why do we use hardwood for smoking food?

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Like the title says. I just now had a thought about the way smoking food makes a unique flavor that most people love. Everything I’ve put in my smoker was over hardwood and I’ve never questioned it. Now I am questioning it. So, what makes hardwood so much better than softwood in terms of cooking?

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Hardwood can smolder more slowly creating less heat. You don’t want to boil the juices in your meat, just smoke it.

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