LT72884
Babbling Farker
Well, i was at lowes the other day buying my rotisserie kit for my weber when i saw for 7.99$ a 15lb bag of 100% all natural hardwood briquettes. So at .53 cents a pound i had to pick up a bag. The bag states 95% hardwood and 5% vegitable filler.
At first stight, the briquettes are actually pretty good size. A little bigger than rancher or wicked good charcoal. I can tell you for sure that they are alot "stronger" than rancher charcoal. It took only a few pounds of force to crush a rancher briqutte but to crush a stubbs, it took almost double the amount of force.
I lit a full chimney of them with two wads of paper towel. It has a very pleasent woodsy burn to it. I could smell it in the garage and it reminded me of a cold winters fire in our wood burning stove. The first 8 minutes of the ignition, there was more blue smoke than i expected but with in 3 minutes or so it burned off and no smoke was produced at all. Very clean smell and burn once it gets going. A small downfall but 3 minutes of extra wait aint bad.
Poured the rest of the bag in my charcoal ring. With in 15 minutes, the charcoal was ready in the chimney. Poured it over the unlit coals and waited 10 minutes for it to come to temp. Very clean burn and very nice TBS. I added my hickory chunks and waited for it to get to temp. Once it came to temp i added my fat deflector which really jacked things up. But once it was removed things(45 minutes later) were back to normal. During the cook, it held temps very well. Stayed at 275-300 the whole cook. I had 3 of the 4 wents open.
After my rib cook, there were plenty of briquettes left. and very little ash produced. I did another crush test of a snuffed out rancher briqutte vs a snuffed out stubbs. Stubbs still take the win. Below is the amount of coal i have left in my ring and how much ash was produced. There are a few extra things in the ash like match sticks but i have a unused briquette next to it to show an example.
In conclusion, i really like the results from the charcoal. At .53 cents a pound, cant really complain. My only complaint, if i can call it that, is the amount of blue smoke at the begining of the light. But like i said, wait a few more minutes and the smoke is gone.
Personally i would buy this brand again and at that price it is cheaper than lump. So when lump is in short demand, i will be buying this stuff for sure
At first stight, the briquettes are actually pretty good size. A little bigger than rancher or wicked good charcoal. I can tell you for sure that they are alot "stronger" than rancher charcoal. It took only a few pounds of force to crush a rancher briqutte but to crush a stubbs, it took almost double the amount of force.
I lit a full chimney of them with two wads of paper towel. It has a very pleasent woodsy burn to it. I could smell it in the garage and it reminded me of a cold winters fire in our wood burning stove. The first 8 minutes of the ignition, there was more blue smoke than i expected but with in 3 minutes or so it burned off and no smoke was produced at all. Very clean smell and burn once it gets going. A small downfall but 3 minutes of extra wait aint bad.
Poured the rest of the bag in my charcoal ring. With in 15 minutes, the charcoal was ready in the chimney. Poured it over the unlit coals and waited 10 minutes for it to come to temp. Very clean burn and very nice TBS. I added my hickory chunks and waited for it to get to temp. Once it came to temp i added my fat deflector which really jacked things up. But once it was removed things(45 minutes later) were back to normal. During the cook, it held temps very well. Stayed at 275-300 the whole cook. I had 3 of the 4 wents open.
After my rib cook, there were plenty of briquettes left. and very little ash produced. I did another crush test of a snuffed out rancher briqutte vs a snuffed out stubbs. Stubbs still take the win. Below is the amount of coal i have left in my ring and how much ash was produced. There are a few extra things in the ash like match sticks but i have a unused briquette next to it to show an example.
In conclusion, i really like the results from the charcoal. At .53 cents a pound, cant really complain. My only complaint, if i can call it that, is the amount of blue smoke at the begining of the light. But like i said, wait a few more minutes and the smoke is gone.
Personally i would buy this brand again and at that price it is cheaper than lump. So when lump is in short demand, i will be buying this stuff for sure
