"Large wood chips are intended for use on top of charcoal . They provide the smoky barbecue flavour in equipment such as the Kamado Joe and Pro Q Barbecue Smokers. In this type of equipment, where the temperature at the face of the charcoal layer is extremely high, fine wood chips or even smoking dust would be rapidly consumed. Burning them in this way would be an expensive and fruitless exercise.

We source our large smoking chips through local tree surgeons and anyone else who is entrepenurial enough to offer it to us. we are particularly keen to receive offers of chipped oak, hickory, maple, chestnut, cherry and apple. As with smoking dust, it is important that the chips have not been tainted with chain saw oil. Apart from anything else, such contaminants can have a dramatic effect on the flavour of the food.

The following items are currently available in 15 kg bags: