Is it ok to cook over the fire of a duraflame® firelog?
No. Duraflame® firelogs are not designed nor intended for use as a cooking fuel. Generally, the types of solid fuel used for cooking produce coals, which emanate heat over a period of time, and cooking is conducted by exposing the food directly to the heat generated by the coals. Our product only burns with flames and does not generate adequate coals for cooking. Since the product was not designed as a cooking fuel we have never completed scientific analysis to determine if there could be any adverse health impacts from cooking over firelogs. Until such extensive scientific analysis is conducted we cannot recommend cooking over firelogs, and at the present time, we have no plans to initiate such testing.
