Looking for source for a lot of wood chips for our new smoker

[yimster]

Hi all, I looking for a source for fuirt wood chips for our new in line smokers. Most retail sources will charge about 5 dollars for a couple of pounds of wood chips. Hopefully someone will know where I can get large amount of wook chips.

TIA

[TomG]

Make sure whatever you buy is hardwood. I do a lot of smoking with sawdust, but the company I deal with also has a wide selection of chips and chunks in various flavors. The price is right, shipping free, service excellent.
http://www.nwsmoke.com/index.html

[Nancy Berry]

Yimster,

Just go to Lazzari on Bayshore at Industrial near the San Francisco-Brisbane border. Drive into their yard and go up the rickety stairs in the warehouse. They'll sell you chips, firewood, wood chunks, lump mesquite charcoal, or excellent hardwood charcoal briquettes at very low prices.

--NancyB

[echo]

try ashby lumber in berkeley.
they sell a lot of hardwoods.

[Karl Gerstenberger]

Monterey Fish in Berkeley sells lazzari chips in small bags.

[mochimunchie]

When I worked in a restaurant we got our chips in bulk cases (24#) from Lazzari - don't know if they will sell direct to an individual. They are in Brisbane. Here is their website: http://www.lazzari.com/about_page04.html