Surprise in my Royal Oak

[WvQ]

Not in a good way. I have no idea what this is that was inside the bag. It almost seems like it is concrete with a resin coating?

[Jason TQ]

I've found surprises in about every brand of lump I've tried :-D. I primarily use royal oak and haven't found anything in a while other than a rock.

[IamMadMan]

Surprise.....

[Moose]

Looks like it could be from a meteorite.

:mrgreen:



I've found all kinds of goodies in lump, including a softball sized rock, recently.

[Garrett]

Don't worry about it too much, I've found all kinds of stuff in all lump!!

[dwfisk]

I make my own lump, never surprised (yet:wink:)

[Grimm5577]

yup, that seems normal.

[shirknwrk]

Found a fist sized rock in one bag.

[WvQ]

Wonder if Royal Oak will give me a free bag if I complain? I wouldn't be concerned, expect I really don't want to smoke what appears to be resin or glue?

[utahusker]

It looks like the same stuff I find in my stocking every X-mas.:redface:

[cholloway]

Wonder if Royal Oak will give me a free bag if I complain?

They may need it and want it back!

[Rusty Kettle]

That's normal? Really? That is stupid. I stick with KBB then no lumps with garbage for me.

[mike-cleveland]

I have used a few brands over time. When I find garbage, it is time to move on. If I did not live in the city, I would make my own.

[toymaster]

Kryptonite?

[Zin]

I use raw fist size chunks of mesquite wood, stack light let all chunks catch fire and start cooking, beats any store bought lump...you never know what type of wood you are buying with lump...

[Zin]

I have used a few brands over time. When I find garbage, it is time to move on. If I did not live in the city, I would make my own.

Mike, if you can buy wood chunks its ten times better than lump. Just stack light and when all chunks catch fire start cooking.

[saxart]

I've found chunks of concrete, small strips of rusted steel, and just last week I found a small-fist-sized piece of fiberglass insulation.

Yeah, they don't use construction waste. OK..... :roll:

[charrederhead]

Awesome. I've been through ~20 bags of Cowboy...no foreign objects or material.

Cowboy is back, baby! :thumb:

[Oldschoolbbq]

Yuk! I don't use bagged anything for that reason.

Give me wood , lots of wood and watch me make it Blue.

later...

[SmokeHouse Blues]

Maybe a chuck of dried resin????

[SmokeHouse Blues]

that's chunk

[Decoy205]

You guys are crazy. Everyone knows it's the free prize! Like cracker jacks!

[mike-cleveland]

lol, like cracker jacks

[kfawku123]

I wish I found pennies in my bags!!! ;-)

[HossIsBoss]

Its a freeze dried turd from a shuttle. :heh:

[ButtBurner]

my understanding is they make the stuff in huge concrete pits.

After a while, the pit starts coming apart from all the heat

thats when the concrete starts to crumble, some of it can end up in a bag

not saying its ok, just stating how it gets in there

[Hdhead]

Carbon chunk, if you squeeze it hard enough it will turn into a diamond, :laugh:

[Chris89Stang]

That could be something prehistoric! I would bring it into "Pawn Stars" and have one of their "buddies" take a look at it!

[Gore]

I've had all kinds of stuff, usually chunks of concrete. The biggest piece I had was over five pounds. The biggest surprise I had was a live black frog. I opened the bag up and a black frog hopped out and off he went into the garden. I expect he was no longer black after the first rain.

[Marwendholt]

That could be something prehistoric! I would bring it into "Pawn Stars" and have one of their "buddies" take a look at it!

I know the expert says its worth $1 but there isn't much of a market for black lumps so the best I can do is this used piece of chewing gum.

[hogzgonewild]

I had a 6" C-Clamp in a bag last year....We couldn't figure out what was wedged inside of our Gravity Fed.

[jham0077]

Kinda looks like a chunk of pine that the resin/sap has started to render out of. Probably something plastic that fell out of somebody's pocket and got "lumped".

[nucornhusker]

That's normal? Really? That is stupid. I stick with KBB then no lumps with garbage for me.

So you just prefer all of your junk and additives ground up into your charcoal instead so you can't pick it out? Just sayin.


I've found chunks of concrete, small strips of rusted steel, and just last week I found a small-fist-sized piece of fiberglass insulation.

Yeah, they don't use construction waste. OK..... :roll:

Insulation in lump is from the kilns they use to make the lump in. It's fairly normal as are rocks, just toss them when you see them.


I've had all kinds of stuff, usually chunks of concrete. The biggest piece I had was over five pounds. The biggest surprise I had was a live black frog. I opened the bag up and a black frog hopped out and off he went into the garden. I expect he was no longer black after the first rain.

That frog must have superpowers to withstand the high heat of a lump charcoal kiln! :shock::shock: :laugh:

[Untraceable]

I had a melted puddle of plastic in my ash pan after my last cook.

still better than KBB

[Gore]

That frog must have superpowers to withstand the high heat of a lump charcoal kiln! :shock::shock: :laugh:

Wouldn't want to go chimpin' that frog. :shock:

[gtr]

Wouldn't want to go chimpin' that frog. :shock:

I don't know - sometimes the rough ones can be quite fun.

[peeps]

Wouldn't want to go chimpin' that frog. :shock:With all the coal it consumed in the bag, it might really stoke the fire in your loins! Could be love at first choke...I mean croak!

[Gore]

Page 3, gotta love it. :thumb:

[WvQ]

Here is what they said:

This email is in response to your complaint registered on our website regarding a foreign material (concrete) you found in a bag of lump charcoal produced by our company.

Our lump charcoal is made from hardwoods converted to charcoal by control burning them in concrete/steel kilns. The charcoal is removed from the kilns by large front-end loaders. Occasionally small concrete/rocks that were part of the concrete kiln composition can be picked when the kilns are unloaded and do not get filtered out in the screening process. We have employees stationed along conveyor lines which move the screened charcoal to the bagging area. Their responsibility is to remove foreign materials such as you mentioned in your complaint. They are obviously not 100% successful, but we continually strive to package the highest quality product possible.

Royal Oak takes customer comments seriously and implements corrective measures as necessary. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you and appreciate your bringing this matter to our attention.

[Mr.OiSat]

This turns to a "look what I found in my lump " thread :-D

[Twisted T's Q]

I found a ball of that plastic rope stuff you get at lowe's to tie your lumber down, and a piece of what appeared to be weedx ,that black fabric looking stuff that you put under your shrubs to keep the weeds from coming threw, frontier natural lump from sams......

[Harbormaster]

When I read the threadline that you had a surprise in your Royal Oak lump, I kinda thought there may have been a snarling badger or rabid wolverine in the bag.

Just sayin'.