Campfire Hack

[oldrank]

I came up for this little campfire hack. I use a bag of hardwood pellets I use in my pellet stove. They work great if you have wet wood or are low on wood. One bag will last all night.

I have been using em all summer. For little back yard fires. I had a couple bags that got a little moisture in them last winter and figured I'd burn em. I'm pretty amazed at how well they work. I'm gonna pack a couple bags for my up coming salmon trip.

I had the family and some friends stop by tonight. All my wood was wet from rain. I threw a wet log on there and some pellets... Been going for hours.

[Rich M]

Thanks for that. Never thought the pellets would burn in a pile like that.

I've been using the Duraflame campfire logs a bit - It's about $5 at Walmart or such and will last a good couple of hours. You might need 2 if staying up all night drinking, but for a couple of hours and a drink or two, one is plenty.

They work good for cooking over too - if you wait for the flame part to burn off and just use the embers. Cook up a steak real nice.

[Jonny]

Nice!

Nothing beats cooking over a wood fire

[oldrank]

Still have half a bag left this morning. At about 4 bucks a bag...not bad. I started the fire with a small amount of kindling and I used one log of wet box elder that was maybe 15" wide n 2 ft long. We burned for about 5 hours.

Kept a good bright fire with a great coal base. I really am pretty amazed how good it works.

For us wood is always somewhat of an issue when we camp. The campgrounds charge an arm and a leg for it. It always takes up to much space in the truck. Nobody else ever brings any...lol.

[Rich M]

That's why I started using the $5 duraflame stuff - easy to carry, 1 or 2 logs lasts the 2 nights in a weekend, and we've taken to cooking over it too.

I'm gonna keep my eye open about the wood pellets - maybe tractor supply has em...

[oldrank]

That's why I started using the $5 duraflame stuff - easy to carry, 1 or 2 logs lasts the 2 nights in a weekend, and we've taken to cooking over it too.

I'm gonna keep my eye open about the wood pellets - maybe tractor supply has em...

That's where I buy mine, TSC. I'm gonna try those dura flame logs. Never used em.

[Edcyclopedia]

Free pallets

[Rich M]

I'm gonna try those dura flame logs. Never used em.

They'll be in the camping section - each log is split into quarters, down the middle - so you get 4 "little logs". We start with 2 quarter logs and go from there. If we want to stay up later, will add another quarter log or two. They are made out of sawdust & wax I think - down here they will get soft but still burn fine.

I'm gonna see if our local TSC has the wood pellets - we keep a couple of the large popcorn tins from Xmas-time full of charcoal for emergencies (hurricanes and such down here) - if we run out of propane for the grill...
Seems like the pellets might be hotter than charcoal... Does that sound correct?

[oldrank]

I'm gonna try those dura flame logs. Never used em.

They'll be in the camping section - each log is split into quarters, down the middle - so you get 4 "little logs". We start with 2 quarter logs and go from there. If we want to stay up later, will add another quarter log or two. They are made out of sawdust & wax I think - down here they will get soft but still burn fine.

I'm gonna see if our local TSC has the wood pellets - we keep a couple of the large popcorn tins from Xmas-time full of charcoal for emergencies (hurricanes and such down here) - if we run out of propane for the grill...
Seems like the pellets might be hotter than charcoal... Does that sound correct?

The ones I use in my pellet stove are not food grade. I don't know if they use fillers or something when they make them but some of the cheaper grades leave alot of a clay like ash in my pellet stove. They sell a food grade pellet... They are a little more expensive.

[Rich M]

Good to know - thanks!

[Bonecrusher101]

Thanks for sharing

[Evanszach7]

Carry a plumbing style propane torch and use the propane from my lanterns and grill. Couldn’t believe I’d gone this many years without trying that. I’ll add the pellets to my .