark is my favorite.
     
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    I like the smell of basswood.
     
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    I like your saying about the Native Americans and immigration control.That is so true.I'd like to have that on a Tee-shirt.
     
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    Apple smells wonderful IMO. I've not smelt every species.
     
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    Apple,cherry and hickory are about the best we have here.
     
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    Chestnut oak.
     
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    Screwbean mesquite
     
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    Pecan.
    It's my favorite for smoking beef
     
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    Apparently it is not ash.
    Mrs PMM just came in from the barn and gave me he double LL for burning trash!:hair:
     
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    Sliver Birch does it for me for smell, love it. There’s another wood out there I don’t know the name of but when you split it and smell the wood it smells amazin, almost perfumey, I think it’s a type of furr maybe. But that also smells great when you burn it.
     
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    I can say Maple...is the worst. Swamp or Red Maple anyway.

    I think Red Oak has a handsome smell.

    But the very best is Apple. I only have a little from an old broken tree I was sorry to loose. I light that and go outside.
     
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