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Concrete in my charcoal!
Anyone else find this or anything that shouldn't have been in a bag of lump?
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Yep, fairly common.They/Them
Morgantown, PA
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I find the same in my royal oak. @henapple will be along to rub it in. 3.2....LBGE& SBGE———————————————•———————– Pennsylvania / poconos
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I have also found concrete in my BGE lump before.Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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I found a whole cigarette wrapper the other day (pre cook), yesterday it was chunks of clay. \:D/Slumming it in Aiken, SC.
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Rocks, concrete, etc- I have a growing rock garden in the back yard with all the ones I have foundGreensboro, NC
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I found 1 piece in say maybe 10 bags of Royal oak2 Large Eggs and a Mini 2 Pit Bulls and a Pork shoulder or butt nearby and 100% SICILIANLong Island N.Y.
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Moon Rocks I find them quite often! Like a box of Cracker Jacks a prize in every bag of lump!!!! =D>
I'm from North Carolina summer and Okeechobee Florida winter.
I'm only hungry when I'm awake!
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I sometimes I like a chunk of "Portland" mixed in for a little of bite on the smoke.
-SMITTY
from SANTA CLARA, CA
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I have a good pile going from Royal Oak I have been using lately. I found metal bands/straps in the one and only bag of Cowboy I tried.Large BGE Middletown, MD
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Someone found a whole wheel bearing a while agoSlumming it in Aiken, SC.
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Found pretty frequently in BGE lump, but have only found 1 piece since switching to Rockwood (I believe there's a good joke in there, or at least some decent irony, but my brain is too tired to figure out how to take advantage).Justin in Denton, TX
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These are examples of one of the reasons why I switched to Rockwood.Joe - I'm a reformed gasser-holic aka 4Runner Columbia, SC Wonderful BGE Resource Site: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm and http://www.nibblemethis.com/ and http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/2006/02/recipes.html
What am I drinking now? Woodford....neat -
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I find small rocks all the time. I guess some of them could have been concrete. I don't worry about it.Dave - Austin, TX
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4Runner said:These are examples of one of the reasons why I switched to Rockwood.
Hey, thanks for the loyalty, but we're not immune to any of this stuff.......lots of things can and will make their way into charcoal bags. A charcoal covered rock looks a lot like a chunk of charcoal.
From our FAQ's:
Why did I find something in my bag that isn’t charcoal?
Sorry about that! We strive to remove all foreign matter during the bagging process, but sometimes pieces sneak by.
Why? Well, a lot can happen to a tree in its lifetime. People sometimes nail items to them, shoot at them, or run fencing around them. And because trees are constantly growing, objects lodged in trees can easily become encased, creating “knots.” Knots are undesirable in the lumber industry, so they’re often made into charcoal. Objects often remain grafted inside the charcoal chunks, which is why they’re only found once the charcoal becomes ash.
If you’ve found an object in your charcoal, please tell us! Some customers have found arrowheads, coins, and other fun “prizes.” If it’s anything of value, we’ll gladly take it off of your hands!
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Keeping a rock collection of what I've found. Hoping to some day find the Holy Grail in my lump - a bullet. I figure people shoot into trees all the time.__________________________________________It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.- Camp Hill, PA
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After 17bags of rockwood, I finally found a chunk of clay... It was the first foreign object in all that lump. Love it, best in the businessBeaufort, SC
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Pfft... worried about a rock or two in a bag of lump?? :-/
These companies have front end loaders, skimming the ground, loading the hoppers.
I think they do a great job keeping a few pebbles out of the mix. =D>
Whats the debris weigh??? 1/4 oz?? Or less?
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the only thing that bothers me is the plastics... gives me an uneasy feeling espicially if its off gassing throughout the cookBeaufort, SC
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I tend to push remaining lump up the side, pour new and keep going .. one of these days I'm not going to be able to get my temp up and it will be that i have an egg full of moon rocks.
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I wish a few strange objects in a bag of lump were the only problems in life!!!
Gator Man
:-cI'm from North Carolina summer and Okeechobee Florida winter.
I'm only hungry when I'm awake!
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Funny that it is in the BGE brand, since it is supposed to be "hand picked'Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg.
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chainsaw19 said:I found metal bands/straps in the one and only bag of Cowboy I tried.
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njl said:chainsaw19 said:I found metal bands/straps in the one and only bag of Cowboy I tried.Beaufort, SC
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That's funny I burned ten bags of Cowboy last year and found 2 rocks. I just used some of my recently acquired Rockwood this weekend and that is some amazing charcoal. A few rocks, left over barbed wire or bullets aren't going to bother me! It's more like treasure!Bristow Virginia XL&Mini One of the best feelings in life is watching other people enjoy the food I cooked!
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njl said:chainsaw19 said:I found metal bands/straps in the one and only bag of Cowboy I tried.
Those bands are what binds the slab wood together. The go in the kilns with the bands on them, then the bands get pulled out. They break during the kilning, as the charcoal is removed from the kiln. Usually they pull right out as one or a few long pieces, but if they break in smaller pieces, they're hard to find.
Also, it's not uncommon to find barbed wire, chicken wire, or other livestock fencing in charcoal. That stuff gets wrapped around or affixed to trees, then the tree grows around it over decades. It's inside the tree, and inside the charcoal then.
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