The restaurant grade charcoal that I had was not self lighting belive me. The barbies and the restaurant grade may be two different products?
Eddie.
A friendly alternative to lumpwood charcoal
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I don't think it is meant to be, it's just the way Lakelands describe it. I've looked at the descriptions on the Barbie website and as I mentioned earlier, other than packaging I can't see any difference.
Anyway, Ed will you be bringing these to Rudgewick in August??
Anyway, Ed will you be bringing these to Rudgewick in August??
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Re: A friendly alternative to lumpwood charcoal
Keith, there's no competition at Rudgwick this year I'm afraid.
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Aahh in that case I won't go
, I just thought that as Rudgewick was shown on the Events Calendar there would be an IBQN event.
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Re: A friendly alternative to lumpwood charcoal
keith157 wrote:I don't think it is meant to be, it's just the way Lakelands describe it. I've looked at the descriptions on the Barbie website and as I mentioned earlier, other than packaging I can't see any difference.
Anyway, Ed will you be bringing these to Rudgewick in August??
You may have to ask Davie for a sample as I have given the rest for him to try out.
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Thanks for that, I'll see how the bank balance is, as it is quite expensive for casual/non competition use, and as I was advised, I do have quite a stock of cocoshell 
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Re: A friendly alternative to lumpwood charcoal
keith157 wrote:Aahh in that case I won't go, I just thought that as Rudgewick was shown on the Events Calendar there would be an IBQN event.
cheers for pointing it out Ketih, just removed it and added Chilli food festival in brighton
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Toby wrote:keith157 wrote:Aahh in that case I won't go, I just thought that as Rudgewick was shown on the Events Calendar there would be an IBQN event.
cheers for pointing it out Ketih, just removed it and added Chilli food festival in brighton
Guess I'll see you at Brighton then
Re: A friendly alternative to lumpwood charcoal
Hi guys,
Off the back of this thread i recently ordered 2 bags of Restaurant Grade charcoal from Makro and it has been excellent, does anyone know if they sell the same charcoal at Costco? I don't drive but have the opportunity to get a lift somewhere in a few weeks (grab a load of good meat while im there too) and i don't own a business so cant get a Makro card and don't like the idea of repeatedly handing over £6 delivery charge to Makro which could be spent on something useful like ribs or wood chunks.
Thanks in advance
edit: actually it seems that not just anybody can get a costco card, now im stumped. The curse of living in a small town that can't provide baby back ribs
Off the back of this thread i recently ordered 2 bags of Restaurant Grade charcoal from Makro and it has been excellent, does anyone know if they sell the same charcoal at Costco? I don't drive but have the opportunity to get a lift somewhere in a few weeks (grab a load of good meat while im there too) and i don't own a business so cant get a Makro card and don't like the idea of repeatedly handing over £6 delivery charge to Makro which could be spent on something useful like ribs or wood chunks.
Thanks in advance
edit: actually it seems that not just anybody can get a costco card, now im stumped. The curse of living in a small town that can't provide baby back ribs
Re: A friendly alternative to lumpwood charcoal
No, Costco doesn't sell this - they do sell briquettes though, but from memory I think they are the self lighting type. Booker does sell restaurant charcoal though.
