What Is Charcoal?

A burning question.

i just got a charcoal grill and i am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on some great charcoal i can pick up in the area (westside). i bought some from Whole Foods that was just eh. Thanks fo any advice.

Kingsford bricks for ordinary cooking. I use chunk charcoal for BBQ, and locally cut hardwood chunks and herb stems for smoking.

noticed the Kingsford Charcoal Briquet product placement on Top Chef episode 3...I have to say, I was a little surprised at that.) Pam

The current issue of Gourmet has a small item about bincho tan, a fabulously expensive Japanese charcoal that supposedly burns very hot, very clean, very slow. It’s roughly $10/lb (a price that the Kingsford folks must...

hardwood briquette with a starch binder. I’d recommend Basques or Maple Leaf lump, Maple Leaf hardwood briquettes or Duraflame hardwood briquettes. The charcoal you use is a personal preference and I find that Kingsford and...

of a difference between it and Kingsford. Can’t really comment on it as a barbeque fuel, but it does burn really clean and doesn’t give off too much smoke, so if you are going to use it for barbequing I’d...

- now that is a bbq store but the chimney can be found at almost any home hardware store call one first if its close to you. don’t use perfect size kingsford, thats not how lump charcoal is to burn or look. use basic lump,...

all carbon. If the time and effort of burning down real hardwood is too much for you, then I recommend using “lump charcoal” rather than supermarket brands of charcoal briquettes (e.g., Kingsford). Most briquettes are...

Looking for suggestions for the best charcoal/hardwood choices, as I transition my outdoor cooking from gas grill to Weber kettle!

restaurant depot sells charcoal (kingsford, etc, some places have other brands & lump charcoal) by the pallet. . .there is one in baltimore i believe— you might have to get it thru someone who has an account there if you...

Funny, I’ve never seen lump at Home Depot.The only charcoal I ever buy there is the kingsford that they invariably put on sale during the summer. I use lump for smoking meat (especially since I go through about 2 bags of...

were once made largely of wood) from his auto manufacturing operations. The manager of Ford’s charcoal briquet plant was named Kingsford - and the rest, as they say, is history.

I gorged on Kingsford lump charcoal at Food Basics 2 years ago. It was $.33/lb, which is a lot less than Wegman’s, though only on for a week. The only problem with these specials is the the indifferent quality of the wood....

Having just checked my Kingsford bag, it says "Using charcoal indoors can kill you. Charcoal gives off carbon monoxide." Like I thought, bad idea.