The BBQ Report

The French-Canadian company Woodflame‘s new wood burning portable barbecue grill designed to make grilling safer and more convenient for boaters, campers, picnicers and tailgaters. No charcoal or propane is required, only a single cube of wood.

To operate the unit, a hardwood cube is place into a combustion chamber inside the grill, then a forced air blower system supplies the fire with a constant supply of oxygen, heating the grill in under two minutes. The grill burns the hardwood so completely and efficiently that only a tiny pinch of ash remains in the grill.

The lightweight units (10 lbs and 17 lbs models) are designed for portability. They fold up into a little bag for easy transport to the beach or wherever your travels may take you. The unit is battery powered, and the efficiency of the hardwood burner means you don’t have to haul a sack of charcoal with you either. Unlike other grills, the forced air heating system means that the sides and bottom of the grill do not get hot. You can even cook on a plastic table cloth.