403852 Mon May 21 21:23:12 -0700 2007 6 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 2590448 Anyone know a place where I can buy hickory wood for smoking bbq? Preferably between Oakland and Fremont on 880. Mon May 21 21:23:12 -0700 2007 11940 DezzerSF 1 2590694 Home Depot (and I would guess Lowe's), WalMart and Safeway all tend to carry hickory or mesquite chips for BBQ. Other woods- cherry, apple, maple, alder aren't as prevalent. Barbecues Galore has a large if pricy selection, but I checked and the only East Bay location is Pleasanton. Tue May 22 00:07:52 -0700 2007 2590448 40489 P. Punko 2 2592984 I bought some hickory chips today at Safeway. I want to try to find bigger pieces of wood though. Any leads? Tue May 22 14:28:44 -0700 2007 2590694 11940 DezzerSF 3 2593484 Sometimes Wal-Mart has the bigger chunks (I believe I have seen them there), and Barbecues Galore definitely does. I would call Home Depot. The small chips do work very well for a lot of smoking using gas or charcoal grills or normal size smokers, the big hunks work great in the huge smokers. Tue May 22 17:24:44 -0700 2007 2592984 40489 P. Punko 1 2592988 Give Fessenden a call: Fessenden Firewood 686 S 30th St Richmond, CA 94804 (510) 236-4789 Tue May 22 14:29:59 -0700 2007 2590448 11369 Robert Lauriston 2 2595172 When you do find some hickory. Make sure to soak it first in water and use it sparingly at first. Its very easy to over do it and have everything taste like bacon. Which is ok for Pork, but not that good for Chicken,beef and fish. There used to be a BBQ (smokers) manufacturer located near 98th and San Leandro Blvd in Oakland that sold all kinds of BBQ smoking woods and supplies. I will drive by and see if its still there? Wed May 23 10:32:07 -0700 2007 2592988 11631 Mission 1 2596591 For price, quality, and selection, you cannot beat the Lazzari distributorship in Brisbane. It may be on the other side of the bay, but definitely worth the trip for any serious smoking action. http://www.lazzari.com/retail_page4.html Wed May 23 16:10:59 -0700 2007 2590448 13300 Civil Bear