wood logs in the egg

jerryp

Anybody ever cook with small logs in the egg? My concern would be the intensity of the heat. Thoughts?

The Naked Whiz

It doesn't really work. I've done it. If you cook with the lid closed the logs will either make incredible amounts of smoke and creosote at low temps, or they will ignite at higher temps and you'll have a very very hot fire. I nearly was unable to get the daisy wheel off my Egg afterwards, the creosote was so bad. If you want to "cook with wood" I'd suggest trying the way they do it in real pits, burn the wood down to coals and then add the coals to the cooker.

PhilsGrill

Why?

stike

Wood burns at a lower temp than charcoal

You can't control a wood fire very well. Charcoal burns at a relatively fixed temp, it's just the size of the fire that changes (to oversimplify).

A wood fire will smolder when You try to damper it down in the egg

ranger ray

just let it burn down to coals...... if you cook on it too soon.... you get a creosote flavor........ no different than cooking on a campfire,,,,,,,,

stike

long way to go, though
even then, the coals aren't (quite) the same as the coals in yer egg. plus all the ash to get there...