As a "personal preference," I like sugar maple-wood smoke with turkey but have used fruitwood, mesquite in the past. Last week I made some saliva inducing pulled pork (shoulder)-- ten+ hours of slow cooking/smoking with a good rub. Used pear wood chips with that for the first time. mmmmmmmmmmmm.
Wow, never thought of smoking with sugar maple. I happen to have one that needs to be cut down... I’ll be saving the cuttings!