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[CentralBoiler3200User]

I would guess red oak...since it is red and all...

should look like the inside of a red texas graprefruit in color...

Burns the best.... My number 1 preference for wood.... That and Locust....

[d conover]

In my strictly non professional opinion Pin oak is a red oak, I think there are several varieties of red and white oak.  And the bark on the wood you have a picture of is what I would call a Pin oak.

That is the same kind of tree my Loggy Bayou tree climber stand lost its grip on about 15 years ago and if I hadn't had a safety harness on it would have been bad.  As it was my face smacked into the side of the tree and bloodied it up a little.

I don't climb those any more especially after a rain.

[CountryBoyJohn]

No professional opinion needed.  Pin oak IS a red oak.  I believe I do have a Pin Oak.  But, it was the lightest colored red I've ever encountered.  I wouldn't have even classified it as pink.  Despite Mr. CentralBoiler3200User's brilliant analysis, I do believe it is a Pin oak, mainly from the look and texture of the bark. 

Thank you all for you input!

[lindnova]

I would agree on pin oak.  I have it all over the place here.  Red oak usually has better look to the grain.  The pin or black oak types usually have more knots and split a hair tougher than red oak.  It's all good for burning though - not much difference once in the stove.

[RSI]

Are you sure it oak? For some reason the pics look like black cherry to me?

[Michael]

Pin Oak and it grows fast and dies young for a Oak tree.

[lindnova]

Looks like pin or black oak.  Very similar to red oak.  I have lots of pin and it can be a little stringier than red, but still great stuff.  Smell can be variable, although usually smells better than dog poo in my neck of the woods.