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Starting from the primitive society wood has been used for cook. Cooking with wood has a long long history. Last weekend, when I use the gas cook for my family, it occurred to me that why don’t I cook with wood. It's too terribly boring to cook in a common way. If you have to cook every day, you will understand me. I remembered the fun I had when I use the wood for cooking. I want to know more about it. So I began to collect and sort out the materials about cooking with wood. Now I share these with you, and I hope it can help you in some way.

Choice of Wood

Wood makes us more creative during our cooking. The smoke or sap of the wood can give us special flavors. And I find that different kinds of wood will add different flavor to the food. So many types of wood have become popular because of the unique flavor they add to the food. I have searched some firewood types. Here are a few poplar choices:

Almond firewood

Almond firewood is an excellent choice as good as oak firewood, although it's not as popular as oak firewood. In fact, the burning characteristics of almond and oak are very similar.

The almond wood will give the food a sweet, nutty flavor. I have to that's absolutely delicious. According to my cooking experience almond is very similar to pecan.

If you want a bolder flavor, I suggest using larger chunks of almond. Because it will give you better results compared to using small amounts of almond chips.

The long lasting heat generated by the wood and its sweet, mild flavoring makes it popular for cooking. If you want to prepare a delicious meal, almond is an excellent choice.

Apple firewood

Apple firewood is a perfect wood desired by many people. The dense hardwood creates a nice, sweet smelling fire that generates a lot of heat with good coaling qualities. The hardwood provides a nice, sweet smelling fire that generates a lot of heat with good coaling qualities.

Cooking With Apple

Apple firewood is probably best known for it's cooking qualities. In fact, many people would believe it's the most prized, highly sought after wood for smoking and cooking competitions. The wood burns hot and creates excellent coals making it a good choice for cooking in a fire pit. Most important thing is that the flavorful smoke is mild and not overpowering but still contains enough sweet flavor to complement almost all kinds of meat.

Mesquite firewood

Mesquite firewood is popular by many people because it ability to create a hot fire with long lasting coals. Compared with almond firewood and apple firewood, mesquite firewood could not give the food a special sweet smell. But if you want minimal sparks, mesquite firewood is the best choice.

In a modern society, many people may be scared by cooking with wood. They believe that cooking with wood is absolutely difficult and dangerous. The reason is that, for most people, they do not have the ability to control the wood or fire. As far as I know outdoor grilling on a charcoal or gas grill, barbecue or fire pit is popular and most people have at least some experience with it. But a wood fire grill is seen as a bit more complex or adventurous, but it not the true. It will be more easily than you think before if you know a few things going in.

There are definitely advantages to cooking with wood but there are also some cons of cooking with Wood. Next, I will lay down both twp sides for you here. Hoping you can decide if you want to try the real wood cooking by yourself or not.

The benefits of cooking with wood

The fun

That’s the key to me. From all the benefits of cooking with wood I believe that is most important one. I can find a lot of fun with it. So do you. I enjoy getting a big wood fire going, taking care of it, adding wood and watching it burn. It is so important to a woman who faces with the boring kitchen every day and night. Sure, it will take a lot time to make a meal with wood, but think about the fun I got while I cooking. Time is doesn’t matter. And you finally got a great delicious meal. You'll think it's worth it.

The flavors

No one can deny that real firewood smoke has some of the best flavors that are infused into your food. The flavor of the food made with wood is different from the food made with gas. If you use good fruit woods like apple firewood or Almond firewood or smoking woods like Mesquite and Hickory. With wood chips and a smoker box you can re-create some of this real wood smoke flavor to an extent on your grill, but the ultimate is from real premium, seasoned firewood embers. It means that if you cook with wood, you will gain another charming flavor. Try it and you will know that these kinds of flavors are so special and amazing.

Its Natural

We know that wood comes from nature. But the gas grills and processed artificial charcoal depend on chemicals to provide heat.

While this may not be a big deal, for some of us, the idea of a 100% pure heat source is appealing. Natural firewood is one way to avoid the use of chemicals. Another is natural hardwood lump charcoals. You could say it is quite common for us use these chemical heat source. Yes, we are accustomed to using chemical heat sources. Because of this, the heat from wood is more precious. The idea of a 100% pure heat source is appealing to many people. Cooking with wood brings you a different experience. And this kind of experience only can find in wood.

Intense Heat

Cooking with wood over a dense core of glowing hot embers gives off very intense heat which is great for all your cooking with fire needs. That’s true, you can get intense heat from other fuels as well, particularly gas grills and infrared burners, but those do not provide the wood smoke flavors.

The disadvantage of cooking with wood

It needs longer time

Without doubt, we will take more time when we cook with wood. Using a gas or charcoal grill is more quickly. If you are cooking on a grill grate over firewood, you have to wait until all the open flames to go out, and then use the glowing embers, or you will burn your food. It will waste your time and consumes wood. You can cook over the open fire as long as your food is at a great enough distance from the flames.

That also a big problem if you have no idea how to burn the wood. It will take a long time that the first time you burn the wood. I personally enjoy the time, during the time I can chat with my family and friends. I really enjoy that time. But if you are hungry, you ‘d better cook with gas grills.

You Don't like Smoke Flavors

Just like many people do not like the smoke of cigarette. Many people also do not want the smoke of the wood. If so, the most important advantage has no mean to you. If you believe that the smoke will do harm to your body, an indoor grill, natural gas grill or gas grill may be perfect for this situation.

It Can Be More Expensive

If you live in a forest, you could pass. If not good quality, seasoned firewood can be expensive, especially in the winter when there is a high demand for it. If you live in the country, you may have a more inexpensive source for good firewood or you can season your own firewood. However, many people need a lot of wood to build a warm fire in winter. They argue that cooking with wood is a waste of resource and money. But it may not be justifiable for all situations or recipes.

The Embers Don't Stay Hot as Long

The wood embers tend to lose heat faster than charcoal. The industrially made pressed charcoal is made to supply long-lasting heat and can often stay hot enough to cook over for hours. Wood embers get cool faster. If you want extend your cooking time you have to make sure you have a deep core of embers before beginning to cook. You have to make sure you have plenty of time and enough wood. Adding wood to the side to replenish the supply and as it becomes embers, pushed under the grilling food.

You Need Special Equipment

A hole in the ground or a temporary brick fire pit can be used for cooking with wood. But for most of us, a fire grill is a good tool to cook over the embers. It can avoid a lot of trouble. If you don't have one already, you'll need to buy a fire pit. If you make longer roasting of larger meats (like leg of lamb or whole chickens) you need a rotisserie device.

Whether cooking with wood is right for you and it depends on your preference, the equipment you have available, availability of firewood, time and the individual types of recipes you want to cook. After all, cooking is complicated. We have to think about a lot of things when cooking. Find out what works best for you, but at least give wood cooking a chance. Try it, and it will bring you fun. Trust me! You won't be disappointed.

The wood and campfire

While I was gathering information, I find cooking with wood can be connected with the camping. That’s interesting.

What is the most important thing for a camping trip? That’s right, the campfire. The sounds and smells of a camping are all from the campfire. What is the campfire made of? Yes the wood. We can use campfire to do a lot of things. Dance around the campfire, chat around the campfire and warm ourselves around the campfire. Well what I am trying to say is something else about campfire cooking.

Cooking With Skewers

We can use these long metals to cook hotdogs, marshmallows and many other items over the campfire. Skewer is a very good tool.

Smores Recipes

Everyone loves smores. Try you best to get pretty creative with smores. It will be very popular among your friends.

Remember to prepare a cast iron pan

Campfire cast iron pan is a very important part in camping. It’s said that no camping experience is complete without having a cherry apple pie cooked in a cast iron pan. In order to make your camping without regret. Remember to prepare a pie iron. And do not forget the fresh fruit and surge.

Dutch Oven Cooking

Before you go camping learn something about dutch oven cooking. Because dutch ovens are becoming very popular.

Campfire Foil Cooking

Using foil you can make onion, potatoes, and lemon pepper fish and so on. Even you can cook almost anything by campfire and foil. Just try it.

Campfire Popcorn

When we sit around the campfire, we need Popcorn to be the perfect late night snack. Prepare some corn. And the campfire will help you.

Campfire Grill

If you or your friends want hamburger, sausage or cook something over the open coals, you will need a campfire grill. Just put all you want over the grill, and you will get what you want.

Cooking Fish Over A Campfire

How can we go camping without fish? When we go camping, our team catches fish from the stream. You can use the fire grilled fish. Trust me, you'll love it.