Manzanita BBQ Smoking Wood--“Old West” smoke flavor to your BBQ or smoker

Manzanita produces a Western smoke flavor that has been compared to hickory, but without the overbearing flavor that hickory is known for.  BBQ over a bed of manzanita coals to have great results grilling steaks, oyster mushrooms, fish, and using it in the smoker for venison jerky.  Manzanita is known for burning very hot.   Its long lasting bed of coals produces plenty of radiant and convection heat for cooking.  You can add a small amount to your gas or charcoal grill to add its delicious “Old West” smoke flavor to your BBQ or smoker.

.5 cu ft box weight 10 to 12 pounds                  

Beautiful  Fire/BBQ wood              

Live Manzanita Bush of Western US

Comments from users:

Manzanita is the best firewood in the US.   It lights easily, and burns very hot. Even the freshest, greenest manzanita has very low moisture content, and ignites easily.   This wood is very special.

I have a GREAT DEAL of dead manzanita wood on my westward mountain slope property in California, as it has died back as the upper branches reach up towards the sunlight. Some of the pieces are quite large in diameter.    I have compared it to Uranium chunks just glowing with intense, accelerating heat.   It doesn’t have a big flame, but it just radiates a high temperature.  I have concluded that you can let it set outdoors until it turns gray (it takes years to rot) and then it doesn’t burn so hot. I have also thought of using it as “Manza-Nuggets”, by cutting it up into chunks on a table saw, and using it like coal, a small scoopful at a time.  

Manzanita firewood will produce a nice bed of coals that will radiate intense heat. Be careful if you stir the coals because they can crackle and throw glowing hot cinders when disturbed. It’s an intense firewood species, but when used with caution it can make excellent firewood. Manzanita also produces a good flavor for smoking foods or BBQ.

It is commonly believed that manzanita wood burns so hot because of a common myth that it is an oily wood. But manzanita is not an oily wood. If it was oily, it would not be such a popular material for pet supplies. In fact, one of the major reasons it is used for pet supplies is because it is so free of toxic materials like oils and resins.  The reason that manzanita burns so hot is because the denser a wood is - the hotter they usually burn.  Manzanita is one of the most  dense woods in the world.

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