Wet Charcoal

Yeah, you pretty much havae to start over with fresh stuff. Once they get wet they really don't work well afterwards-they may look and feel dry, but a lot of the time, they are still wet on the inside. I've tried drying them out on a cookie sheet on my gas grill turned down low for a couple of hours but I didn't see any noticeable difference to make it worth doing again.

With grilling season basically over (except for us diehards), Lowes and Home Depot are clearing out the grills and briquettes. You can find some nice deals. I was at Lowes last weekend and they had their wrapped double 13 lb. bags of Kingsford Charcoal for $9.00. I loaded up in July so I plenty. Shoot I still have a couple of bags of the Original Kingsford Blue left from when I used to compete in Dutch Oven Cook-offs.