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I've hung onto the fact that lump charcoal burns hotter than briquettes. But, as you said, consistency and reliability is built into the briquette shape. I'm completely good with that. Historically, I'd light my charcoal back then, without a chimney start. I'm talking propane minimal torch...
I've been doing that for ~14 years. RO has just plummeted over the last couple of years and my recent cleaning of my thermometer and a briquettes brought the temps back up. I then tried the RO charcoal, and it was horrible. My WSM historically had 2 vents open on the bottom, top one fully...
I always look for available charcoal. It's either quite the drive away, it's crazy expensive, or there is none. Home Depot doesn't have this. Remember, I'm in Canada.
I used to get excellent results from the same product. It's become horrible since. I also don't like spending $45 for a bag of charcoal. Briquettes are always available.
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