Big Green Egg Lump Charcoal ???

[crusty ol salt]

I saw big green egg 100% natural lump charcoal as I was going through the check out at my local hardware store. Has anyone tried it? Any reviews? RO is tough to find around town i was wonderin is this a good alternative?

 

[smokebuzz]

I have been told BGE lump burns up fast, never tried it, 20$ a bag here, and i don't use much lump, more in the grill than the smoker.

 

[bunky]

Well I tried it one but like stated above it was $20+ a bag so I switched to RO.. It wasn't worth the money to me and I don't think it lasted any longer then RO

 

[vlap]

Big green egg lump is royal oak in a different bag and more expensive. Royal oak claims it puts the best of its lump in the bge bag but there is little difference (aside from price). It is good lump though.

 

[crewdawg52]

Good review for most briqs and lumps

http://www.nakedwhiz.com/lump.htm

 

[vlap]

The comments from Nakedwhiz on BGE lump:

[font=Verdana,Helvetica,Arial] This is some nice lump. It is manufactured by Royal Oak for Big Green Egg. We have heard rumors that Royal Oak saves their best lump for BGE. We have reviewed Royal Oak's own brand and found it to be as good as the BGE lump. This bag consisted of mostly usable sized pieces, very few chips and little dust. We found some unburned pieces, but probably only 8-10. Some of the lump comes from the edges sawn off of logs. You could see saw marks on one side and bark on the other. This was by far, the most bark we've seen so far, but then it appears to be all good wood, some the edges from a lumber mill. Some people don't like bark and claim it has a bitter flavor, so if you are one of them, you might want to pick through the lump to get the bark out. As for smell, this lump has a very mild smokey smell, less strong that, say, Maple Leaf. [/font] [font=Verdana,Helvetica,Arial]One other word about what we found in the bag. Check out the photos and you'll see we found some funky looking rainbow pieces. These pieces were definitely the same type of wood as the rest of the bag. We believe that some pieces, depending on whatever, come out this way. However, these pieces were NOT pine or some other funky wood that you wouldn't want in your grill. [/font]
[font=Verdana,Helvetica,Arial]Also, since this lump is made by Royal Oak, you might wish to read the review of Royal Oak for more information. Normally, we don't take the price into account in rating lump charcoal since it can often vary greatly depending on where you buy it. However, Big Green Egg lump is consistently one of the most expensive charcoals on the market. Considering you can get the same charcoal from Royal Oak at half the price, we feel this knocks this charcoal down a notch to our Recommended rating. [/font]

 

[crusty ol salt]

I guess for me it becomes an availability issue. I will have to make do with the best i can get. doitbest.com hardware will deliver RO to a store near me i think i will explore that option too. It looks like 20 lbs for $12.00 and no shipping that might be the deal. Thanks a million for all the help.

 

[bbqgoddess]

crusty if you can get ro for $12 vs the bge for $20 go for it..I can't fine the ro out here and the best I have used was bge...then bbq galore came out with a generic 20lb bag at $14 I used that instead of the bge...not much difference between the bbq galore brand and the kroger so i just get the kroger and deal with the ash..in the end on a long smoke the bge prolly is cheaper....