Kingsford Charcoal Blue Bag- 2 Bags for 9.88

[webbc1x]

Memorial day weekend will have the sale as well.

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[Bob BQ]

Lesson I learned this weekend? Don't wait til the last day of the sale. Went to 3 HDs.... every one of them completely sold out. WTF? I've never seen that happen....


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[Jammato]

I was down to 3 bags but could not get to town till this morning. They only had 1 1/2 pallets left. I backed up to the door and loaded 20 2packs up while the wife paid for them. That's 40 bags for around 215 clams. I'm stoked.

[smukingNUTbbq]

I pickup 5x2pack


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[JEBIV]

Got 10 2 packs

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[toolhead]

currently using kblue only at bottom of chimneys for starting chimneys and hot burnoffs of grills n grates.

too much ash and filler burn smell n taste.

noticing a much more even cook when using kcomp and stubbs in the wsm and kettles.  the natural briqs seem to make a diff in getting an even brown color during cooks

[verticalift]

A 15.4 lb bag of Kingsford  Briquets in Phuket Thailand goes for 1,300 Thai Baht. At a 34:1 Rate of Exchange, that works out to $37.82 USD or $2.45 USD/lb...!!!

See the photo below and the price sticker on the top right corner of the bag.




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[Vwbuggin64]

If they are selling at these prices now, wonder what prices will show up next month.

Next month will be a higher price......pretty sure that's as low as it goes. It will come back on your country's birthday and then again on Labor Day I believe. One of your countryman should know better than this alien.

Hopefully so. I may have to jump on this now that Coshell is gone and Lowes won't be open with Stubbs until July.


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[1buckie]

If they are selling at these prices now, wonder what prices will show up next month.

Next month will be a higher price......pretty sure that's as low as it goes. It will come back on your country's birthday and then again on Labor Day I believe. One of your countryman should know better than this alien.

Hopefully so. I may have to jump on this now that Coshell is gone and Lowes won't be open with Stubbs until July.


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Memorial Day's the big one.....end of May....

[Cellar2ful]

A 15.4 lb bag of Kingsford  Briquets in Phuket Thailand goes for 1,300 Thai Baht. At a 34:1 Rate of Exchange, that works out to $37.82 USD or $2.45 USD/lb...!!!

See the photo below and the price sticker on the top right corner of the bag.




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Holy Crap. That really puts it in perspective.  At that price, might have to use yak dung like a Sherpa. Wonder how yak turd smoked chicken or pork would be?

[guitarfish]

 

[charred]

According to me (lol), $.27/lb is a good price. Go load up!

Memorial Day charcoal sales are some of the best times to stock up on charcoal. As the unnofficial start of the bbq season, many places have sales to bring people into their stores. approaching. However, you can't straight up compare bag to bag as every retailer has their own sizes and packing. Big bags, medium bags, 2-packs of medium bags, advertised on-sale charcoal in the back of the store and regular price stuff in a slightly different bag up front, you name it! A seasoned Grillfella (get it?, lol) will calculate the cost per pound and purchase accordingly.

You don't need a degree from MIT to figure this out. Just take the total cost of the charcoal bag(s) then divide by the total bag weight (don't mess up the order of operations if using a calculator).

Exhibit 1:



2-pack of 18.6lbs of KBB for $9.88 found here: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Kingsford-18-6-lb-Charcoal-Briquettes-2-Bag-4460031239/205796026

Cost/lb = $9.88/(2*18.6)lbs = $9.88/(18.6+18.6)lbs = 9.88/37.2lbs= $.265/lb = 26.5 cents/lb


Exhibit 2:



15.4lbs of KBB at Walmart for $5.00 found here: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kingsford-Charcoal-Briquets-15.40-lbs/43750715

Cost/lb = $5.00/15.4lbs = $.324/lb = 32.4 cents/lb


Exhibit 1 is the better deal even though you only get 2 smaller looking bags for more money. Don't be fooled by the bigger bags with the lower per unit price! You are looking for the price per pound of charcoal.

Are your eyeballs crossed yet? When should you buy? I thought you would ask so here's my take on it.

Gummi's guidelines to purchasing KBB on sale

$.50/lb+= This is basically regular price. Don't buy unless you really need it.
$.33/lb= This is usually the sale threshold. I will purchase enough bags to get me through the next sales (I've been stocked up for the past few years so I still don't purchase KBB at this price)
$.27/lb or less = This is a good price. Stock up at will!
$.23/lb= This is the lowest I've seen. Load up the truck and come back for seconds and thirds.

I think the charcoal sales are best on Memorial Day. YMMV for other types of charcoal.

Lowes has the 18.6# KBB twin packs for $12.99  which = .35/lb.

Ends today.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kingsford-2-Pack-18-6-Pound-S-Charcoal-Briquettes/50330065

[toolhead]

The summer sales will be 9.98 per twinpack...dont get paranoid and pay the 12.99 sale price

[charred]

personally, i don't buy kbb. 

[charred]

According to a post over on the BBQ Brethren site, from 4/16-4/22 Price Chopper will sell you 1 15# bag per day of KBB for $3.99, which is $.27/#.

So, load up. :/

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=245103