Stories & Guides
We visited Kai Restaurant in Galway to meet Jess and David Murphy, see how our Alder lumpwood is used in a real kitchen, and capture the day honestly. What stayed with us was bigger than charcoal. It was a reminder that good work, done with care, still stands out.
Most bad BBQs do not go wrong at the food. They go wrong in the fire. Here are the most common charcoal mistakes around timing, smoke, airflow, zones, and fuel choice and the calmer fixes that make grilling easier.
Choosing a grill sounds simple, until you realise how differently gas, charcoal, pellet, and electric grills actually fit into everyday life. In our guide, we look beyond showroom features to the real questions: space, weather, setup, and how you actually like to cook.
As spring arrives and grills come back out, many people reach for the first bag of charcoal they see. But lumpwood can behave very differently depending on how it's made and what's inside the bag. Here's how to choose lumpwood based on fire behaviour, not just labels.
Choosing the right charcoal isn’t just about lighting a fire. It’s about understanding what’s in the bag and how it performs. Lumpwood and briquettes may start from the same raw material, but how they’re made changes how they burn, how they taste, and how much control you have at the grill.
Heating oil prices can move quickly when global crude markets react to geopolitical events or supply concerns. Woodfuel markets behave differently. Produced through forestry and sawmill supply chains, fuels like firewood and briquettes tend to move with timber and production costs rather than daily commodity trading.
The first sign of March isn’t temperature. It’s light. Delivery runs stretch longer before dark. The road home feels easier. Customers open the shed door and say it instinctively: “Sure, it’s spring now.”
Winter exposes shortcuts. Once the fire is lit and the door is closed, only the quiet details matter. These are the things customers kept noticing, the small signals that make winter fires work without effort.
