I found this at my local Wally World in the sporting goods area. Its some kind of fire starter for fireplace use. The log is about 7 inchs long and 2 inchs wide, you can cut whatever size pieces you want off of it. I cut mine into 20 pieces. Each piece burns for about 10 minutes. Took a piece to the sink, ran water over it, it still fired right up. The best part..each "log" cost only .88 cents :-). The only downside is that you cannot light it with a metal match or sparklite.