What wood should be used with Super Bowl pork shoulder?

cheid1977

I am going to be smoking a pork shoulder for the Super Bowl tomorrow. I am using Meat Church Honey Hog BBQ.  I would like to use some wood from bourbon barrels, but didn't know if that would be to heavy for the shoulder and the rub.  What wood would you recommend with pork shoulder and honey hog bbq rub?  Thanks for the recommendations!!

Dobie

Apple 

vb4677

APPLE, APPLE, APPLE... just sayin'...

Mattman3969

I'm a huge fan of oak and/or hickory on pork butts/shoulders 

lousubcap

You can get away with about anything as long as you know how it will impart the smoke.  Give the below link a look as you have many options:  FWIW-
http://www.deejayssmokepit.net/Downloads_files/SmokingFlavorChart.pdf  

vb4677

Or, you could just use apple.  

Carolina Q

never used anything but hickory or oak (or both). same as every Q joint in north carolina... and most everywhere else, I suspect.

YEMTrey

Morning?

horoegg

I like to mix hickory and apple.

Biggreenpharmacist

Are you planning to do a turbo?  I love honey hog but only on a low and slow. Tried it with a turbo butt and it gets really charred with the sugar in the rub. 

Markarm4119

Hickory or Apple is all ways a bit at my house on PBs

vb4677

Just apple.  That's good enough for pork.

nolaegghead

The bourbon barrels are probably oak, they should be nice with the pork. 

YukonRon

Peach.

westernbbq

Pecan is my go to smokimg wood.  Not too strong, very forgiving, never overpowering and always easy to use....

FATC1TY

nolaegghead said:

The bourbon barrels are probably oak, they should be nice with the pork. 

Agree. They WILL BE oak, no question, unless they aren't bourbon. I use them often and they work fine for pork.

OP: Pecan and Hickory go well too along with oak.

bhedges1987

as you can tell from responses. You can use about anything.