The use of slightly warmed, dry air from a very slow hardwood fire will ensure the proper drying of meats.
The room was pungent with the scent of countless hardwood fires.
And the hardwood fire in the kiln would bear tending in readiness for the baking.
Next, the dried fish are hung in a special barrel containing a hardwood fire and covered with a lid.
Mercifully, the ventilation is so good that there is no unpleasant smoke drifting into the room, only a delicate wood scent from the hardwood fire.
Beneath, at ground level, they build smoldering hardwood fires in large drums or directly on a concrete floor.
The sticks are then used to hang the dried fish in a special barrel containing a hardwood fire.
A bunch of us were grilling steaks over a hardwood fire in the backyard when WCOL interrupted its programming with the news bulletin.
The same could be said for the men who sat in air-conditioned comfort before a roaring hardwood fire.
Most food is barbecued, that is, by the menu's definition, smoked-cooked over a slow hardwood fire, and the results are deliciously subtle.