Type of wood

[Coach45mjp]

For easter I'm going to smoke a spiral ham and 2 chuck roast any suggestions on the type of wood to use

 

[old sarge]

I am strictly a hickory fan. Not very adventurous.

 

[DivotMaker]

Cherry is great on twice-smoked ham, so is maple.  It complements the hickory used by most quite nicely.

 

[Grampy]

Since you are cooking two different types of meat (pork & beef) at the same time, I would go with hickory or oak. While cherry and maple go great with pork, I personally do not like either one with beef.

 

[swthorpe]

I use hickory for pork, and oak or mesquite for beef. 

 

[DivotMaker]

Since you are cooking two different types of meat (pork & beef) at the same time, I would go with hickory or oak. While cherry and maple go great with pork, I personally do not like either one with beef.

Thanks, Jimmy!  I totally missed the chuck roasts, and focused on the ham! :-[  I agree!  No cherry or maple on beef.  If I were going to smoke those at the same time (which I wouldn't, actually), I'd just use hickory or oak.