shibumiseeker
Grandmaster
If anyone would know it'll be someone here.
I make charcoal at our place. It's a natural offshoot of the fact that with a hundred and fifty acres of trees and a sawmill, I try to keep up with burning off tops and slabs and making good use of it. I use the charcoal for some smelting and a few other projects, and it's nice to throw a bunch in the woodstove when I want to walk away from it for a while.
A while ago a coworker asked me for some charcoal lumps because he does a lot of grilling and the lump charcoal is supposedly better than briquettes. I'm not a big grilling fan so I'd never even heard of this. Doing a little poking, it appears it's a thing with people paying about a buck a pound for this stuff. My coworker was thrilled with the five gallon bucket's worth gave him. Said it was better than what he buys. Other than him, the only thing I know about this subject is reading Amazon reviews.
My question: This is just charcoal (carbon) right? I mean, not partially burned, but completely, with the only thing left is coals. Apparently larger lumps are sought after but harder to get because it crumbles so easily, is that true? I really am completely ignorant of these things as the extent of my grilling is to throw a few briquettes on the Weber once in a while and do some corn and steaks and potatoes.
I make charcoal at our place. It's a natural offshoot of the fact that with a hundred and fifty acres of trees and a sawmill, I try to keep up with burning off tops and slabs and making good use of it. I use the charcoal for some smelting and a few other projects, and it's nice to throw a bunch in the woodstove when I want to walk away from it for a while.
A while ago a coworker asked me for some charcoal lumps because he does a lot of grilling and the lump charcoal is supposedly better than briquettes. I'm not a big grilling fan so I'd never even heard of this. Doing a little poking, it appears it's a thing with people paying about a buck a pound for this stuff. My coworker was thrilled with the five gallon bucket's worth gave him. Said it was better than what he buys. Other than him, the only thing I know about this subject is reading Amazon reviews.
My question: This is just charcoal (carbon) right? I mean, not partially burned, but completely, with the only thing left is coals. Apparently larger lumps are sought after but harder to get because it crumbles so easily, is that true? I really am completely ignorant of these things as the extent of my grilling is to throw a few briquettes on the Weber once in a while and do some corn and steaks and potatoes.