Just curious

I am wondering if anyone has tried or is using the "artificial" fire logs.  I watched an episode of "How it's Made", on the Science Channel and they showed a company making logs only from compressing sawdust - no other ingredients.  They said one could even use these for cooking.  In what little research I have done there seems to be others that are made of sawdust/petrolium or sawdust/vegetable oils.  There also seem to be some that are made of coffee grounds!

I haven't tried any yet.  Just looking to see if maybe some of you have and what your thoughts on them are.

I use the same ones as David to light my fires, but I only use 1/4 of a "brick".  If anyone knows what the brand name is of the "all sawdust" logs, let us know.  I personally won't try them at home since I burn 4 cord of real logs every winter, but it might be worthwhile to stash a few of these in the pod.

Originally posted by this_is_nascar Nothing beats real wood for the fire, especially if you're cooking with it.  Agree with you about cooking with wood. I always do, unless the weather is just too bad.   I'd bet that most of those fake-log products do have some type of oil or excellerent in them, something I'd not want mixing with my food. Yep, me too.  I can taste it in the food even if my "starter brick" hasn't completely burned.  That's why the ones on the TV show caught my attention.  Apparently they are 100% sawdust that is compressed under very high pressure - so high that the stuff "fuses" together.