I am fascinated by cooking the primitive way, with just wood and a fire.  

 

The influence of smoky, Texas BBQ halls, the influence of a mountain village steak house tucked away in northern Spain, the sound of coals sizzling at the city market in Oaxaca, Mexico, The influence of the Argentinans, the North Carolinians and the Kansas Citians.

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After 35 years of meddling with fires trying to conjure up the next best cook, I stumbled upon a larger purpose.  I realized my "why" was less about the end product and more about the process of primitive style cooking.

 

I am fascinated by the spiritual pilgrimage of prepping wood, getting a fire going, establishing a coal bed... I love being entangled by the many challenges within a cook and that process became the gift I didn't know I needed.  The theater of primitive style cooking is simply magical, carrying with it a therapeutic value that can only be measured by my genuine joy of cooking.​  

 

Cooking with wood also inspired me to develop a 65 acre campus dedicated to all things wood fire cookery from around the world.  Located in Cleveland, Georgia which is commonly referred to as the gateway to the Appalachian mountains, we invite you to join us.   

 

Located on the Wood Fire Cookery campus you'll find unique experiences, events, lodging, craftsman fire tools of our globally recognized brands.  In addition, we have the wood shop, the wood yard, backyard classes, commercial classes and in 2025 we will open Tex-Ann, a wood fire cookery.  Our campus also happens to be the home of our flagship retail store The Wood Fire Mercantile.

 

​Look forward to seeing you!  

Founder and Fire StarterJimmy "JD" Daniel