Kingsford Professional Briquets

[al_pastor]

Just wanted to publicly rag on myself a little.

I went to krogers yesterday to pick up my normal kingsford competition briquets. Put the last couple bags in my cart and noticed some bags of a product i hadnt seen before, the kingsford professional. Looked at the bag and swapped the 2 competition for the pro. Got home and looked up about it and found out itnis the exact same product re-branded.

I realize this came out six months ago, i have been out of the scene with health issues. But I thought it was kind of funny I went to trouble of putting something back and teplacing it with same thing in a bag with different words on it.

If anyone is curious why I use that product, I like that there is less chemicals in them. I've tried several brands of lump, but they all seem to throw tons of sparks into the air. I have trees and a large wooden deck and it seems way too dangerous when i am using the chimney. The briquets dont seem to do this 1/10th as much.

 

[Smoking Westy]

I picked up a couple bags of the Professional for a rib comp a few weeks back and was really impressed with it. I have been cooking in my kamado so much and burning lump that I hadn't bought briquettes in a while. However I prefer to run briquettes in my WSM so that is how I settle on trying the Professional.

My original intention was to pick up a couple bags of the Competition charcoal but didn't realize it had been rebranded. Managed a 3rd place finish out of 22 teams on ribs and 2nd on chicken that weekend all while having the cleanest fire I have ever had in my WSM. I'm a believer in this stuff!

 

[kenthanson]

I use 75% lump but when I do use briquettes I use kingsford comp/pro. They are selling it cheap around these parts trying to clear out the comp label bags so that's been nice.

 

[Joe Black]

I still believe in my Royal Oak. I use 2/3 basket of lump for a good coal bed and start it with 2/3 chimney of RO briqs. After a good coal bed is established, I switch over to all wood. I never have sparks, trash and not much ash. I love my Royal Oak.

 

[SmokinCW]

Thanks for the info. I have used the competition briquettes and loved them. I did not know that the Pro was just relabeled comp. Now I won't mind buying the Professional.

 

[RolandJT]

I will use KComp or K professional without hesitation.

I also like Stubbs for the natural briquette route.

To me, the Kingsford is cleaner and you have to add a bit more smoking wood, but my experience with Stubbs is that it gives a bit more smoke flavor (I have chopped a few open and found bits of uncarbonated wood).

I'd use either happily and buy whichever is cheaper.

 

[PatAttack]

Really like the KP.

Burns clean and burns long for me.