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05-18-2007, 02:23 PM | #1 |
Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 09-23-06
Location: Northern Illinois
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Has anyone tried this stuff?
Sorry, but I couldn't get the picture to show. However, just Google Kingsgrill and check out the pictures.
Check this out! Cooool…… Charcoal of the Future? Ever since Henry Ford and his brother-in-law fired up briquettes of sawdust, charcoal has been produced from industrial waste. Whether dust from the saw mills or scraps from furniture factories, we have relied on someone to turn this useless leftover wood into fuel for our grills and smokers. Now there comes a different kind of charcoal made from the husks and shells of coconuts. Technically referred to as extruded coconut charcoal, this material can be formed into virtually any shape to serve most any purpose from charcoal logs to briquettes for cooking. Coconut charcoal burns hot and clean, imparts a mild flavor, and produces a mild, sweet, but unique smoke. Coconut charcoal is huge in Asia where it is produced and is making its way into Europe and North America An excellent example of this type of charcoal is Kingsgrill charcoal briquettes. These square briquettes are designed to burn evenly and efficiently and are self starting. Now I know that I have said that self starting charcoal is bad, but this “quik lite” doesn’t use petroleum chemicals to get is going. Instead each, dual layer briquette is infused with an all natural, organic lighting substance. You can literally place a match (wooden) on top of one of these briquettes and get it burning quickly. In fact these are ready to go in about two minutes. The lighting is actually pretty fun because these have almost a fireworks level of combustion when they first start out, cracking and popping (and producing a good amount of smoke) to get going. Once burning these briquettes glow orange and put out a substantial amount of heat. With a burn time around an hour and a half, these are not the sort of charcoal you would want to use for smoking, but these are excellent for grilling. If you see a box of this charcoal I encourage you to pick it up. Not readily available right now, but I predict you will be seeing a lot of coconut charcoal in the near future. |
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05-18-2007, 02:35 PM | #2 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 11-05-04
Location: New York City
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Looks alot like the PureFire Charcoal--
Kingsgrill: PureFire: Honestly, I never heard too much good about the PureFire. Never used it myself, though....
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05-18-2007, 04:13 PM | #3 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 09-27-06
Location: Chicago
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Looks like it should be imprinted with "This Side Up"! lol
I have heard mention about coconut charcoal in a few different places. Anyone tried it, in any shape or form? |
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05-18-2007, 04:57 PM | #4 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 08-22-06
Location: Tomball,Texas
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Naked wiz did some write ups about this type of coal if I rember corectly hard as hell to light little ash burns hot last long kinda like lavitra for the pit
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05-18-2007, 09:02 PM | #5 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 10-27-06
Location: Bothell WA
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Are you using them in the BGE? They look a lot like the Kamado extruded coconut fiber briqs. I hope they will become readily available without buying a pallet!
Brian
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05-18-2007, 11:40 PM | #6 |
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Join Date: 02-22-07
Location: Springfield, MO
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What the hell is wrong with good ol' lump, wood, and K? Designer charcoal...not impressed. my .02
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