...and another vote goes to Stubbs. :thumb:
As I've already said just today,only one "strange" bag so far, (thankfully, on a day cook), and I've NEVER woke up to my fire going out from ash suffocation. Maybe it's more humid around here, but K blue does that to me on low-n-slow cooks more times than not.
Also, I know it's heresy, and I haven't done any side by side comparisons, but I'm convinced that it lasts just as long or longer than K blue. Yep, I know it's only speculation, but I suspect that the stuff they add to K blue isn't to just make it a better charcoal. I think the formula is what gets acceptable performance assessment in the marketplace while being cheap to manufacture and ultimately produce more profit off a bag. I know, I'm just speculating, but there SURE is a whole lot of ash left at the end of a cook compared to Stubbs or other high quality briqs. The binders and crap that doesn't burn up can't cost as much as hardwood char. Right?