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08-05-2013, 12:48 PM
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Not Jack
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Other Cape
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Favorite kind of charcoal
Other thread got me thinking-
What's your favorite brand of charcoal? I have some random lump that I got from BJs- burns very hot but way too quick for my liking. I've used to Cowboy stuff in the past which was OK, but that was more due to the fact that it was easy to get at SnS...
Anything out there that's better? What's your source?
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08-05-2013, 01:28 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Cowboy Charcoal if your grilling.....
If your Smoking or Doing the Dutch Oven thing....seriously.....Sam's Choice Charcoal is the best. They sell it at Wal-mart.
Briquettes are bigger and burn longer than Kingsford....its all I use when firing up the dutch ovens
Last edited by The Dad Fisherman; 08-05-2013 at 02:36 PM..
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08-05-2013, 02:02 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
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tried the Cowboy.....Kingford too ...C no difference....Kingford 9 bucks
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08-05-2013, 02:36 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Cowboy burns Hotter and burns out faster....good for searing meats. Not good for sustained heat
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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08-05-2013, 02:37 PM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
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i don't like cowboy. i find gigantic lumps that are a pain to deal with. i like royal oak. i like to throw a chunk or two of hickory on the coals too, to get some real good smoke flavor going. i bought huge 50 lb ripped bag of hickory chunks at HD a couple of years ago for $1.99, I only use one or two lumps per grill session, so it lasts.
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i bent my wookie
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08-05-2013, 03:22 PM
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Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Cowboy burns Hotter and burns out faster....good for searing meats. Not good for sustained heat
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Okay....use Kingford in my Ugly Smoker of which I do get a long burn depending on how many briquets I use |
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08-05-2013, 04:07 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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i like bricket's if they are started with
wood
cook fuel
so no charcoal starter is used...
i no longer buy it
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08-05-2013, 05:13 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
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100% natural lump,otherwise wood.
I generally don't like briquets regardless but if you want a comparison of what burns hotter and longer.....Stubbs wins.
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08-06-2013, 06:06 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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haven't used stubbs yet....
i'll give it a try..... where is is sold?
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08-06-2013, 07:39 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melrose MA
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I use wicked good lump charcoal, the big chunks I separate out to a separate bag for the smoker. Cowboy is full of old fencepost (who knows If pressure treated), rocks etc and I won't use it anymore. The wglc is not cheap but I did get a bunch off a pallate at ocean state early in the year. In terms of brickets I use kingsford, but for no reason over another really. Of course my grill and smoker have no idea what lighter fluid is, only the chimmney or somtimes I use the kicker flame that came on my weber performer. Believe it or not the chimney and newspaper works better.
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08-06-2013, 08:16 AM
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Not Jack
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Other Cape
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I will search for Wicked Good and Royal Oak. Thanks. Should have said I only use lump charcoal. 
Zac where do you find the royal oak? |
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08-06-2013, 12:29 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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wicked good
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PRO CHOICE REPUBLICAN
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08-06-2013, 05:08 PM
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Location: Marshfield, MA
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I use Humphrey's.....I get it at Williams Coal & Oil
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Live at Leeds
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08-06-2013, 05:22 PM
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Live at Leeds
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08-07-2013, 01:55 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: People's Republic
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Cowboy burns Hotter and burns out faster....good for searing meats. Not good for sustained heat
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Completely agree. I love grilling porterhouse and strip steaks with it. You can get a nice crust. |
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08-09-2013, 11:52 AM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
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i was at a foodie type deal on tuesday, and Al Forno was there and they were grilling squid over Natures Own. They said it is all they use, even for their world famous grilled pizza. so I will have to track some of that down. they suggested a hardware store in Providence, but like a fool i didn't write it down.
I buy the royal oak at HD.
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i bent my wookie
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08-09-2013, 04:20 PM
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Whole foods caries it, better burn than cowboy IMO.
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