Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet Barbecue Woods

Add more flavor to your outdoor living with our gourmet grilling woods. Our selection of wood species offers something for every outdoor gourmet.

Woods are available for plank grilling, smoking, and for cooking over an open hardwood flame. For more information on smoking and plank grilling techniques, please see the techniques page of our site:

Smoking Techniques

Plank Grilling Techniques

Alder Wood Chips, Chunks & Planks

A longtime favorite of Pacific Northwest natives for cooking fresh salmon, alder conveys a delicate, wood-smoke flavor which enhances the natural taste of many fish. Also excellent with chicken, pork, and light-meat game birds. Very delicate flavor with a hint of sweetness.

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Available in chips, chunks, and planks.

Apple Wood Chips and Chunks

Apple wood, like our other fruit woods, smokes slightly sweet but dense and with a fruity smoke aroma and works marvelously with poultry, game birds and pork.

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Available in chips, and chunks.

Cabernet Wood Chips

These chips are truly gourmet! We take wood used to age cabernet wine and cut them down for use with your Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet grill. Perfect for poultry and beef.

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Available in chips.

Cedar Wood Planks

Our cedar woods impart a sweet, spicy flavor with a mild smokiness. Meat cooked on a well-soaked cedar plank is moist, tender, and enhanced by the essence of cedar.

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Available in planks.

Cherry Wood Chips, Chunks and Planks

Cherry wood, like our other fruit woods, smokes slightly sweet but dense and with a fruity smoke aroma and works marvelously with poultry, game birds and pork.

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Available in chips, chunks, and planks.

Grape Vine Chips

Traditionally used in the regions of Italy and France, grape wood gives a more delicate flavor than hardwoods and is recommended for use with fish and poultry. Aromatic, similar to other fruit woods.

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Available in chips.

Hickory Limbs, Chips, Chunks and Planks

Hickory is the most common wood used for smoking, in part because it’s good for a large variety of foods, especially ham, pork and ribs. Our hickory chips impart a pungent, smoky, bacon-like flavor when used.

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Available in chips, chunks, planks and limbs.

Maple Wood Chips, Chunks and Planks

Maple will impart a mildly smoky, somewhat sweet flavor when used and is good with pork, poultry, vegetables and small game birds.

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Available in chips, chunks, and planks.

Mesquite Wood Chips and Chunks

One of the most popular woods in the country, mesquite is a small tree/shrub that grows wild in the Southwest. Sweeter and more delicate than hickory, mesquite is a perfect complement to richly flavored meats such as steak, duck or lamb.

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Available in chips and chunks.

Peach Wood Chips and Chunks

Peach wood offers a mild, slightly sweet, woodsy flavor that is ideal for all white meats, fish and seafood.

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Available in chips and chunks.

Pear Wood Chips and Chunks

Pear wood, like our other fruit woods, smokes slightly sweet but dense and with a fruity smoke aroma and works marvelously with poultry, game birds and pork.

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Available in chips and chunks.

Pecan Wood Chips and Chunks

Pecan wood has a pungent, smoky, bacon-like flavor that’s similar to hickory, but not as strong. It's perfect for that beautiful golden-brown turkey, or you can try them with other poultry products, game birds or pork.

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Available in chips and chunks.

White Oak Wood Chips and Chunks

One of the most popular smoking woods, white oak has a very heavy smoke flavor. Can be used along with lighter woods like pecan or apple to mellow some of the oak’s sharpness.

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Available in chips, chunks, and planks.