i know the traditional wood for smoking jals into chipotles is pecan wood....and i've used pecan the last two falls when i made chipotle, but i live in maritime washington and pecan doesn't grow here. i had brought the pecan from texas. i was wondering if anyone in my area(PNW) had smaoked jals into chipotle and if so what wood they used and how they turned out. i do have some mesquite i brought from texas, but from what i've read it makes any oily product. any help would be appreciated. i'm hoping to fire up in the next 3 or 4 weeks if the peppers ripen up. enough time to refine/build a different smoking system so i can smoke nice and cool. i'll post some pics once the fire is lit and smoldering. thanks for any info from anyone----texas bob