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Re: What's happened to charcoal?

Postby Squigie » Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:39 am

I am glad you brought this back up.
I searched for it the other day and couldn't find it.

I've been complaining to the wife all winter. (Yes, I grill more with snow on the ground than in the summer.)

All brands of charcoal that are available locally have gone to crap.

Last week, I picked up some basic Kingsford again, just to see if maybe the previous two bags were a fluke. They were not. This bag was absolute garbage, as well.
Nothing. Nothing that I have bought within the last two years has been worth its weight in cat vomit.

I don't know where to go from here.

Even my last bag of Olde Eynsford was not charcoal, it was charred knots with a ton of moisture and raw wood inside. So disappointing.
(If you don't know Olde Eynsford, they were a black powder company that shut down last year. Since charcoal is a major ingredient for BP, they were really good at producing very high quality lump charcoal. "Were" I guess.)
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Re: What's happened to charcoal?

Postby friz » Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:06 am

White gas and charcoal are my two main fuels while camping. I bought a bag of Walmart store brand charcoal late last season. I think it burns a little nicer and gives off less ash then the Kingsford I used before.

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