Hey guys and gals,
While I really value the link for the lump data base (http://www.nakedwhiz.com/lump.htm) it is a bit overwhelming to me. Too much info.
I am planning on doing my first smoke with my Horizon tomorrow morning. As you may know I have been looking for good lump that I can easily get. Well I settled on a real plain looking red bag from Walmart. I compared it to what I had the green bag of Royal Oak Steakhouse lump from Menards.I compared the two Royal Oak lumps, both of which were rated well by the site. I found the Royal Oak Lump Charcoal as being excellent as far as size of pieces. The Steak House had many pieces I can't use-way too small. I will trust the data base's analysis of heat and ash produced.
I basically categorized by size using 5 buckets much like the data base did. With the Walmart stuff I found a lot of stuff I'll use with my Horizon. I think some of the little stuff I can use in my GOSM. We'll see. I'm sure I am not the only one that wants to be able to get supplies easily without paying an arm and a leg. I think I paid $7 for a 10 pound bag of the red bag from Walmart. I also saw a good review on Best Choice (another Royal Oak lump). It is distributed by AWG. Not sure where I can get that. Anyway I hope someone can benefit from my little comparison.
dmack
While I really value the link for the lump data base (http://www.nakedwhiz.com/lump.htm) it is a bit overwhelming to me. Too much info.
I basically categorized by size using 5 buckets much like the data base did. With the Walmart stuff I found a lot of stuff I'll use with my Horizon. I think some of the little stuff I can use in my GOSM. We'll see. I'm sure I am not the only one that wants to be able to get supplies easily without paying an arm and a leg. I think I paid $7 for a 10 pound bag of the red bag from Walmart. I also saw a good review on Best Choice (another Royal Oak lump). It is distributed by AWG. Not sure where I can get that. Anyway I hope someone can benefit from my little comparison.
dmack
