Pinion Pine wood is a favourite with chiminea owners for its pleasant pine aroma, which helps ward away mosquitoes and other flying insects. In the southwest of USA, pinion is a common fireplace and stove wood. The advantages of pinion wood is it burns well with other woods, keeps an active flame and products good heat. The tree is located in the states of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah.
Alligator Juniper is commonly found in New Mexico, Arizona as far north as San Francisco and as east as Texas and occur in the dry rocky slopes of mountains. When burning the juniper will give of a cedar like smell but will have the tendency to crackle and pop. Easily to start and will provide a lively fire with little smoke.
One seed Juniper wood burns similar to alligator juniper and has the crackle and pop sounds too and will give a cedar like aroma too.
Mesquite is best known for its smoking abilities when cooking, so for Chiminea grill users mesquite gives steaks an incredible flavour.
Chiminea have become a very popular backyard accessory in the United States, typically pinewood is built as it gives out an aromatic smell and repels the bugs too. A disadvantage of the Chimineas is they are unable to withstand any thermal shock which occurs when a sudden rain fall after the chiminea had become very hot. Frequent problems are cracking, flaking of glaze and crumbling of the clay. As the chimineas come from Mexico and there is low rain fall it can be understood why when it comes to a colder country like United States these problems arise. In Mexico when they crack they will simply make another will nearby resources.
Just about any fireplace wood can also be used in a Chiminea.
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