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Despite the unpredictable and often disappointing weather during the summer months, year after year, homeowners throughout the UK fire up the barbecue to feed family and friends. At LJN Firewood, our log sales company believes that using hardwood logs and seasoned logs for cooking with wood-fired pizza ovens and chimineas provides a significantly more flavourful experience than gas or electric appliances. Barbecues are certainly no different.
While lump charcoal and briquettes tend to be the most popular options for fueling barbecues in Dorking and the surrounding areas, many people overlook the use of kiln-dried logs.
Although gas barbecues have their advantages, this page explains why our firewood company believes that charcoal and traditional logs produce a better barbecue. Get in touch today to find out more about our products and our process.
Just as with hardwood logs, natural firewood, seasoned logs and kiln-dried logs, lump charcoal does not contain any additives, which makes it a completely natural source of fuel. Slowly burning pieces of wood in an oxygen-free environment removes their natural chemicals, moisture, and sap, resulting in clean charcoal that infuses food with a pure, smoky flavour when burned.
Although some bags of charcoal may include irregular lumps, purchasing from a quality supplier in the Dorking area will ensure a reliable, easy-to-light fuel that allows for smooth temperature adjustments.
One of the advantages of lump charcoal is that it produces a high level of heat when burned, which helps to sear meat and seal in all the juices for that unmistakable barbecue flavour.
While the production process is almost identical to that of lump charcoal, making briquettes involves burning sawdust and other leftover wood waste materials, rather than blocks of wood. Furthermore, unlike lump charcoal, seasoned logs, kiln-dried logs, and hardwood logs, they are not 100% natural, as it is necessary to introduce additives to bind the materials together into tidy blocks.
Charcoal briquettes often burn for up to 5 times as long as lump charcoal, although this is mainly because they do not burn quite as hot.
Their ability to burn for longer than regular charcoal means that briquettes are slightly more expensive, but they provide a nice, steady temperature for barbecues. However, briquettes create much more ash residue than lump charcoal and are often more troublesome to light.
At LJN Firewood, we don’t just specialise in log sales and natural firewood. If you are planning to host a barbecue at your home in Dorking, we supply a range of:
Although not as popular as charcoal or gas, using kiln-dried wood for a barbecue in Dorking is a great alternative. Their low moisture content means that they light quickly and produce an even temperature that is easy to maintain. They are also more energy efficient than hardwood logs and charcoal, as they produce a more powerful fire that lasts longer while using less fuel.
Kiln-dried wood produces significantly more heat than seasoned logs, and unlike charcoal fuels, they burn without emitting smoke. Thanks to their natural aroma, however, they can still add a unique flavour to food during the cooking process.
If you need to replace your current gas barbecue, why not consider switching to a more rustic alternative and give kiln-dried logs a try? The experts at our log sales company promise you won’t be disappointed with our kindling, made-to-order logs, beech logs and quality log production.
