Briquets are supposed to last longer than lump right? Well thats what I always thought.
We did two comps in the last three weeks. At the first one we used Kingsford and Stubbs. We were running four pits. Two offsets, a WSM, and a Bubba Keg. We ran through over a hundred lbs of briquettes that weekend! Most of it was in the two offsets since the WSM and Keg combined probably used about 15 lbs.
Two weeks later we switched to Lump. A combination of B&B Oak from Academy, and Royal Oak from Wal-Mart. All the same cooktimes, temperatures and ambient conditions and we only used about 45 lbs of Charcoal!
I now believe that a decent lump burns just as well or better than Kingsford Original or any other Briquette.
We did two comps in the last three weeks. At the first one we used Kingsford and Stubbs. We were running four pits. Two offsets, a WSM, and a Bubba Keg. We ran through over a hundred lbs of briquettes that weekend! Most of it was in the two offsets since the WSM and Keg combined probably used about 15 lbs.
Two weeks later we switched to Lump. A combination of B&B Oak from Academy, and Royal Oak from Wal-Mart. All the same cooktimes, temperatures and ambient conditions and we only used about 45 lbs of Charcoal!
I now believe that a decent lump burns just as well or better than Kingsford Original or any other Briquette.