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Cowboy Lump Charcoal Sale at Lowe's.....

FWRealtor
FWRealtor Posts: 57
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I was at Lowe's last night and they have 18 lb bags of Cowboy Lump Charcoal on sale for $9.99 a bag. I've never used that brand before but it looks like it has mixed reviews. Is this something I should stock up on? 
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Fort Worth ,Texas
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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 6,780
    Charge your glasses !!!!
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,782
    No
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,253
    Free is not cheap enough
    Love you bro!
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,287
    Try a bag and see if you like it. I'm not a fan. Lots of sparks when lighting and real HEAVY on smoke. Some here don't mind it. It's probably something like 90% would say no and the other 10% would be a yes. 
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    i use it all the time.

    it doesn't smoke or spark any more than any other lump i have ever used.

    maybe they hip the good stuff to us and everyone else gets the crap.

    though i have had crap bags of most any brand.


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  • yljkt
    yljkt Posts: 799
    I'm in the middle of a bag now. Wife brought in home from the supermarket because it was on sale and she had an E-coupon. I'm with Darby on this one, no issues. Works fine. Stuff has a bad reputation, but maybe the company cleaned up its act?  
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  • JMCXL
    JMCXL Posts: 1,524
    Sorry had bad luck
    I use it for a clean burn
    Northern New Jersey
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    yljkt said:
    I'm in the middle of a bag now. Wife brought in home from the supermarket because it was on sale and she had an E-coupon. I'm with Darby on this one, no issues. Works fine. Stuff has a bad reputation, but maybe the company cleaned up its act?  
    early on, someone made a comment that it had building 'debris' in it, implying that torn up flooring was being repurposed for making charcoal.  people wigged out, and rather than actually LOOK at it themselves, took that nugget as factual.

    it isn't.

    in reality, they use wood scrap culled during manufacture, both of oak flooring, and hardwood S4S ('surfaced four sides", i.e. planed dimension lumber).

    random length flooring is random length because they cut out those short sections of knots, and reject that from the finished flooring. 

    cowboy uses that, and the same sort of thing trimmed off maple lumber, for much of its production.

    upshot (for me) is it is light, burns hot, lights quickly, and bridges a lot of gaps...  you get pieces that are thin but three or four inches long.  perfect compromise (for me) of light stuff but large enough to promote air flow.

    also, have never had a twenty pound bag that didn't weigh 22+ pounds, and which wasn't totally filled to the top.

    there's a tendency to bash it.  but give it time.  it is all circular.  there isn't a manufacturer that hasn't been praised/hated/praised/hated every few years.

    as for sparking, rocks, etc.  well, show me a manufacturer that doesn't have that every now and then, and you've got yourself a unicorn

    ;)
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    http://www.nakedwhiz.com/lumpdatabase/lumpbag6.htm
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  • flyerdoc
    flyerdoc Posts: 141
    I've used it with no problems, other than the pieces are on the smallish side. Other than that, it works!
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  • Captain_Paul
    Captain_Paul Posts: 138
     I'm using Rockwood based on all the recommendations here but I have used cowboy in the past and I actually probably can't tell a difference.  I think I'm probably just not as discerning as most.  Everything I have used burns fine. I blast it with the weedeater and it all sparks. 
    LBGE, Minimax
    Owensboro, Kentucky
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,077

    I don't think the question is "Is Rockwood better than Cowboy?"  I'm convinced it is. The question is "Will I regret picking up some bags of Cowboy when it is on sale?".  For me the answer to that question is definitely "no".  I've cooked some great meals with Cowboy and other "bad" lump. 

     

    But, I'm a guy who once cooked a meal in a shoebox because someone here challenged me to do so.  Where is @henapple anyway?

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • KiterTodd
    KiterTodd Posts: 2,466
    I'm starting to think there's a troll posting all these Cowboy Lump posts.  :time_out:

    I think some of you guys just have a stock Cowboy reply already tee'd up you can cut and paste daily... 

    LBGE/Maryland
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  • XLentEGG
    XLentEGG Posts: 436
    edited September 2016
    I have found a couple of pieces of cowboy lump that I could tell was made from moulding or baseboard. That was years ago. Cowboy is more expensive in my area, so I just get Royal oak , or Carbon Del Sur when they are on sale. Cowboy was a little sparky , but definitely does not smoke any worse than RO at start up .IMO
    More meat please !! :-)
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  • Nashville_Egger
    Nashville_Egger Posts: 28
    I've found a few weird things in bags of cowby (random large thin metal and aluminum pieces) but the charcoal itself I thought was fine. It creates more "black smoke" than BGE brand charcoal but overall I was fine with how it performed.

    FYI, Large bags (20lbs I think) of Royal Oak lump are being sold at the walmart I just went to (Franklin, TN).  Supposedly it's exactly the same as BGE brand lump.
    Large BGE - Nashville, TN
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  • SkinnyV
    SkinnyV Posts: 3,404
    Run...I gave away 8 bags when I bought a bunch on sale... $1 bag sale not even worth that.
    Seattle, WA
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  • tgs2401
    tgs2401 Posts: 424
    I had the misfortune of buying a bag of Fresh Market lump which is Cowboy private label. It was crap. When I opened the bag there was a burnt up metal bracket sitting right on top. The lump burned fast, created a lot of ash and did not last any where close to Royal Oak or Rockwood. My favorite is Rockwood when I can get it but the Royal Oak does well too.
    One large BGE in Louisville, KY.
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262

    Cowboy lump sucks, Donald Trump is an egomaniac, Hillary is a compulsive liar, you'll get your RTIC when you get it, and the fat cap goes down.



    Phoenix 
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,057
    @blasting is priming the pump for Friday night-destination TBD.  ;)
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • tgs2401
    tgs2401 Posts: 424
    blasting said:

    Cowboy lump sucks, Donald Trump is an egomaniac, Hillary is a compulsive liar, you'll get your RTIC when you get it, and the fat cap goes down.



    LOL! Truer words have never been said.
    One large BGE in Louisville, KY.
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262
    lousubcap said:
    @blasting is priming the pump for Friday night-destination TBD.  ;)


    Hey, the man already got his answer.  Now let's not let a perfectly good lump thread go to waste on a Friday.


    Phoenix 
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  • yljkt
    yljkt Posts: 799
    blasting said:
    lousubcap said:
    @blasting is priming the pump for Friday night-destination TBD.  ;)


    Hey, the man already got his answer.  Now let's not let a perfectly good lump thread go to waste on a Friday.


    Is Friday night designated Lump war night? Don't think I've caught one of those threads yet. 
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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 6,780
    Not really... It could morph into something like.. How come Hillary does a turkey dump of her emails on a Friday just before the labour day long weekend ??.. 
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,232
    Run

    Save your money
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • Meeeshigan22
    Meeeshigan22 Posts: 306
    I am happy to use anything but. I think it smells funny.
    Highland, MI

    L BGE, Primo, and a KJ Jr
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