Cape Town Braai – Combo

The Cape Town Braai Combo is a braai wood combo of five braai woods plus everything to light them: 14 items, delivered by The Firewood Company from Parow across Cape Town, the Winelands and the West Coast. Try each braaihout twice, then stock up on the one you like best.

Cape Town Braai Combo at a glance

• Quick facts: 14 items · 2 bags each of kameeldoring wood (18kg), sekelbos wood (18kg), mopane wood (15kg), swarthaak wood (15kg) and rooikrans wood (bulk bag, 20 pieces) · 2 × potjie wood (Kindling / Potjie, 5kg) · 2 boxes of firelighters
• Dry Guarantee: the hardwood and kindling bags carry our Dry Guarantee; the two rooikrans bags don’t
• Best for: a run of braai weekends, or a December with family visiting
• Not for: a pizza oven, a Weber or kettle braai
• Delivery: one flat fee per drop for your area, from R200; carried in and stacked within 50 m of where the truck offloads

Best for / not for

• Only Namibian hardwood, in bulk? The Namibian Hardwood Combo: 20 bags of kameeldoring and sekelbos.
• Weber or kettle braai? Wood isn’t for it; use charcoal briquettes.
• Know your favourite already? See all our braai wood by the bag.

How to light it

Everything to light it is in the load: a firelighter under a handful of Kindling / Potjie, then the wood. Rooikrans catches without a fuss; kameeldoring and mopane are dense, so give them time before the meat goes on.

Cape Town Braai Combo: common questions

What is in the braai wood combo?

2 × Kameeldoring 18kg, 2 × Sekeldoring 18kg, 2 × Mopane 15kg, 2 × Swarthaak 15kg, 2 × Rooikrans Bulk Bag (20 pieces each), 2 × Kindling / Potjie 5kg and 2 boxes of Firelighters: 14 items.

Which braai wood is best for which braai?

Kameeldoring for a crowd, when the coals must hold; sekelbos for a quick braai; rooikrans for coals fast; mopane for a long cook or a potjie, with a sweet bushveld smell; swarthaak for an all-round braaihout.

Is the whole braai combo covered by the Dry Guarantee?

No. The hardwood and kindling bags are; the two rooikrans bags are not. Rooikrans is seasoned and stored under cover, but it is scarce and often sells before it has dried right down.

Can I use the braai combo in a pizza oven?

Not as a whole. Of the five woods, only swarthaak belongs in a pizza oven, as extra heat on top of a Blue Gum or Blackwattle fire.

Not sure how many bags to order? Build my order for me works it out from how often you braai, and our delivery page lists the fee for your area. The Firewood Company, Parow, Cape Town: braai wood delivered since 2001, with 4.9 stars from 700+ Google reviews.