Crossroads Firewood Co.
FOR RESTAURANTS

Cooking wood your pizza oven will respect.

Fully cured white oak. Consistent heat. Reliable supply. Built for kitchens that cook with wood every service.

If you're running a wood-fired pizza oven, a hearth kitchen, or a restaurant smoker, your wood is part of the menu. It controls the heat curve, the smoke flavor, and how often you have to interrupt service to feed the fire. Crossroads sells 100% cured white oak — the cleanest-burning, longest-burning hardwood we cut — to restaurants across central Virginia who can't afford to fight their fuel.

Why Crossroads

What restaurants tell us matters most.

  • White oak only, 100% cured to under 20% moisture content — no spitting, no smoke billowing, no green-wood off-flavors.
  • Cut to consistent split sizes so your peel-and-poke crew isn't fighting irregular logs during dinner rush.
  • Recurring delivery or pickup schedules — set the cadence, never run out in the middle of a Saturday night.
  • Direct from our production facility — no wholesaler middlemen, no two-week lead times on reorders.
  • Premium pricing reflects the grade. We don't move bargain wood and we don't apologize for that.
Recommended Product

What you'll typically order.

Premium Cooking Wood

Most pizza ovens go through 1 tote (⅓ cord) of white oak per week. Busy kitchens run a full cord every 2–3 weeks.

Premium Cooking Wood — 100% cured white oak. Sold by the tote, by the cord, or in dump-trailer loads for high-volume kitchens.

How Restaurants Work With Us

What ordering looks like.

Most restaurant customers settle into a rhythm within their first month with us — a recurring tote or half-cord pickup, with the option to scale up during busy seasons. We can hold inventory for you so a Friday-night surge doesn't blindside your supply. Larger kitchens take bulk dump-trailer loads quarterly.

The Crossroads Difference

Why we don't compete on price.

Bargain firewood from Facebook Marketplace or a roadside sign is almost always green, under-cured, and full of pine or poplar. In a pizza oven, that wood smokes wrong, burns fast, and tastes off — and your customers can tell. The savings vanish the first time you have to comp a pie because the oven temperature crashed mid-service. Crossroads sells premium firewood for kitchens that take their fuel seriously.

Common Questions

Frequently asked.

How much white oak does a busy pizza oven burn per week?

A typical full-service pizza kitchen running lunch and dinner six days a week burns about 1 tote (⅓ cord) of cured white oak weekly. High-volume restaurants serving 200+ pies a day can burn a full cord every 2–3 weeks. We can map your actual usage during your first month and tune the recurring delivery from there.

Can you set up a recurring delivery or pickup schedule?

Yes — most of our restaurant accounts run on a weekly or biweekly schedule. We deliver to the back door or you pick up at our Zion Crossroads facility, whichever fits your prep schedule. Just call and we'll work out a cadence.

Do you carry hickory for BBQ smoking?

Yes — we carry hickory for BBQ kitchens, smokers, and pitmasters who want a specific smoke profile. Call us to confirm availability since we cut it to order in smaller quantities than our standard white oak inventory.

What's the difference between your white oak and what I can buy from a wholesaler?

Two things: cure level and consistency. Our white oak is fully cured to under 20% moisture content (not "seasoned for 6 months" — actually measured). And every split is sized for kitchen use, not random firewood lengths. Both matter for cooking results.

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