charcoal ???

[rickw]

That's where we shop the most and I can't say I've never seen it there. They did move it to make way for Christmas stuff. You must have just been lucky

I'm not sure I like the Steakhouse RO as much as the red bag stuff. There seems to be a lot more dust and small pieces in the green bag RO.

 

[olewarthog]

I mostly use blue bag Kingsford because its readily available & it is often on sale with 15# twin packs for $10-$11. I also use RO bricks & Sams Choice when I find that on sale. Last year several stores around here had 9# RO bags for $3. Sams choice is made by RO & is a pretty good deal at around $6. About the only lump I can find locally is RO. I try to keep a bag or 2 of that around for grilling steaks, etc.

 

[fatback joe]

RO Lump 90% of the time........easy to find.

I really liked Rancher when it was readily availble.

 

[travcoman45]

RO bricks most a the time, Stubb's when I can get it.

 

[eaglewing]

Speaking of which, have you guys seen this LUMP that Sam's is carrying???

Check out the SIZE of some of the pieces!!!

 

[desertlites]

Make my own mostly,when I do buy I get outta Mexico (squite).

 

[smokedout]

mesquite hard wood lump. $13.95 for 40lbs sack. burns good

 

[chefrob]

"ono" and "the good one".....

 

[acemakr]

I tried Royal Oak lump once so far and it was a disaster. I'm pretty confident with briquettes - for the time being, I'm going to stick with Walmart's brand.

 

[bob hines]

anybody know how to get rancher in calif.?

 

[silverwolf636]

Malis' hardwood to start it and some times to keep it goin. Then it's all wood.
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[the dude abides]

Holy Crap! It's a tree in a bag!


I use Seven Oaks Lump http://sevenoaksinc.com/ 99% of the time. Out of convienence on occasion I'll grab a bag of Kingsford Charwood Lump from the grocery store.

 

[meateater]

Kingsford blue for right now, I have about 15 bags I got for 4.00 a bag.

 

[smoking gun]

I gotta try some of that! Looks like I'll be making a trip to sams tomorrow.

 

[smoking gun]

Royal oak burns really hot and you have to be able to control the air flow. I use briqs when I use the ECB. Main problem with the sams or walmart briqs is the amount of ash. With RO lump I can do a 12 hour brisket smoke in the SNP without worrying about ash buildup. Briqs do give you a long steady burn.

 

[chisoxjim]

RO in the WSM is like money. hold 230 like clockwork..

 

[hbbone]

I was at ace hardware last weekend and saw a giant bag of Lump Cowboy charcoal, its basically raw charcoal instead of the burquettes. I don't think I like it to much, you really have to get a fire hot before you can start using it, not easy like kingsford you can just matchlight...

 

[chisoxjim]

cowboy is a bad representative of lump. RO lump for a widely available lump is pretty good & burns hot and clean.

You arnt talking about the match light briquettes with the lighter fluid already on them are you?

AS for briquettes Im not a fan of the blue bag kingsford(too many fillers, and too much ash). If I am forced to use briquettes it will be Kingsford Competition briquettes.

 

[rickw]

Any lump will burn hotter than briquettes, not just Cowboy. Just last week I made a real nice brined chicken with Cowboy as a fuel, it tasted good to me.

 

[chefrob]

was at wallyworld and picked up a bag of RO just to see how it was. dumped it in to a storage bucket and found one rock and a cigarette butt........at least it wasn't a hand or foot!