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Rocks In My Rockwood
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GATraveller
Posts: 8,207
Been using Rockwood exclusively for the past 6 months or so. While stirring the old lump before reloading new for last nights cook I ran across these in the firebox. First time in several hundred pounds of lump that I've run into it from Rockwood. Still my favorite though!!
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2 Large
Peachtree Corners, GA
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I've found 2 about that size out of about 300# or so lump used. I'd say that's acceptable.LBGE 2013 & MM 2014Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FANFlying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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The only thing non-charcoal that has come with my Rockwood is the bag it comes in.
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i get these quite a bit in virtually all lump bags except El Diablo. the only thing I can think of is that they heat up lava rocks and distribute them when making a batch to help ensure as much even heat distribution as possible- ie so you don't have some wood burned up and other wood just starting to catch fire. i''ve seen this in western, cowboy and a few others I've gotten
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Yea - me too (up until now).
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Meh. Don't worry about it. The bags are usually overfilled a tad to make up for incidental rocks, etc. At least it wasn't plastic strapping or a cigarette pack (both of which have been found in RO, among other things).#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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Can I get those back???? That's the ROCK in Rockwood. :-$
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what the heII are they? one looks like granite or maybe a geode and the other looks like flint. I've just had junk rock in bags of lump when I have found some (not RW). Maybe that's the difference, RW uses a better quality of rock?
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I only use Rockwood, and I also found two rocks in one bag. One was fist sized, and I have a big fist. The other was about half that size.I am not complaining at all. Out of all the bags those were the only two rocks so I am very satisfied.
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@Legume :-B geologist?
) LBGE 2013 & MM 2014Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FANFlying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL -
I will gladly take rocks over the plastics and banding in other brands i have found...Beaufort, SC
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I'm hoping to one day find a diamond or other gemstone since RW is a premium brand :-B
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Firecraft increased the price from $19.95 to $21.95 : (Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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NPHuskerFL said:
funny - but no. had a geode as a kid. have granite countertops now and broke up some of the scrap - kind of looks like that, some of it has decent holidays in it. been to England before and saw some really old houses that were a bunch of rocks mortared together that were kind of round, but had a flat/whitish side, I was told it was flint.@Legume :-B geologist?)
calling me a nerd, huh?
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Rockwood has better rocks, that's funny.Legume said:what the heII are they? one looks like granite or maybe a geode and the other looks like flint. I've just had junk rock in bags of lump when I have found some (not RW). Maybe that's the difference, RW uses a better quality of rock?
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@Hungry Joe troll. There you happy?)
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FWIW, I run a wood stove for heat. I cut split and stack my firewood. I have found rocks and slag when cleaning out my ash.
Foreign objects just get in trees somehow. It happens.
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johnkitchens said:
That's 19 for him!
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I don't have a wood stove but I have a fireplace in which I burn wood from my own lot. I know from years of digging holes to plant things that under the surface of my soil there are plenty of rocks! Most times they as well as the ones I find exposed on the surface down the 70 foot deep ravine behind me are polished ones that the "ice age" left behind. With all the rocks and the trees on my lot then finding rocks in my fireplace after burning the trunks and roots don't surprise me one bit!Hungry Joe said:FWIW, I run a wood stove for heat. I cut split and stack my firewood. I have found rocks and slag when cleaning out my ash.
Foreign objects just get in trees somehow. It happens.
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Weird things wind up in trees.
They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. - George Carlin -
Pinch A Penny is closest BGE dealer and the manager was telling me I should only buy BGE brand lump because the quality control is the best and you'll never see any rocks. I didn't think too much of it but the guy was really selling the BGE brand lump, which I get he's looking for repeat business. About 3/4 through the bag I'm stirring the used lump before lighting and found a palm sized rock. Took the rock to the same store & manager and he gave me half off a 20lb bag, same size I previously bought.
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Looks like a piece from the kiln.Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN
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After reading the rave reviews, I bought a bag of RW. This is what came out of the bag on the first cook.
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@CurtisMaximus BGE is touted highly by dealers.. because it is expensive lol.
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I would save that because I heard RO is paying premiums for that kinda stuff.-----------------------------------------analyze adapt overcome2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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@DoubleEgger - you sure that isn't a meteor??
"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
-Umberto Eco
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Peachtree Corners, GA -
Rocks in lump is expected. Imagine the cost of lump to sort pebbles out. Lol
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I know GATraveller! I was hoping there's a diamond inside of that cosmic boulder
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Put it in a glass box and charge folks to see a real "Moon Rock"
"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
-Umberto Eco
2 Large
Peachtree Corners, GA
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