A friendly alternative to lumpwood charcoal

[keith157]

And if possible suitable for use in a garage

[London Irish]

And if possible suitable for use in a garage

Good point Keith as some aren't.

[David Ohh]

Haven't got a garage, it would have to go in 1 of the 2 outside rooms in our house, either the laundry room (on top of the freezer) or the outside toilet (never used) on top of the ..... toilet......

[London Irish]

Or replace the smaller freezer with a chest???? Otherwise you might need a set of steps to get anything out

[Steve]

Getting back on topic

I tested the box I was sent today and I have to say I was mighty impressed.

Contents of the box survived transit very well, I had mainly big pieces with a few little ones.

I put 2-3 kg in the 18.5" WSM as a test run with the aim of running for 5-6 hours at 250-260 with no forced draft running. I lit four pieces in the chimney. They did take some lighting but no funny smells during lighting which is good.

Once I transferred to the pit I couldn't get the temp up, after about an hour I changed the configuration so they were all sat vertically with lit ones I between. This made all the difference and it started burning beautifully. I suspect with forced draft the configuration would matter less but the vertical configuration worked really well in the WSM.

I had less than half a basket once I stacked up so not a lot of fuel really.

It hit 260 within an hour and sat very stable. I've been able to move the temperature up and down and it sits nice when I do. It's been running for over 6 hours now and there is still tons of fuel left.

Got to say, this charcoal looks like a really good product so far

[keith157]

Cheers Steve

[andyr]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BARBIES-LUMPW ... 5d330769ab

Cheaper than the £30 for 4 bags.

Works out just under £20 for 4 x 5Kg bags, delivered, UK Mainland.

HTH

Andy

[BBQFanatic]

So is this worth a buy - a little dearer than the blue bags but thats because of shipping. Would like to know where they stock it locally.

[UKEgger]

Very interesting, has anyone cooked food on it ? What were the results like ?

I was also looking at carbon footprint a while back and have been using lumpwood from WoofWood fuel (link below) this is all from a managed forest in Dorset it isn't cheap but last me a good while as it seems to burn pretty slowly, I have been happy with it although sometimes wish there were more larger pieces in the bag.

http://www.woofwoodfuel.co.uk/lump-wood-charcoal.php

Anyone else used them ?

[keith157]

So is this worth a buy - a little dearer than the blue bags but thats because of shipping. Would like to know where they stock it locally.

If you go to the website Ed linked to you can search for a local stockist, sadly none in our area

http://www.bridgebrooke.co.uk/index.html