Fire Pits, Firewood, and Gear
Our firewood category serves as your ultimate guide to selecting, preparing, and using the best wood for your fire pit. Discover everything from high-BTU hardwoods like ash, hickory, and oak that provide longer, hotter burns to proper seasoning techniques that ensure minimal smoke and maximum enjoyment. We cover specialized options like kiln-dried firewood that lights easily and burns cleanly, perfect for smoke-sensitive environments. Learn essential storage methods and stacking techniques to keep your wood in prime burning condition all season long.
This comprehensive Almond firewood profile explores California’s premium orchard wood, delivering 27,000-30,000 BTUs per cord with exceptional heating characteristics and sustainable sourcing. Whether you’re planning serious cold-weather heating or need clean-burning hardwood with excellent coaling properties, almond offers outstanding performance combined with the satisfaction of using agricultural byproducts rather than […]
This comprehensive Sugar Maple firewood profile explores the premium “gold standard” of North American hardwoods, delivering an impressive 24,000-29,000 BTUs per cord with exceptional burning characteristics. Whether you’re planning serious cold-weather heating or need the ultimate cooking wood with superior coaling properties, sugar maple consistently ranks among the very best […]
This comprehensive Silver Maple firewood profile explores the versatile “shoulder season” favorite, delivering 19,000 BTUs per cord with fast-growing convenience and reliable burning characteristics. Whether you’re planning recreational fires or need dependable heat for cool spring and fall evenings, silver maple offers an excellent balance of availability, ease of processing, […]
This comprehensive Piñon firewood profile explores the unique “hardwood of softwoods,” delivering an impressive 23,000 BTUs per cord with distinctive southwestern characteristics. Whether you’re planning outdoor fire pit gatherings or need aromatic heat with natural pest-repelling properties, piñon pine offers exceptional performance that bridges the gap between softwood convenience and […]
This comprehensive American Beech firewood profile explores one of the eastern forest’s finest burning woods, delivering 27,800 BTUs per cord with exemplary characteristics. American Beech combines excellent heat output with clean burning properties and widespread availability, making it a top choice for fire pit enthusiasts throughout its extensive native range. […]
This comprehensive Ironwood firewood profile dives into what many consider the toughest, most reliable burning wood you’ll ever encounter, delivering an impressive 28,700 BTUs per cord. If you’re looking for firewood that truly lives up to its name, Ironwood offers the kind of rock-solid performance that makes seasoned fire pit […]
This comprehensive Peach firewood profile explores one of the premium fruit woods, delivering 28,000 BTUs per cord with exceptional cooking characteristics. Peach wood combines impressive heat output with legendary flavor-enhancing properties, making it the secret weapon of serious grill masters and fire pit cooking enthusiasts who refuse to compromise on […]
This comprehensive Apple firewood profile explores the beloved classic of fruit woods, delivering 27,000 BTUs per cord with legendary cooking characteristics. Apple wood represents the gold standard for culinary fires, combining solid heat output with the sweet, mild smoke that has made it the go-to choice for pitmasters and home […]
This comprehensive Eucalyptus firewood profile explores an exceptional high-heat wood delivering 28,200 BTUs per cord with distinctive burning characteristics. Eucalyptus combines impressive heat output with fast growth and unique aromatic qualities, making it an increasingly popular choice for fire pit enthusiasts in regions where this adaptable species thrives. Quick Reference […]
This comprehensive Mockernut Hickory firewood profile explores the southern stalwart of the hickory family, delivering a robust 28,200 BTUs per cord with dependable regional performance. Mockernut hickory serves as the accessible entry point into premium hickory firewood, offering excellent heat output and classic hickory characteristics at the most budget-friendly price […]
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