Cedar plank buying guide
Updated: 23 October 2026
You have a fillet in the fridge and a gas barbecue on the patio, and the amazon.co.uk results all say cedar while the boards are not the same length. This cedar plank buying guide settles the tree, the inches, and the pack before you compare prices. The nine listings, in GBP, are on the [cedar plank comparison](/hub/diy-supplies/cedar-plank). The Products Compared editorial team read those amazon.co.uk pages, with shelf prices from 19 October 2026, and did not run a cook. A qualifying purchase can earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Shelf prices move, so treat that date as the basket, not as today's sticker.
You have a fillet in the fridge and a gas barbecue on the patio, and the amazon.co.uk results all say cedar while the boards are not the same length.
You have a fillet in the fridge and a gas barbecue on the patio, and the amazon.co.uk results all say cedar while the boards are not the same length. This cedar plank buying guide settles the tree, the inches, and the pack before you compare prices. The nine listings, in GBP, are on the cedar plank comparison. The Products Compared editorial team read those amazon.co.uk pages, with shelf prices from 19 October 2026, and did not run a cook. A qualifying purchase can earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Shelf prices move, so treat that date as the basket, not as today's sticker.
Our top picks
| Badge | Product | Species stated | Board size | Pack | Note | Price | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best overall |  Landical Landical 6-pack cedar planks 15x5.5 | Cedar; species n/a | 15 x 5.5 inch | 6 | 9.6 | about £31.10 | View offer |
| Best value |  Wildwood Grilling Wildwood 12-pack cedar planks 5x11 | 100% western red cedar | 5 x 11 inch | 12 | 9.2 | about £21.72 | View offer |
| Alternative |  Weber Weber small cedar portion planks | Western red cedar | Portion / small; spec line conflicts | 4 | 8.4 | about £11.19 | View offer |
On this page
Which cedar is a grilling plank
The board you want is untreated western red cedar, Thuja plicata, sold for grilling. Closet cedar, Juniperus virginiana, is the moth-block tree. Wildwood's species page treats it as closet wood, not cooking wood. That page is manufacturer guidance, not a UK certificate. Fence boards are out: a treatment is not something you want against food.
Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004, Article 3, says a food-contact article must not transfer anything that endangers health or spoils the food. The Food Standards Agency barbecue page, updated 31 July 2026, covers hygiene and does not approve a plank. No UK species list for grilling planks turned up in these sources. Wildwood's 12-pack and Weber's portion planks name western red cedar. Landical's titles say cedar and stop.
Match the length to the fish
Length is the decision pack count cannot fix. Weber's portion planks print 6.5 by 4 by 4 cm, which conflicts with United Kingdom size comments, so measure the goods. The baoyeewood nine-pack is 7 by 3.7 inch, about 18 cm.
About 5 by 11 inch is the family size. A UK review on the Wildwood 12-pack, dated 30 August 2023, says those planks suit up to four fillets and a whole side needs a larger board. Landical is the long option, at 15 by 7 inch or 15 by 5.5 inch. Which pack fits which job is on best cedar planks for grilling.
Thickness, flatness, and how many boards you will use
Where a single-board spec exists, it sits around 0.64 to 0.97 cm. Landical's 0.3 inch bullet and the 0.79 cm line are the same claim written two ways, not a calliper reading after delivery. On the Wildwood 12-pack, 12.7 cm is the pack width, not one board's thickness. A UK note on the 2-pack, dated 11 September 2026, says the wood bowed after soaking.
Pack count only pays if you will use the wood. Weber's European note says two uses. Wildwood often treats a charred grill plank as finished. Landical's 6-pack and 3-pack say reusable, while the 10-pack talks about a single use, and those two pages share one review text. Twelve boards at about £21.72 are about £1.81 each only if they are already the right length.
What the listing still does not prove
A heat line tells you what the seller named, not that the cook is safe. Gas, charcoal, or an oven appears on the Wildwood 12-pack and on two Landical rows. Weber names gas, charcoal, and electric, and electric appears only on that portion row. If you only have an oven, you want a listing that says oven-safe.
"Certified food safe" on the Wildwood 12-pack names no certificate body. That is not an FSA approval. The Wildwood 2-pack and 6-pack are both 4.5 from 367 on model WWG-5X11. The Landical 3-pack and 10-pack are both 4.2 from 24 with the same paragraphs.
Common questions
Is every product labelled cedar safe to cook on?
No. Culinary planks here are meant to be untreated western red cedar sold for grilling. Closet cedar and construction boards are different products. A title that only says cedar has not named the species. If you cannot show the timber is untreated western red cedar, do not cook on it.
What length fits two portions, and what length fits a side?
About 5 by 11 inch is the portion size in this basket, and Wildwood's bullets put two to four servings on that footprint. A UK comment on the 12-pack says a whole side needs a larger board. The long rows here are Landical at 15 inch, either 5.5 or 7 inch wide. Weber's small portions and the 7 by 3.7 inch nine-pack are shorter still.
How thick should the board be, and what do the listing numbers mean?
Where one board is specified, the figure is about 0.64 to 0.97 cm. Landical's 0.3 inch bullet matches the 0.79 cm line closely enough to be the same claim. Reviews still report thin, split, and bowed Wildwood boards, so the number is not a guarantee of a flat cook.
Is a 12-pack better value than a 2-pack?
Only if you will use the boards. On the 19 October 2026 prices the Wildwood 12-pack is about £1.81 a board and the 2-pack is about £6 if two boards arrive. Reuse is uncertain, from Weber's two uses to a charred Wildwood plank treated as finished. Twelve boards you never soak are not a saving.
Does "certified food safe" name a certificate?
On the Wildwood 12-pack it does not. The words appear without a certificate body. Article 3 of the food-contact regulation is the legal duty, and the FSA barbecue page does not approve these planks. A facility claim or a "no additives" line is narrower still.
Can the same board go on gas, charcoal, and in the oven?
Only when that listing says so. The Wildwood 12-pack and two Landical rows name gas, charcoal, or oven. Weber adds electric and does not name an oven in the bullets used here. Other packs say grilling, or leave heat blank. Naming a fuel is not a test of indirect heat.
Why do two packs share one star rating?
Because the pages share a model or a review text. Wildwood's 2-pack and 6-pack both show 4.5 from 367 on WWG-5X11. Landical's 3-pack and 10-pack both show 4.2 from 24, including a comment about ordering ten. That is one pool twice, not two trials. The Landical 6-pack's 4.8 from 39 is a different file, and it is still not a United Kingdom sample.
Related pages
Sources
Public UK sources and the amazon.co.uk listings compared on this page. Updated 22.10.2026.
- FSA: BBQ food safety (retrieved October 2026)
- Food Standards Scotland: Barbecue food safety (retrieved October 2026)
- Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 (retrieved October 2026)
- Weber UK: Salmon from the plank (retrieved October 2026)
- Weber UK: Large cedar planks (retrieved October 2026)
- Weber EMEA: Reusing a wood plank (retrieved October 2026)
- Napoleon UK: How to plank grill (retrieved October 2026)
- Wildwood Grilling: Is cedar wood toxic? (retrieved October 2026)
- BBC Food: Barbecue smoke (retrieved October 2026)