Foreign Objects in Lump

R2Egg2Q · 04-07-2012, 12:15 AM

I've had my fair share of rocks in my lump but tonight as I was loading up my Small BGE with RO, I pulled out the heaviest foreign object I've encountered in a bag of lump yet:

1 lb 14 oz or 1.875 lbs of metal (I think iron)

Here it is after I cleaned it up:

Maybe my bag should have said 89% Natural Wood Charcoal instead of 100% or possibly "fortified with Iron".

What's the oddest, heaviest, or largest foreign object you've found in your lump?

Boshizzle · 04-07-2012, 12:23 AM

That's why I don't use lump. It's just disgusting some of the stuff you get in the bag.

Hankdad1 · 04-07-2012, 01:25 AM

RO is my go to lump due to it's availability, quality, and price. However 2 bags ago I noticed a nasty burning tar smell coming from my Performer as it was heating up. I found a robins egg size piece of ? that was flaming and giving off the nasty odor.

S**t happens every now and then, but I still prefer cooking over lump!

landarc · 04-07-2012, 01:40 AM

A chunk of concrete, maybe the size of a softball.

fingerlickin' · 04-07-2012, 01:56 AM

You better at least get one free bag out of that after you contact the company and show them those pics. That's filthy.

The only thing bad i've found so far with wicked good is too many huge pieces of logs.

I use RO too, but that is ridiculous. Just some small rocks so far. Find some WG.

Boshizzle · 04-07-2012, 02:02 AM

I'd love to try WG but it's $25.00 a bag in my town.

Dr_KY · 04-07-2012, 02:23 AM

Here too with the concrete.

Every bag I get has stones in them and I expect as much to be honest due to the process but keep the sides of the building out of the mix please.

Briquets is another story. I have found some very interesting things in there including children's toys.

frohe · 04-07-2012, 03:39 AM

I use B&B oak. So far no junk (keeping fingers crossed)

BigDaddyJT · 04-07-2012, 03:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boshizzle

I'd love to try WG but it's $25.00 a bag in my town.

WG is $25/bag out here in CA as well. Good stuff. I bought 4 bags a while back to use in my BGE. Down to my last bag.

I've noticed some funky stuff in RO lump a few times as well.

captndan · 04-07-2012, 06:48 AM

No rocks, wood, metal, bad smell, no nothing but pure lump charcoal. I make my own and it's free.

Pig Daddy · 04-07-2012, 07:14 AM

Two weeks ago I found what appeared to be insulation.

DaveMW · 04-07-2012, 07:17 AM

To quote Charlie Brown: "I gotta rock"... a baseball size rock once.

forrest2906 · 04-07-2012, 07:21 AM

looks like a possible native american artifact, I would take it to the museum and have it carbon dated, may be worth it's weight in gold. :)

IamMadMan · 04-07-2012, 07:51 AM

I had a friend who went to Mississippi and Louisiana for two years to help with the clean-up from Hurricane Katrina as a truck driver. He told me at the dumping sites the wood debris was taken to be used for two main purposes;
(1) to be chipped into mulch
or
(2) to used for making charcoal.

I never really thought it as feasible, but the wood is free.

I guess that is why some brands have nails and pieces of plywood in them all the time.

cliffcarter · 04-07-2012, 07:56 AM

Concrete, a nice sized piece of chert and other various rocks. I remember someone found what appeared to be a badly burned cell phone a couple of years ago.

04-07-2012, 12:15 AM	#1
R2Egg2Q is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-15-10 Location: Pleasanton, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Foreign Objects in Lump I've had my fair share of rocks in my lump but tonight as I was loading up my Small BGE with RO, I pulled out the heaviest foreign object I've encountered in a bag of lump yet: 1 lb 14 oz or 1.875 lbs of metal (I think iron) Here it is after I cleaned it up: Maybe my bag should have said 89% Natural Wood Charcoal instead of 100% or possibly "fortified with Iron". What's the oddest, heaviest, or largest foreign object you've found in your lump? __________________ -John XL BGE, Large BGE, Small BGE, Mini BGE, Superior Smokers SS-Two, Hasty Bake Gourmet, Imperial Kamado, UDS (Darth Maul), Thai Charcoal cooker, Webers: 18.5" WSM, WGA, Summit S-620 NG; Stoker, Stealthy Black Thermapen, custom BGE & Weber handles by brethren martyleach IMBAS Certified MOINK Ball Maker CLICK HERE to join us in a BBQ Brethren Throwdown!

04-07-2012, 12:23 AM	#2
Boshizzle somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-26-10 Location: Virginia Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That's why I don't use lump. It's just disgusting some of the stuff you get in the bag. __________________ Jambo Pit - UDS - Lang 60 (Sold) 18.5" & 22.5" Weber Kettles - Smokey Joe and Mini-WSM - Bubba Keg - #2 La Caja China Chargriller Outlaw Impeccably Accurate BLACK & RED Thermapens KCBS CBJ Operation BBQ Relief Founding Member I am Obsessive Compulsive about BBQ. Google it.

04-07-2012, 01:25 AM	#3
Hankdad1 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 05-07-10 Location: Twin Cities, MN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	RO is my go to lump due to it's availability, quality, and price. However 2 bags ago I noticed a nasty burning tar smell coming from my Performer as it was heating up. I found a robins egg size piece of ? that was flaming and giving off the nasty odor. S**t happens every now and then, but I still prefer cooking over lump! __________________ WSM, Green stainless Performer, Genesis 3000, 2 18.5" Weber kettles, C-G Akorn.

04-07-2012, 01:40 AM	#4
landarc somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-26-09 Location: San Leandro, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	A chunk of concrete, maybe the size of a softball. __________________ "perhaps...but then again...maybe not..." careful there son, those ribs are boiling hot... \_\|_/ (='.'=) Here there be bunnies... (")_(")ooo Pacific Rim BBQ Bob's Brew and Que

04-07-2012, 01:56 AM	#5
fingerlickin' Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-08-10 Location: Boyertown, PA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You better at least get one free bag out of that after you contact the company and show them those pics. That's filthy. The only thing bad i've found so far with wicked good is too many huge pieces of logs. I use RO too, but that is ridiculous. Just some small rocks so far. Find some WG. __________________ Jason "I can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking my head up a bull's a$$, but I'd rather take a butcher's word for it". - Tommy Callahan III XL Big Green Egg, 22.5 Weber OTS, WSJ Gold/Mini WSM, 18" & 22" WSM Flyers Orange Thermapen WAEFAY...WWGALD???

04-07-2012, 02:02 AM	#6
Boshizzle somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-26-10 Location: Virginia Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'd love to try WG but it's $25.00 a bag in my town. __________________ Jambo Pit - UDS - Lang 60 (Sold) 18.5" & 22.5" Weber Kettles - Smokey Joe and Mini-WSM - Bubba Keg - #2 La Caja China Chargriller Outlaw Impeccably Accurate BLACK & RED Thermapens KCBS CBJ Operation BBQ Relief Founding Member I am Obsessive Compulsive about BBQ. Google it.

04-07-2012, 02:23 AM	#7
Dr_KY Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 12-15-07 Location: England Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Here too with the concrete. Every bag I get has stones in them and I expect as much to be honest due to the process but keep the sides of the building out of the mix please. Briquets is another story. I have found some very interesting things in there including children's toys. __________________ www.drsweetsmoke.com Slappin that bass like some delerious funky preist!!! UDS, Half Pint (Mini UDS), Weber, ProQ 20, Kegrilla 250 gallon cooker- 'The Meat Beast!!' British BBQ Championships Grand Champion 2008 ~~~~ British BBQ Society - Southern Championship Grand Champions 2009

04-07-2012, 03:39 AM	#8
frohe Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 02-26-12 Location: central Texas Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I use B&B oak. So far no junk (keeping fingers crossed) __________________ Jesus is my Lord! ... an old 55 gallon horizontal smoker, a gas grill & a CharBroil Big Easy

04-07-2012, 06:48 AM	#10
captndan is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-29-11 Location: Greeneville TN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No rocks, wood, metal, bad smell, no nothing but pure lump charcoal. I make my own and it's free.

04-07-2012, 07:14 AM	#11
Pig Daddy On the road to being a farker Join Date: 06-15-11 Location: Glen Ellyn, Il Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Two weeks ago I found what appeared to be insulation. __________________ http://gebbq.blogspot.com/

04-07-2012, 07:17 AM	#12
DaveMW is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-31-10 Location: Edgewood, Kentucky via Livngston, Montana Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	To quote Charlie Brown: "I gotta rock"... a baseball size rock once. __________________ In a perfect world every lab would have a home and every home would have a lab. There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm. Weber Kettle 22.5" Restored "J" - Black Weber Smoky Joe "F"- Black Weber Genesis - Black (CL Score - brand new) Weber Go-Anywhere - Black UDS which surprisingly is not black Great Outdoors Smoky Mountain Smoker

04-07-2012, 07:21 AM	#13
forrest2906 On the road to being a farker Join Date: 11-16-11 Location: Kuna, Idaho Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	looks like a possible native american artifact, I would take it to the museum and have it carbon dated, may be worth it's weight in gold. :)

04-07-2012, 07:51 AM	#14
IamMadMan is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 07-30-11 Location: Southern New Jersey Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I had a friend who went to Mississippi and Louisiana for two years to help with the clean-up from Hurricane Katrina as a truck driver. He told me at the dumping sites the wood debris was taken to be used for two main purposes; (1) to be chipped into mulch or (2) to used for making charcoal. I never really thought it as feasible, but the wood is free. I guess that is why some brands have nails and pieces of plywood in them all the time. __________________ Humphrey's DownEast Beast W/BBQ Guru

04-07-2012, 07:56 AM	#15
cliffcarter Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 02-21-11 Location: Old Town, Maine Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Concrete, a nice sized piece of chert and other various rocks. I remember someone found what appeared to be a badly burned cell phone a couple of years ago.