Fuel Wood Facts

stone_piatti.jpg (30051 bytes) What type of wood should you use to fire your solid fuel cooking equipment? The answer to this question depends on several considerations; geographical location, availability and relative cost of various fuel wood species and individual preferences regarding the flavor qualities of various wood types.

There are a wide variety of good fuel wood species in all geographic locations. Each species of wood has different characteristics, the table below should help weigh the pros and cons of various types of wood. Wood from conifers is not recommended due to its poor fuel wood characteristics (low weight, low-med heat, poor coaling, high sparking and high residual creosote).

Do Not use pressed wood products in Wood Stone equipment, they may damage the ceramics.

Wet wood is the most common operational difficulty associated with wood-fired cooking equipment. Wood Stone's moisture meter can prevent you from paying for water when you thought you were paying for wood. Click here for specs on our moisture meter and other accessories.

Species	Heat	Lbs./cord	Ease of Lighting	Coaling Qualities	Sparks	Fragrance
Alder	Med-Low	2540	Fair	Good	Moderate	Slight
Apple	High	4400	Difficult	Excellent	Few	Excellent
Ash	Med	2890	Fairly Difficult	Good-Excellent	Few	Slight
Beech	High	3760	Difficult	Excellent	Few	Good
Birch (White)	Med	3040	Easy	Good	Moderate	Slight
Cherry	Med	2975	Difficult	Excellent	Few	Excellent
Elm	Med	2975	Difficult	Good	Very Few	Fair
Hickory	Very High	4240	Difficult	Excellent	Moderate	Excellent
Ironwood	Very High	4000	Very Difficult	Excellent	Few	Slight
Locust (Black)	High	3840	Difficult	Excellent	Very Few	Slight
Madrone	High	4320	Difficult	Excellent	Very Few	Slight
Maple (Red)	High-Med	3200	Fairly Difficult	Excellent	Few	Good
Maple (Sugar)	High	3680	Difficult	Excellent	Few	Good
Mesquite	Very High	5500	Very Difficult	Excellent	Few	Excellent
Oak (Live)	Very High	4600	Very Difficult	Excellent	Few	Fair
Oak (Red)	High	3680	Difficult	Excellent	Few	Fair
Oak (White)	Very High	4200	Difficult	Excellent	Few	Fair
Pecan	High	3995	Difficult	Good	Few	Good
Walnut	High-Med	3230	Difficult	Good	Few	Fair

Looking for wood?

Wood Stone is happy to refer you to, www.800drywood.com. They are a great hardwood resource for your Wood Stone oven or grill. They educate and sell a excellent variety of products. Make sure to check out their cookbook.

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