Need to Buy Firewood for October Bonfire!!

[Gwyn]

Hi all,
We're going to Grayton the weekend of Oct 27th and will need to buy some firewood for our beach bonfire! Can someone please let me know the best and most reasonable place to purchase wood? I know that many people have bonfires, so there must be somewhere pretty close to get it. We're sure as heck not going to cart wood all the way from Memphis, TN down there in an overloaded car! THANKS!
Also, we're planning on catering barbecue Friday night from the Destin Commisary and I'm hoping that it's real Memphis barbecue. Hear that it's great. Anyone know?
THANKS AGAIN!
Gwyn

 

[Allifunn]

Don't know the answers to your questions...but I sure hope you have FUNN!!!!!!
A Bonfire on the beach is the best...the one's we have had are done by locals and they get their own wood

 

[Miss Kitty]

Get a permit! That sounds like a funn weekend!

 

[SGB]

Hi all,
Also, we're planning on catering barbecue Friday night from the Destin Commisary and I'm hoping that it's real Memphis barbecue. Hear that it's great. Anyone know?
THANKS AGAIN!
Gwyn

Was the Destin Commisary the place near Papa Johns and isn't it now a Mexican restaurant? No fear though if it doesn't exist any more, there is other good bar-b-que in the area. 98 Barbque and Jim N Nicks.

 

[seaside2]

See if you can find some old wood pallets used to ship stuff on. Great way to "recycle" these things. They are ususally dry and cheap too.

YES, GET A PERMIT!!!!!!!

Walter sold the Destin Commissary a few years ago, and I don't know if it retained the true Memphis style. Perhaps others do. The real deal is in who the pit man is.

 

[NoHall]

See if you can find some old wood pallets used to ship stuff on. Great way to "recycle" these things. They are ususally dry and cheap too.

YES, GET A PERMIT!!!!!!!

Walter sold the Destin Commissary a few years ago, and I don't know if it retained the true Memphis style. Perhaps others do. The real deal is in who the pit man is.

Take the nails out! OUCH!

 

[yippie]

Hi all,
We're going to Grayton the weekend of Oct 27th and will need to buy some firewood for our beach bonfire! Can someone please let me know the best and most reasonable place to purchase wood? I know that many people have bonfires, so there must be somewhere pretty close to get it. We're sure as heck not going to cart wood all the way from Memphis, TN down there in an overloaded car! THANKS!
Also, we're planning on catering barbecue Friday night from the Destin Commisary and I'm hoping that it's real Memphis barbecue. Hear that it's great. Anyone know?
THANKS AGAIN!
Gwyn

FYI - Destin Commisary has been closed for several years. So you would have to bring the BBQ with you.

I suggest you try Pig's Alley for BBQ Catering. Their BBQ is wonderfu..

As for wood. How about a bunch of pallets? They are darn hear IMPOSSIBLE to get rid of.

Some of the mini storage places can probably tell you where to get some, I know Airport Rd. Mini Storage in Destin has a bunch. Also, there is usually a classified ad offering free pallets in the NW Florida Daily News.

 

[Kurt]

Do not use pallets! Almost all now are stapled together which means they will be left behind. Also, along with your permit you get a burn barrel which is a 55-gallon drum cut off which must contain your fire. Yes - many people build bigger fires but it is very difficult to clean up afterward.

Also, pallets are bulky and very dry. A pickup truck full will burn up in very little time.

Call Sam Wesley and he will get the permit, build the fire, tend it, and clean it up for around $300. 850-231-2043

 

[scooterbug44]

I thought it was around $100 for a permit that includes fire barrel and cleanup.

 

[Kurt]

I thought it was around $100 for a permit that includes fire barrel and cleanup.

It's $50 cash only and they do not clean up but they pick up the barrell so if you burn everything in the barrell like you're supposed to the only cleanup you need to do is what you bring.

The fee Sam charges is for everything else I mentioned.