“...Nancy has more than a decade of experience with pellet grills. She’ll teach you how to get maximum performance out of your grill.” --Steven Raichlen, award-winning cookbook author and host of Barbecue University, Primal Grill, Project Smoke, and Project Fire If you're looking to fire up your grilling game, then you need a wood pellet grill and smoker. Not only does it grill foods perfectly every time, but it also infuses them with a smoky flavor that enhances the texture and taste of your BBQ dishes. With Healthy Wood Pellet Grill & Smoker Cookbook as your go-to guide for healthy, competition-level results, you'll be making lower-carb versions of all your BBQ favorites for summer picnics, backyard BBQs, and family pitch-ins. This book features: • 100 recipes for appetizers, beef, lamb, game, pork, poultry, seafood, soups, salads, and sides • Full-color photography of mouth-watering recipes • Expert advice on how to choose the best wood pellets for grilling and smoking • A temperature guide to help you cook foods to the desired doneness • Nutritional data that includes carbs, calories, total fat, fiber, and protein

This book takes the reader on a journey from the moment that raw wood material enters the factory to the final pellet consumption. It starts by reviewing biomass application and its role for the future development of renewable energies, discussing different biomass conversion methods as alternatives to direct utilization. The second chapter then comprehensively examines densification processes, with a focus on the pelleting process. Chapter three further elaborates on the pelleting process, including an overview of the pellet structure and properties, and the history of this process. The subsequent chapters provide a detailed account of the production process from raw material delivery to final distribution, addressing the chemical and physical quality, and presenting measurement methods and standards. In the final chapters, the authors describe in detail the pellet combustion process and emissions.

Mouthwatering, tender, and scrumptious--that's what you can expect from food that's prepared on a wood-pellet grill. This complete guide and cookbook provides all the information you need to create taste-tempting meals on this unique and amazingly versatile outdoor cooker. Bob Devon, barbeque master extraordinaire, begins by explaining how you can use a wood-pellet grill as a smoker, grill, barbeque, oven, and broiler to cook virtually any food out of doors. He then kicks off the recipes with a medley of barbeque rubs, marinades, and sauces designed to transform even the most mundane food into a culinary treat. Following this are recipes for steaks; burgers, dogs, and sausages; pork; chicken; turkey; seafood; vegetables; breads and pizzas; and even desserts. And from slowcooked, fall-off-the-bone meats to crispy pizzas, every dish is easy to make and even easier to enjoy. If you think that an outdoor cooker is just for grilling franks and burgers, get ready to learn a whole new way of preparing your favorite foods. The Complete Wood Pellet Barbeque Cookbook is your key to outdoor cooking success.

The ultimate guide to classic BBQ with a wood pellet grill. You don't need to be a pro to barbecue like one. For the backyard cook who wants to bring more heat to their grilling game, this smoker cookbook has everything you need to master wood pellet smoking. As grilling season approaches, this smoker cookbook will equip you with all the necessary details to imbibe the art of wood pellet grilling. Dig into a foolproof guide on how to achieve grilling success every time and find delicious recipes for favorites like Baby Back Ribs and Smoke-Fried Chicken. Hot summer days call for classic BBQ sessions, making this book an indispensable part of your grilling arsenal. It's your go-to reference for wood pellet grilling, made easy. Bring sweet and savory wood-fired flavor to your table (or give a great grilling gift), with: A how-to guide—This smoker cookbook walks you through everything from choosing a grill to prepping ingredients to the flavor profiles of different kinds of wood. A variety of recipes—Experiment with more than 100 classic and new BBQ favorites for poultry, pork, beef, fish and seafood, vegetables, sides, cheese, nuts, breads, desserts, rubs, and sauces. Handy charts—Find guides for timing and temperature, using the right pellets, and diagrams of popular beef and pork cuts. For game days, holidays, or every day, learn how to make succulent meats and sizzling sides on your wood pellet grill.

Wood Pellet Heating Systems is a comprehensive handbook covering all aspects of wood pellet heating technology. The use of wood pellets as an alternative heating fuel is already well established in several countries and is becoming widespread as fossil fuel prices continue to rise and awareness of climate change grows. Wood pellets are a carbon-neutral technology, convenient to use, and can easily be integrated into existing central heating systems or used in independent space heaters. This fully-illustrated and easy-to-follow guide shows how wood-pellet heating works, the different types of systems – from small living room stove systems to larger central heating systems for institutions – how they are installed, and even how wood pellets are manufactured. Featuring examples from around the world, it has been written for heating engineers and plumbers who are interested in installing systems, home owners and building managers who are considering purchasing a system, advanced DIYers, building engineers and architects, but will be of interest to anyone who requires a clear guide to wood pellet technology.

Biomass pellets are a suitable fuel type for a wide range of applications, from stoves and central heating systems up to large-scale plants, and with practically complete automation in all these capacities. This handbook, written and edited by experienced professionals from IEA Bioenergy Task 32 in cooperation with Bios Bioenergiesysteme GmbH, Graz, Austria, other IEA Tasks and external experts, is the first comprehensive guide in English language covering all pellet related issues, as illustrated by the following list of topics covered by the book: international overview of standards for pellets evaluation of raw materials and raw material potentials quality and properties of pellets technical evaluation of the pellet production process and logistic aspects of pellet supply safety and health aspects for pellets during storage, handling and transportation technological evaluation of pellet furnace technologies and future developments economic and ecological evaluation of the pellet production process economic and ecological evaluation of pellet use in small-scale furnaces in the residential sector overview of international pellet markets and market developments international case studies for the use of pellets for energy generation latest trends concerning research and development in the pellet sector. Extensively illustrated and packed with practical knowledge, this is the ultimate reference for anyone involved in or affected by this burgeoning industry. It addresses all the players of the pellet market, ranging from raw material producers or suppliers, pellet producers and traders, manufacturers of pellet furnaces and pelletization systems, installers, engineering companies, energy consultants and end users.

This book provides a practical description of the technology of pellet production on the basis of renewable sources as well as the utilization of pellets. The author explains what kinds of biomass are usable in addition to wood, how to produce pellets and how to use pellets to produce energy. Starting with the basics of combustion, gasification and the pelletizing process, several different technologies are described. The design, planning, construction and economic efficiency are discussed as well. The appendix gives useful advice about plant concepts, calculations, addresses, conversion tables and formulas.