Coconut charcoal

[950 Farenheit]

Has anyone tried grilling or BbQ smoking with coconut charcoal ?

 

[JckDanls 07]

Not seen or heard of it...

A quick google search only came up with a body detox ... no charcoal briquettes/lump ...

 

[BGKYSmoker]

I tried it when we lived in FL, was not impressed with it.

 

[950 Farenheit]

I tried it when we lived in FL, was not impressed with it.

Do you remember the brand. Also what was the issue with it. Price ?

 

[gmc2003]

Here's an older thread:

coshell coconut charcoal reveiw w/ qview (picture heavy) and long

yesterday i was tasked by the woman at home to grill some pork chops for dinner. i went to wal mart and bought a bag of lump charcoal. after that i decided i wanted to go into lowes and see what they had. i came across a bag of coshell coconut charcoal. for 18 lbs it was $9. pretty cheap...

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Chris

 

[JeffShoaf]

I've used the komodo Kamado coconut charcoal. It burns really long, hot, and clean and adds very little flavor so it works well for low and slow cooks when you don't want much smoke flavor or are looking for just the flavor from your wood chunks. I usually used it for long overnight cooks mixed with regular lump.

It's very hard to light; the last few times I used it by itself, I soaked a chunk in cooking oil and lit it with a weed burner and mapp gas. Once that chunk lit, it burned hot enough to ignite the rest.

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Do you remember the brand. Also what was the issue with it. Price ?

Can't remember, got it from Gordons in a box. Had a nasty harsh smell and taste on the butt which I tossed because if I didn't like it I wasn't going to let anyone else eat it.

 

[Joetee]

I moved to Philippines just over a year ago. I can only find coconut charcoal in a couple different forms.
It's a new experience trying to figure out the pillow briquettes. For regular grilling I think is fine. But for low n slow temp would be good then drop off. And sometimes get hotter. I'm still trying to figure it out. It does burn hot and long. You just have to monitor it like a stick burner.
If I find a secret to using it like good ol Kingsford I'll try to post here.
But so far I'm not a fan of it but it's all I can find.
The lump burns extremely fast. I've mixed it in and it just lit all the briquettes.
Trying to do a snake method.

So maybe I'll just need to use it like a stick burner and add a little at a time to help manage my temps.

Did not notice any flavor on the food.
It burns very clean. So if you want smoke you have to add wood chunks.