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Fine people of the forum ... do you use different fuels for different cooks?
For example - when I'm using the smoker, I have previously used Cocoshell briquettes as they've given me a pretty consistent temperature and long burn.

They seem a bit of a waste for a general family grill where I'm doing a short cook - so would you recommend lumpwood for that, or sticking with standard briquettes?

I've not used lumpwood before, not sure why, just haven't.

Would be interested in your opinions.

Thanks!

I tend to use briquettes on longer cooks. If I doing a short grill session (or I'm cooking "dirty" ie directly on the coals) then I use lumpwood if I've got it.

Before the Egg it was lump for hot and cocoshell for low and slow. Now it's just lump.

I use blue bag lump for grilling, a mix of blue bag lump and cheap non-chemically briquettes. For low and slow I use heat beads because they are so consistant. Maybe the odd bit of last cooks lump in the bottom of the chimney starter to help them get going and clear my grate.

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Sorry that should say the mix for grilling over a long period like the whole evening. High heat for steaks and thin burgers but then the briquettes seem to arrest the temp drop off so with moveable grates lets me get hours out of it.

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Thanks all - think I'll be getting some lump for this weekends cook, have a street party type thing and I'll be doing some BBQ for my lot.
In addition to the standard fayre of Sausages and Burgers (gotta please the kids), it will most likely be lamb kebabs and/or beer can Chicken for me and the missus

Ideally I'd prefer to use high quality briquettes (heat beads, weber briqs etc) whenever I'm cooking low and slow for their consistency, but their lack of local availability and high cost prevent me from doing so. So I generally use the restaurant grade lumpwood from bookers for everything as it's the best quality and most easily available fuel I have access to. But generally, lump for grilling due to high temps and quality briquettes for indirect.