The Green Olive Firewood Company is on a mission to provide customers with a fantastic way to reduce their carbon footprint and our premium heat dried firewood can do just that! We’re proud to offer our customers an affordable and economical solution for indoor and outdoor fire making. AB1 – AB25, AB30, AB39, DG, EH, FK, G, KA (excl KA27 – KA28), KY, LA, LL, ML, PA1 – PA19, PH1 – PH3, TD, TR 25kg The excitement builds as you dust off the grill and rummage through your tools to unearth that reliable bag of charcoal. But as you peer into the partially used contents, doubts start to creep in. Can lumpwood charcoal go bad? How long can it be stored? Does wet charcoal spoil the party? The firelighter is hidden in the hole at the top of the firewood, and when lit, it creates an instant bonfire with controlled burning. Our torches can be used for a variety of purposes, including lighting for events, parties, campfires, and cooking. They are a great option for prolonging those summer or spring evenings that you don’t want to end. Where and how these hardwood trees have grown plays a large part in the unique tastes and aromas of your foods.

Discover the ultimate grilling experience with The Green Olive Firewood Company! Explore our extensive range of natural lumpwood and briquette charcoal products that are guaranteed to elevate your grilling game. Whether you’re a seasoned restaurant chef or a home grilling enthusiast, we have the perfect solutions for you. Our organic charcoal boasts an impressive burn time of up to 4 hours for our lumpwood charcoal and between 2.5 to 3 hours for our briquettes. With our long-lasting and high-quality products, you can grill to your heart’s content and impress your guests with perfectly cooked meats and vegetables. So why settle for traditional charcoal products when you can elevate your grilling game with our premium organic charcoal? Now the real test, will it ignite? When attempting to light recently dried-out charcoal it’s best to start with some fresh charcoal, this will give your wet-to-dry charcoal the best chance of igniting to get your grill going. Spark up a roaring fire with all-natural sawdust briquets. The hottest way to heat up your wood burner, chiminea, or fireplace, our top-quality log sawdust briquettes enables you to enjoy hours of comforting warmth in any room. Made from wood biomass, these sustainable heat logs are ultra-low in moisture and high in density, giving you a longer, cleaner burn than ever before. Today we still sell an abundance of this fantastic waste wood but have matured to become an ethical supplier of sustainable and natural heating and cooking fuels. We work out of a farm in West Sussex where we now also produce firewood and charcoal with local hardwoods from locally managed woodlands using both our kiln driers that are powered by our farm waste wood, and our zero omission charcoal retort that helps us produce charcoals from our log off-cuts every 10 hours. We are BSL (Biomass Supplier List) approved to provide fuels that comply with the Renewable Heat Incentive.Although BBQ charcoal is primarily composed of carbon and is extremely stable. There are some factors that can contribute to the decline of wood charcoal. However, there are some tips that will make sure your lumpwood charcoal can last indefinitely!

Our Swedish torches are designed to be light & portable which makes them ideal for the campfire. For a single log, they offer a great amount of heat and will light up outdoor gatherings to create a perfect campfire ambience. Not only do they create the ambience, but they are also ready for any campfire cooking; whether you’re toasting bread, boiling potatoes or frying up your breakfast. But the perks don’t stop there. Most lumpwood charcoal is 100% natural and free from harmful chemicals, ensuring your food tastes as it should – delicious! Plus, its minimal ash production makes cleanup a breeze, so you can focus on enjoying your grilled feast. We work from Ridge Farm in West Sussex, offering a wide variety of wood products for cooking and heating. From the company’s beginning, we have kept the same ethics. We process local logs from Surrey and West Sussex from managed woodlands and estates with clear woodland management programmes for replanting and felling. Any wood or wood products we import, such as olive wood, come from authorised and managed farms or woodlands, and we undertake full due diligence in ensuring all the wood we use is from managed and sustainable sources. Ensure your charcoal is pushed to one side inside your grill. This area will be hotter than the rest of the grill, and it will be where you will simply grill directly on it. When grilling sausages, kebabs, shrimp, and steaks that need to be seared, direct heat is best.

What is a Swedish Torch?

Natural lumpwood charcoal is the secret ingredient that transforms your BBQ from mediocre to mouth-watering. But, what exactly is lumpwood charcoal? It’s created through a process called carbonisation, where hardwood lumps are burned slowly, without oxygen, resulting in pure carbon lumps with all impurities burned away.

If your goal is to live more sustainably and reduce your carbon footprint, choose to cook and heat your home with renewable fuel from Green Olive Firewood. Our mission is to help homes across the UK become more energy independent and save money on household bills. Making the switch from gas to renewable energy has never been easier. Our high-quality log briquettes are made from sawdust and are sustainably produced right here in the UK. An agricultural by-product, these sawdust briquettes are 100% environmentally friendly, giving you a safe and guilt-free way to heat your home. Our olive wood is ethically sourced from the Mediterranean region, where an abundance of cut timber is left to rot from the pruning and replanting processes on olive farms. As a result, it is a perfect renewable and carbon-neutral fuel. Plus, these olive wood logs have been kiln dried in biomass boilers, fueled with recycled wood waste making our olive wood a 100% sustainable fuel source.If you’re grilling at a higher temperature then smokin’ BBQ wood chunks are perfect to get the same smoky goodness you desire. They’re compressed into firewood logs with a hollow tube through the center for easy combustion. This means your fire will be hotter and burn longer for optimal heat indoors or outdoors. Plus, each log is carefully sourced from sustainably managed based woodlands with a strict replanting policy

Every grilling expert will have a different suggestion when it comes to grilling. Gas grills are recommended by some while briquettes are recommended by others. Other people use smokers instead of wood chips when grilling. There is one thing we all agree on, though, and that is that fire makes a piece of meat taste so much better than an oven or microwave.

FAQs

Selecting the right charcoal can be an overwhelming task, especially when there are a multitude of wood options to choose from. From classic Oak to fragrant Applewood and Maple, the world of lumpwood charcoal is filled with exciting possibilities. These hardwoods are renowned for producing dense and durable charcoal , which promises to keep the flames alive for longer periods of time. Each wood brings a unique burning quality to your grill, enhancing the flavour of your food and elevating your BBQ game to new heights. We have kept our key values for both our business and our products. Those values are to offer quality firewood and cooking fuels that are natural, ethically sourced/produced and sustainable. All our products come with key benefits listed to enable our customers to make an educated choice. While charcoal has the potential to last forever, conditions that are humid or wet can cause mould growth on your precious charcoal. Moisture is the enemy of charcoal due to its highly porous properties. Ensure when storing lumpwood charcoal that you keep them in a cool, dry place with optimal airflow.