Our Homepage | Donation to Forum Overhead | Welocme | Merchandise | Associations | Purchase Subscription | Amazon Affiliate |
|
Q-talk *ON TOPIC ONLY* QUALITY ON TOPIC discussion of Backyard BBQ, grilling, equipment and outdoor cookin' . ** Other cooking techniques are welcomed for when your cookin' in the kitchen. Post your hints, tips, tricks & techniques, success, failures, but stay on topic and watch for that hijacking. |
|
Thread Tools |
05-31-2010, 11:12 AM | #1 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 01-14-06
Location: At home on the range in Wyoming
|
Charcoal Review - Best of The West - $14 for 40# at Sam's
I had a misquote in my $82 Sam's shopping spree thread. I called out this charcoal as a #20 bag. It's actually a #40 bag. The price was $14 plus change. So far this weekend I've done three cooks with this, two in the Egg and one in my BDS. It resembles Lazarri mesquite in size, flavor and burn time. Lazarri is just over $20 for a #40 bag. I can't say about ash production. It's not as sparky as some of the Royal Oak I've gotten lately, so this is a plus. The bag is plastic lined, which is nice. These two pics show the average size pieces I've found so far. There is one huge branch in the bag that looks about 3 or 4 inches in diameter.
__________________
~thirdeye~ Barbecuist ~ Charcuterist ~ KCBS Master Judge & CTC Big Green Eggs, Big Drum Smokers, Big Chiefs, Weber Smokey Joe "Custom Tall Boy" Oil Patch Horizontal, SnS Deluxe Kettle Visit my Cookin' Site by clicking HERE Barbecue is not rocket surgery “The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it's hard to verify their authenticity” ~ Abraham Lincoln
|
|
05-31-2010, 11:23 AM | #2 |
Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 05-13-10
Location: O'Fallon, MO
|
Thanks for the tip.
I used to use mesquite wood chunks for almost all beef but I had a bit of an over-smoking issue once (I love smoke but it was WAY too strong) which killed my taste for it. Given this, stayed away from mesquite lump...how pronounced is the mequite flavor? Could this be used for any meat or just beef? |
|
05-31-2010, 11:53 AM | #3 | |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 01-14-06
Location: At home on the range in Wyoming
|
Quote:
That said, mesquite lump has a slightly stronger flavor than say Royal Oak, but I still add the same amount of apple of cherry I use with other lumps. Mesquite lump can be sparky when lighting, and it burns hotter than other lumps. It also comes in large pieces, some have to be smacked with a hammer. I burn about 200# of it per year, and about 150# of Royal Oak.
__________________
~thirdeye~ Barbecuist ~ Charcuterist ~ KCBS Master Judge & CTC Big Green Eggs, Big Drum Smokers, Big Chiefs, Weber Smokey Joe "Custom Tall Boy" Oil Patch Horizontal, SnS Deluxe Kettle Visit my Cookin' Site by clicking HERE Barbecue is not rocket surgery “The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it's hard to verify their authenticity” ~ Abraham Lincoln
|
|
|
Thanks from:---> |
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
No More Sam's Choice Charcoal | coachop94 | Q-talk | 28 | 01-20-2013 02:54 PM |
Sam's Charcoal Update | Chef Jim | Q-talk | 10 | 04-14-2011 11:54 PM |
Sam's Charcoal | Chef Jim | Q-talk | 17 | 03-15-2011 08:46 AM |
Review - Sam's Club "Best of the West" 100% Mesquite Lump Charcoal | bigabyte | Q-talk | 32 | 03-24-2010 12:15 PM |
Sam's Choice charcoal | jpw23 | Q-talk | 14 | 11-07-2006 01:04 AM |
Thread Tools | |
|
|