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Need to Buy Firewood for October Bonfire!!

GwynBeach Crab
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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!:clap:
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😀

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Allifunn avatar
AllifunnFunnChef - AlisonCooks.com
#2
Don't know the answers to your questions...but I sure hope you have FUNN!!!!!! :lolabove: :lolabove:
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 avatar
Miss KittyMeow
#3
Get a permit! :wave: That sounds like a funn weekend!
SGB avatar
SGBBeach Fanatic
#4
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 avatar
seaside2Beach Fanatic
#5
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 avatar
NoHallhmmmm......can't remember
#6
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!
yippieBeach Fanatic
#7
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!:clap:
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 avatar
KurtAdmin
#8
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 avatar
scooterbug44SoWal Expert
#9
I thought it was around $100 for a permit that includes fire barrel and cleanup.
Kurt avatar
KurtAdmin
#10
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.
seaside2 avatar
seaside2Beach Fanatic
#11
WHOOPS!!

Forgot about the staples!!

SORRY.:blush:
sunshineBeach Lover
#12
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😀

As a former Memphian, I must advise you to enjoy vitamin Q at home, in Memphis. There are some passable joints here, but why, oh why would you get it here when you have dozens of fabulous choices in your back yard? :idontno:
yippieBeach Fanatic
#13
WHOOPS!!

Forgot about the staples!!

SORRY.:blush:

I did too. Sorry. Pallets are impossible to get rid of.
Lady D avatar
Lady DSoWal Insider
#14
There is a Jim-N-Nicks here in Cordova I believe. I've heard they have very good food. I'm with Sunshine, you cannot beat Memphis barbecue. Corky's, the Rendevous, Showboats, Tops, Central BBQ! :drool:
seaside2 avatar
seaside2Beach Fanatic
#15
Ladyd,

Yea, and what about Cozy Corner and Neeley's and the Commissary and................................:lolabove: :lolabove:
yippieBeach Fanatic
#16
There is a Jim-N-Nicks here in Cordova I believe. I've heard they have very good food. I'm with Sunshine, you cannot beat Memphis barbecue. Corky's, the Rendevous, Showboats, Tops, Central BBQ! :drool:

We have a Jim N Nicks here in Baytowne Wharf in Sandestin. I thought it was good. I like Pig's Alley better.

Love Corkeys. They were here for a while, then closed because they said they were spending all their energy in trying to keep the restaurant staffed. Said something to the effect.... There aren't enough hours in the day..... LOL.

Common problem here.
scooterbug44 avatar
scooterbug44SoWal Expert
#17
Don't burn leftovers from construction either - lots of nasty chemicals can get released from burning treated wood.
seaside2 avatar
seaside2Beach Fanatic
#18
We have a Jim N Nicks here in Baytowne Wharf in Sandestin. I thought it was good. I like Pig's Alley better.

Love Corkeys. They were here for a while, then closed because they said they were spending all their energy in trying to keep the restaurant staffed. Said something to the effect.... There aren't enough hours in the day..... LOL.

Common problem here.

Corkey's tried franchising in many different locations, most of which are belly up. The key here is the pit man: Good pit man, $$$$$$$$$$$, bad pit man,:bang: :bang: NO $$$$.

simple as that, and yet not so simple.
Lady D avatar
Lady DSoWal Insider
#19
Ladyd,

Yea, and what about Cozy Corner and Neeley's and the Commissary and................................:lolabove: :lolabove:

Well, I haven't heard of Cozy Corner but have heard of Neelys and the Germantown Commissary. Haven't had either one though. And there is Reese's barbecue which used to be good many years ago but I don't know about now.
TreeFrog avatar
TreeFrogBeach Fanatic
#20
Let's see :scratch:

Memphis:
-Rendezvous
-Interstate
-Neeley's
-Payne's
-Cozy Corner
-Germantown Commissary
-Central
-Bar-B-Q Shop
-Leonards
-Corky's
-Gridley's
-Pig-n-Whistle
-Tops

SoWal:
-Jim n Nicks
-Pigs Alley
-98 BBQ

My suggestions:
1-Bring your favorite Memphis Q with you. Less convenient, better Q.
2-Go to Jim n Nicks or Pigs Alley. More convenient, the best we've got here.
3-Bring beans from Gridley's. Don't eat SoWal BBQ beans.

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