Charcoal brand?

[foodancing]

Hello all? I seem to be having some trouble finding the right amount of charcoal to grill with and keep a good temp for cooking for 7 of us. I am not experienced with these grills, as I have only used propane in the past.

 

[bluewhisper]

What kind of grill/smoker are you using?

 

[foodancing]

It is a brinnkman offset. It think it is their entry level one. To me its a nice grill, I just don't have much experience with charcoal.

 

[bluewhisper]

Cheap charcoal = stinky ingnition due to crap like binders and coal. Lump charcoal = much cleaner start-up, but unpredictable chunk size. Consider using a "charcoal basket" (look that up in the Search) so you can load more charcoal at the start, and not have to refuel as soon. If you load too much and there's still some left when you're done cooking, you should be able to close all vents and smother the coals, for later use.

 

[foodancing]

I have been using the "kings" model t. I didn't know if I could name it out right on here. Thank you for the tip.

 

[wimpy69]

Stubbs-starch binder, all natural, long consistent burn and minimum ash imho.

 

[bluewhisper]

Yes I'm almost to the end of my first bag of Stubbs and I really like its consistent heat.

 

[foodancing]

Where can I find this?

 

[smokinadam]

Lowes
I saw this today at grocery store in the liquer department.

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• smokinadam
• May 30, 2015

 

[foodancing]

Great, thank you

 

[smokinadam]

I prefer frontier lump charcoal if I had to pick. Most lowes handles that also. I'd recommend getting bag of both and find out what you like.

 

[wimpy69]

Your local walmart usually will have Stubbs in stock and a couple dollars cheaper than Lowes.

 

[drewed]

Brinkmann offsets are notorious leakers too. You may wish to try to seal up the fire chamber to help regulate air flow to the the fire. Uncontrolled air makes for unstable temperature. Also give it a good 1/2 hour between adjustments to see what affect it had. If you adjust too much you will be chasing temps all day

 

[foodancing]

I will see what I can do, thanks. I did put some black high temp rtv around all of the seams where I screwed it together.

 

[foodancing]

What mods do I need to do? This is my first grill of this type.

 

[joe black]

You need to look at Royal Oak lump charcoal. Good lighting, hot burning, very little ash and good pricing. It's usually available at Walmart or at Lowes. Good luck, Joe

 

[x0xsaywhutx0x]

Ive used royal oak couple times before. Sometimes it worked good others it didnt. Then there was once when it looked like fireworks

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• x0xsaywhutx0x
• Jun 1, 2015

 

[x0xsaywhutx0x]

But i like Frontier or Stubbs. Just use a couple different kinds and see what you like best

 

[bbqbrett]

Ive used royal oak couple times before. Sometimes it worked good others it didnt. Then there was once when it looked like fireworks

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• x0xsaywhutx0x
• Jun 1, 2015

I was not impressed with Royal Oak. Like you said sometimes worked good, other times not so much. Had a "chunk" in one bag that was about as big as my head. Also had the fireworks thing happen as well.

 

[foodancing]

Looks like I'll need to get a chimney starter. How well do they work?