Experience the Difference With Our Mesquite Charcoal

Lazzari retail packages contain our highest grade of Mesquite Lump Charcoal. We package our charcoal at a modern facility where the charcoal is sorted for size and then screened to remove excess finer pieces. All this attention to detail makes for the finest Mesquite Lump Charcoal in the marketplace. Available in 6.75 lb bags.

Our most popular and best-selling foodservice Mesquite Lump Charcoal. Our restaurant grade has been a coast to coast standard at America's finest restaurants for decades. Restaurant grade is packed right at the kiln site, we don't sort for size and this grade includes larger and smaller fine pieces. This is one of our highest volume products and it is a great value. Available in 20 and 40 pound bags.

Lazzari is the nation's largest, oldest and original producer and distributor of premium mesquite charcoal.

Lazzari Mesquite Charcoal imparts a uniquely delicious flavor to grilled foods. Master chefs world-wide use mesquite charcoal because of its pure, natural wood smoke and high cooking temperature, which sears the outside of the food, retaining natural juices, aroma and succulence.

Mesquite lump charcoal burns hotter than briquettes or gas fired grills. Gourmet chefs prefer mesquite for a cooking technique where certain foods, like fish and red meats, are cooked hot and fast. The intense heat sears the food on the outside and seals the natural juices on the inside.

Premium lump charcoal, such as Lazzari's mesquite, is pure, charcoalized wood. It contains no coal, additives, fillers, recycled wood or chemicals. Just 100% Natural Hardwood carefully selected, packaged and weighed to ensure that only the highest quality product reaches the customer.

In order to produce mesquite charcoal in a responsible manner, consistent with conservation of the earth's natural resources and ecosystems, Lazzari Fuel Company utilizes an ecologically responsible method to harvest mesquite wood by pruning and selectively thinning mesquite trees

Lazzari Hardwood lump charcoal is made from 100% natural hardwood such as oak. It contains no chemicals, additives or fillers. Hardwood lump charcoal burns cleanly, with a minimum amount of ash and is an excellent fuel for slow cooking over a low heat or hot grilling any type of food. Oak lump charcoal adds a subtle smoky flavor to food, and leftover lumps can be re-lighted and used again. Our hardwood lump charcoal is a popular choice among our customers with kamado cookers and charcoal smokers. Available in sturdy 20 pound and 40 pound bags.

Lazzari cooking woods are sized to about 16 inches long then split 3 inches to 6 inches wide, seasoned and packed clean. This is the preferred size for pizza ovens and restaurant grills. The wood is packaged in either 1.7 cubic feet (approximately 45 pound) bags or as stacked wood on pallets, 1/2 cord per pallet. We have a variety of woods available.

Is popular for wood ovens. It burns clean and long providing a very high heat. Our Almond wood is an orchard cut hardwood. Harvesting orchard woods is an ecologically friendly substitute for harvesting native hardwoods.

Is often used for barbecue cooking where a chef wants a heavy smoky flavor. Oak yields high BTU's and its density allows for a slow burning fire. Lazzari's oak is harvested in accordance with government approved programs.

Is popular with gourmet chefs seeking new flavors to match with foods.

Is another high heat fuel. Its unique flavor is well known and popular.

Lazzari produces a variety of savory wood chips that can add depth and complexity to grilled or smoke cooked foods. Wood chips work well with charcoal or gas grills.

Foodservice case - Hickory, Mesquite, Apple, Alder or Cherry, 12 bags per case, 180 cubic inches, (approximately 2 pounds) per bag

Foodservice bulk - Hickory, Mesquite, Apple, Alder or Cherry, 1.25 cubic feet (approximately 24 pounds) per bulk bag or box

We sell both HICKORY WOOD CHUNKS (pictured above left) and MESQUITE WOOD CHUNKS (pictured above right) for use in charcoal grills or ovens. Some customers combine wood chunks when grilling with other Lazzari fuels such as our hardwood lump charcoal or charcoal briquets. Other customers use only wood chunks for creating a fire in the grill or oven. Both techniques add the unique flavors of these woods to the foods being cooked. Lazzari Wood Chunks are 100% natural hardwood, there are no chemicals or additives.

Lazzari's commercial food service customers use a variety of 100% wood sawdust products. We offer a good selection including Hickory and Apple woods - 2.10 cubic feet (approximately 40 pounds) per bag.

Lazzari provides granular charcoal products for use in orchid cultivation, soil remediation, avian dietary supplements, metal fabrication and a variety of other applications. We also package and distribute lump charcoal, blacksmithing coal and heating coal to a diverse assortment of businesses, institutions and industries.

Lazzari Fuel Company was founded in 1908 and established itself by delivering heating coal to San Francisco residents. Sales and delivery were made door to door by horse and wagon. Today we still sell coal for home and industrial heating use and our Elkhorn blacksmith coal is available for industrial metal and foundry use.

(pictured above right) is a high BTU, low ash, low sulfur bituminous blacksmith coal from the Elkhorn mine in Kentucky. Individual coal pieces range in size from 1/2 inch to 1 inch.