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.

 

[JckDanls 07]

So if you want smoke you have to add wood chunks.

I'm assuming your using the smoker in your avatar ? I'm thinking that's gonna be a charcoal smoker only... No stick burning... Hopefully you'll find some good charcoal...

I suggest you make/have made a charcoal basket that fits up against one side wall or the other.. Above an air vent preferably... This will accomplish 2 things.. Gives you more room on the grates that is not directly over the heat source.. Also, Keeps coals tighter together which aids in less fuel consumption and heat control ... Leading to less air adjustments as it's easier/funner to run (this is assuming that the smoker has no leaks and adjust well to intake vent adjustments...











































that fits up against one side wall or the other... This will give you much more room on the grates that aren't right over top of the heat source... And a chunk or two of wood for the smoke... The problem with trying stick burning is the wood will have to be small (such a small cooking area doesn't need a lot of heat) and doesn't/won't create enough hot coals...

 

[Joetee]

I'm assuming your using the smoker in your avatar ? I'm thinking that's gonna be a charcoal smoker only... No stick burning... Hopefully you'll find some good charcoal...

I suggest you make/have made a charcoal basket that fits up against one side wall or the other.. Above an air vent preferably... This will accomplish 2 things.. Gives you more room on the grates that is not directly over the heat source.. Also, Keeps coals tighter together which aids in less fuel consumption and heat control ... Leading to less air adjustments as it's easier/funner to run (this is assuming that the smoker has no leaks and adjust well to intake vent adjustments...











































that fits up against one side wall or the other... This will give you much more room on the grates that aren't right over top of the heat source... And a chunk or two of wood for the smoke... The problem with trying stick burning is the wood will have to be small (such a small cooking area doesn't need a lot of heat) and doesn't/won't create enough hot coals...

No. I wish. That was a Lonestar smoker I had when I was still in the States. When I moved to the Philippines, I had to sell everything.

Now I only have a Weber kettle which I learned to smoke on before I bought my Lonestar.
Lonestar is probably one of the best smokers there is. Air tight. Very easy to regulate temps.

 

[JckDanls 07]

Welp... You really have no choice then.... The search for a better charcoal continues ... While you keep going with what you have searching for better results with it...

 

[Joetee]

Well I used the coconut pillow briquettes a few times now.
Last cook was using the vortex for some chicken 1/4's. The briquettes worked pretty good for this.
I'm thinking that using these I need to have plenty pieces stacked together. They burn hot and long but I think I need to have more together.
I might try the snake method again using the vortex in the middle. The first snake I just played them down flat and neat 2x1 I think. I seen another guy doing a snake standing his briquettes up on edge against each other. This might also help to keep the temps running smooth.

 

[texomakid]

Funny timing on threads that show up. Bounced into Walmart to grab a bag of B & B charcoal and some tumbleweed starters but they were out of the Tumbleweeds so I grabbed a box of Little devil Bombs (or something like that.) I fired up the grill a few days ago and used one of these bombs to light a chimney full of bricketts. That's when I read the box and found out these cute little bombs are coconut husk. They're a little more expensive than the tumbleweeds but it really worked well and actually got the chimney lit faster than a single tumbleweed does.