Home Depot charcoal briquettes
Gandalf
Home Depot is having a sale on Kingsford original briquettes. Not match light. 20 pounds for $9.95. What is the current thinking on Kingsford? I have some chunk charcoal, but am not sure which briquettes are most in favor now. Sometimes, all you need is a heat source and no bad flavors.
Gandalf
Paul Reddick
Home Depot is having a sale on Kingsford original briquettes. Not match light. 20 pounds for $9.95. What is the current thinking on Kingsford? I have some chunk charcoal, but am not sure which briquettes are most in favor now. Sometimes, all you need is a heat source and no bad flavors.
Gandalf
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Kingsford
BAD CHARCOAL (and preposition usage)
I'm sorry, I seem to have lost the original post of the list of Kingsford
charcoal ingredients and only saved the commentary notes....however, it
occurred to me, after talking with Chris Hudson about doing ribs, that it
would be useful to republish this for all the newcomers to the porch who
are still operating under the delusion that processing manufacturers only
have our welfare and health at the heart of their corporations. To wit:
Today, KINGSFORD charcoal is manufactured from wood charcoal, anthracite
coal, mineral charcoal, starch, sodium nitrate, limestone, sawdust, and
borax. The wood and other high-carbon materials are heated in special
ovens with little or no air. This process removes water, nitrogen and
other elements, leaving almost pure carbon. The briquets do not contain
petroleum or any petroleum by-products.
Let's see..
1. Wood charcoal. That's what you thought you were buying. Then these
nice folks throw in all this other stuff for free!!
2. Anthracite. Gives you black lung disease should you decided to take
up snorting the stuff.
3. Mineral charcoal. They don't know what it is either but this was a
good way to get rid of it.
4. Starch. Makes sure there are no wrinkles in the charcoal pillows.
5. Sodium nitrate. Found in the back of Bear's truck outside of rib
joints that boil their meat first. Must be there for that nice slow burn
you need for things like Federal buildings.
6. Limestone. Should you decide to sprinkle it on your lawn instead of
cook with it.
7. Sawdust. Just like wood...only smaller.
8. Borax. For washing your mule team.
No petroleum products? How come it smells like a Texaco station? Must be
the secret spices.
Or the Quick Lighting stuff....
Probably more dangerous even than petroleum products.
Those who switch to lump, or even burn just plain ole wood, will notice
that there are far, FAR fewer ash to dispose of, and the ash that does
result is almost weightless. Ash from burning briquets weighs a ton!!!
That's the stuff you're paying for, and have to then dispose of.
Remember: just because you bought the briquets in a food store, doesn't mean
they are either safe to cook with or eat the by-products of.
(for all yu Inglish teachers out there....yes, I know whut I jes' did.
Twice. In a row. So???)
Bill
Bill Martin, now gainfully employed in San Antonio.
Aloha Amigos
Home Depot is having a sale on Kingsford original briquettes. Not match light. 20 pounds for $9.95. What is the current thinking on Kingsford? I have some chunk charcoal, but am not sure which briquettes are most in favor now. Sometimes, all you need is a heat source and no bad flavors.
Gandalf
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Subject: Re: [BBQ] Home Depot charcoal briquettes
ParkAQ
Well said. I also miss Bill. He was a the Wikipedia of BBQ.
Park it! Grill it! Eat it!
Buzz Dean
Kurt Lucas
I haven’t touched a briquette in 20 years.
Kurt
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Paul Reddick
Jack Waiboer
Home Depot is having a sale on Kingsford original briquettes. Not match light. 20 pounds for $9.95. What is the current thinking on Kingsford? I have some chunk charcoal, but am not sure which briquettes are most in favor now. Sometimes, all you need is a heat source and no bad flavors.
Gandalf
Erin Fuller
James McCabe
ParkAQ
Ahhh yes, Bill was the Apple of Gary’s eye J
Park it! Grill it! Eat it!
James Stewart
DERRICK WOOD
Ingredients In Competition Briquets
Kingsford Competition Briquets contain only three ingredients:
- Wood Char (Heat source)
- Starch (Binder)
- Borax (Press release)
Borax is used to help briquettes release from the press molds. It is a naturally-occurring mineral that is non-toxic and represents only a fraction of a percent of the briquette mix.
What Kingsford Says About Competition Briquets
The company makes the following statements about Kingsford Competition Briquets on the bag:
- New! 100% All-Natural Competition Briquets.
- 12 pounds lasts the same as a 15 pound Kingsford original bag.
- High heat for grilling, searing, and slow cooking.
- When there's smoke, there's fire—and some of the best food on the planet. We're talking about All-American barbecue cook-offs, where tangy scents linger and competition sizzles. Bring the experience home with Kingsford Competition Briquets: high heat that's ready to cook on fast for grilling, searing, or slow cooking.
- Kingsford Competition Briquets burn hot and are ready to cook on fast! They provide for a range of cooking methods based on how you arrange the briquets and control the air flow.
- Slow Cooking is a process of barbecuing for long periods of time at low temperatures to add flavor and tenderize. Pour coals on one side of the grill to create zones. Cook over a drip pan with water on the empty side, closing the vents more to achieve lower temperature and maintain more moisture.
- Made in the USA.
In theory, "blue bag" Kingsford and the new Competition Briquets are supposed to be the same size and shape. However, variations in the manufacturing process will result in slight differences in briquette shape or thickness.
For example, as the press rolls that stamp-out the briquettes wear down with use, the shape and thickness of the briquettes will change. Comparing briquettes manufactured at different factories may show differences in shape or thickness depending on the condition of the press rolls at each factory. In fact, briquettes manufactured at the same factory but at different points in time may exhibit differences in shape or thickness as a result of worn press rolls. This can occur in "blue bag" to "blue bag" comparisons as well as in "blue bag" to Competition Briquet comparisons.
Another factor, according to Kingsford scientists, is that Competition Briquets made with such a high level of wood char have a tendency to "spring back" after pressing, unlike "blue bag" Kingsford that contains coal and limestone which are not so "springy".
It is some combination of these two factors—worn press rolls and "springy" wood char—that accounts for the difference in thickness seen in the side view comparison photo below.
Conclusion
It appears that Kingsford Competition Briquets light faster, burn hotter, produce less ash, and smell like wood when lighting as compared to "blue bag" Kingsford. However, it also burns faster than "blue bag" Kingsford in an uncontrolled situation as in a chimney starter.
It will be interesting to see if Competition Briquets can be coaxed into burning as long as "blue bag" Kingsford in the controlled environment of the WSM with good vent control.
ref: http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/compkingsford.html
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Gandalf
Ok, thanks. So, when I saw 40 lbs of blue for $10, I wondered if I should jump on it. I don't mind briquettes in my WSM because of the long, consistent burn, but I like lump in my grill.
Gandalf
Sherman Watkins
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/24/186434261/the-great-charcoal-debate-briquettes-vs-lumps?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=share
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Steve Shortridge
Lowe's is running the same deal
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