Love apple and cherry, but I just got offered a bush cord of maple, took about a facecord. I didn't need anymore and it was a lot of work to haul it out of this fella's backyard to my truck.
I probably should have said I do have a face cord of oak and maple at home but I don't think it is quite seasoned yet so I am getting this to get me through for awhile.
I voted for hickory. But, I have to say... I'm not 100% sure I can tell the difference between hickory and oak when it comes to the finished product. (Maybe my taste buds are just not sophisticated enough.)
I just really like the smell of burning hickory... it smells like, well, BBQ. :-D
Plenty of Oak and Hickory available around here and both are good smoking woods for my stick burner but I scored two ricks of Pecan this summer it is by far my wife's favorite. Pecan is Top shelf in my opinion.