lump char

dribron

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Elk River MN

• Apr 12, 2010

• #1

I picked up some lump charcole today, but have never used that type before. Is lump much different from regular char? Just wondering if it burnt up faster, the same or lasted longer. Or is there was any other differences that I should know about... thanks!!

 

rcullison

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michigan

• Apr 12, 2010

• #2

In my expierience lump charcoaal burns hotter than biquettes. It unfortunately seems to burn up a little faster too.

 

rickw

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• Apr 12, 2010

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Lump does burn a bit hotter than briquettes, it also burns a little faster. Some say it also burns cleaner as it does not use anything like binders.

What kind do you get?

 

dribron

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• Apr 12, 2010

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I belive it is called cowboy charcole from home depot...

 

scpatterson

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• Apr 12, 2010

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Probably is.... In a brown bag with brown stripes on it..

I also believe it does burn hotter but just a litte faster but I also think it taste better when cooked with than briquettes...

 

wingrider1

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• Apr 13, 2010

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check out this site when you get a chance..If you would like to read a review of one of the charcoals that we have in our database, click on the picture of the charcoal that you wish to read about or select it from the following list:

http://www.nakedwhiz.com

 

dribron

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• Apr 13, 2010

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Yeah, that would be it, brown bad and stripe.

 

dribron

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That is an awsome site, thank you!

 

wingrider1

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• Apr 13, 2010

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no problem...Enjoy

 

kaiser

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• Apr 13, 2010

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Are they trying to be cute by misspelling "coal"?

 

abokol

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• Apr 13, 2010

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Depending on what kind of lump you get, there can be considerably less ash. I ran the Kingsford Briquettes in my WSM 22.5 on a shoulder and the entire bottom was filled with ash, so much so that I had to constantly keep moving the charcoal around so it would get air and hold temp. I have also gone through (2) 10lb bags of Royal Oak lump on another shoulder(around 15 hours) and only had about 1" total of ash after the smoke in the bottom.

 

dribron

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• Apr 13, 2010

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I'm using some king gold(green bag) from menards. It seems to have very littel ash, and also seems to give me hotter temps, with better burn times than I was getting from kingston char. The better burn times might be the difference from my new smoker, and the ECB knock off I was using. This one has two vents, and top, and two on bottom, giving me great ventilation for a good burn.

 

ak1

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• Apr 14, 2010

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I always use lump charcoal. I find it produces a lot less ash than briquettes do. Also, unlike the vast majority of briquettes, lump doesn't have all sorts of additives like coal dust, weird binders...