Briquettes or Lump

[WNC]

I was all lump all the time for years, but got fed up with the inconsistencies in bags. I've moved to Stubbs or coshell briquettes just for the consistency.

[Maxmbob]

@Troy, it's hard to find Coshell in Kansas City.  Looks like a 18 lb bag on Amazon is running about $33.00.  What do you normally pay for it? I found several small bags at a local surplus store.  I did like it,  but it was only in stock the one time.

[Bbqmiller]

Use a mix of lump and briquettes. Lump is frontier and wicked good. Briquettes are a mix of trader joes (rancher) or the Royal oak natural ones. The Royal oak can be ordered from do it best and delivered to a store near you. They are really good. I have been having good luck with the TJ's ones too the last couple of years.

Here is the Royal oak ones

$23 for 40 lb bag

https://www.doitbest.com/products/royal-oak-chefs-select-hardwood-charcoal-briquets


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[fljoemon]

+1 on the RO Chefs Select. They will ship it to the nearest dealer for free. Great price on an amazing briquet.

[Wahoo95]

@Troy, it's hard to find Coshell in Kansas City.  Looks like a 18 lb bag on Amazon is running about $33.00.  What do you normally pay for it? I found several small bags at a local surplus store.  I did like it,  but it was only in stock the one time.

Last year this time it was $7.88  bag at Lowes

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[Troy]

@Troy, it's hard to find Coshell in Kansas City.  Looks like a 18 lb bag on Amazon is running about $33.00.  What do you normally pay for it? I found several small bags at a local surplus store.  I did like it,  but it was only in stock the one time.

$9 per bag at trader joes

I bought 30 bags when it was on sale at lowes

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[jcnaz]

I have been buying RO Lump and ROCS(Royal Oak Chef's Select) Briquettes. I like them both.
As has been posted, The ROCS briquettes are tricky to come by, but well worth it. Do it Best hardware has free shipping to the store. When buying lump I like to gently tip the bags back and forth, and choose the ones with less tiny pieces rattling around.

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[BobG]

Lump all the way. Gets hotter and the pieces burn longer. I use Lazzari lump charcoal.

Briquettes are useful sometimes though. I use them under my pizza stone because it is easier to get them in a circle once lit

[captjoe06]

Briqs when smoking
Lump when grilling

(although right now I'm out of lump)

I generally buy whatever charcoal is on sale and buy large amounts when it is on super sale.  This year I'm averaging .25 per lb of briquettes.

[Lumpy Coal]

I use lump. I tried briquettes didn't like the ash or dirty smoke but to be fair I used kbb and I do believe there are much better choices.  I was using Royal Oak lump and recently switched to Kamado Joe lump, the difference is huge.  KJ is way bigger and doesn't have rocks and metal in the bag plus close to the same price per pound.

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[HoosierKettle]

Just picked up a large bag of ro lump for 10 bucks. Never used lump before so figured I'd give it a whirl. No cook planned as of now. Any suggestions for a first time lump cook?


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[charred]

Just picked up a large bag of ro lump for 10 bucks. Never used lump before so figured I'd give it a whirl. No cook planned as of now. Any suggestions for a first time lump cook?


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Your next cook. 

Lump is the better fuel. Smoking, steaking, burgering, birding. Every time I use lump after cooking w/  even the "clean" (Stubbs, Trader Joe's etc) briqs, I'm reminded of how quicker, easier, more efficient and better tasting lump is, all w/ a ton less ash to deal with.

On Fri I did a shoulder on the WSM and ran ~260, on Sun I did the Xmas turkey on the WSM. At least half of the fuel from the pork was still good and I didn't need to deal w/ the ash. I ran 320 for the bird.

Imo, you can get your meat on quicker w/ lump.

[Vwbuggin64]

I was all lump all the time for years, but got fed up with the inconsistencies in bags. I've moved to Stubbs or coshell briquettes just for the consistency.

What he said. These are always in my rotation and are perfect for cooking.

[HoosierKettle]

I'm fairly certain I won't abandon briq's. But it will be nice to finally give it a try and see if it can find a niche for some of my cooks.


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[greenweb]

We don't have the type of big sale on charcoals like you guys have.  I will pick up whatever on sale. Usually have more briquettes than lump charcoals at any given time.  I try to stick to RO and Maple Leaf brands here.  Use exclusively briquettes for smoking but one or the other or mixed for other cooks depending on what I have left or feel like using at the time.