Honestly, nobody knows if it makes a difference, but the most likely answer is that it does not. Nonetheless, if one is to choose, at some point in time one may need a spoon in the cold side, and sanitizing a wooden spoon may not be as easy as sanitizing a stainless one.
As a side comment, and just speaking about me, I consider myself a good brewer but I will never achieve the Nirvana of brewing and tasting at a the level that would be able to catch a difference between a wooden and stainless spoon should there be one
There are many parts of my process that I need to fine-tune before I get to spoons. Among them:
- Specialized mashing for weissbier (maltase rest? ferulic rest? protein rest?) - what are the effects of LOX during these rests?
- Specialized mashing for dark beers (protein rest?)
just to name a few...