Coastal Oak, Quercus agrifolia, which people call Red Oak is what all the hoity toity wine and cheese crowd uses for "Santa Maria" tritip, looking at you 805.
Got a buncha old vine Zinfandel wood drying out behind garage for smoking.
I'm with Sam like the apple wood for most smoking.
Never liked mesquite, it makes the sausage taste peculiar.
That's what she said....
