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Best Lump

I found, what could be, the best lump ever.  Only made from center cuts!!

Edge charcoal is for Hillary supporters.


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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Maybe, yeah, if you're East Coat. 

    This is what's hip and happening on the West Coast:

    Image result for best lump

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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,297
    "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

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,721
    Wonder what this would do for smoke profile:

    http://www.ehow.com/how_6704552_burn-cow-manure.html

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  • bhedges1987
    bhedges1987 Posts: 3,201
    edited September 2016
    Being serious here.  My last bag of royal oak was awful.  Smelt like the old cowboy lump I used to buy.  Imparted a really nasty flavor on my food.  None of the others were like that.  I went and bought like 10 the day they were on sale.  Wonder why I had a bad batch?  What would even cause that? Just curious.

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Wonder what this would do for smoke profile:

    http://www.ehow.com/how_6704552_burn-cow-manure.html
    A slight step down from peat.
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,721
    Wonder what this would do for smoke profile:

    http://www.ehow.com/how_6704552_burn-cow-manure.html
    A slight step down from peat.
    I like peat flavor .... in my scotch.

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,721
    Being serious here.  My last bag of royal oak was awful.  Smelt like the old cowboy lump I used to buy.  Imparted a really nasty flavor on my food.  None of the others were like that.  I went and bought like 10 the day they were on sale.  Wonder why I had a bad batch?  What would even cause that? Just curious.
    My guess would be wood was not fully carbonized, or they used some softer woods.

    *I use the term fully carbonized like people use the term zero gravity.  Incorrect, but ya'll know what I mean.

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  • Hans61
    Hans61 Posts: 3,901
    Rockwood best if $ no issue. On a budget RO better than cowboy 
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  • I was fortunate enough to pick up Hillary Charcoal. It reportedly burns hot and reads hot on the thermometer but when checked with an IR gun is only half the stated temp on the thermometer. Emails to the manufacturer have gone missing and I am left confused and disenfranchised. I am told that this is normal and not to believe my lying eyes.

    I am preparing to build a wall and meet this phenomenon head on.

    In the meantime I will fall back on BGE charcoal and hope the company will put forth a another suitable candidate for our evaluation....
  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,721
    flyerdoc said:
    I was fortunate enough to pick up Hillary Charcoal. It reportedly burns hot and reads hot on the thermometer but when checked with an IR gun is only half the stated temp on the thermometer. Emails to the manufacturer have gone missing and I am left confused and disenfranchised. I am told that this is normal and not to believe my lying eyes.

    I am preparing to build a wall and meet this phenomenon head on.

    In the meantime I will fall back on BGE charcoal and hope the company will put forth a another suitable candidate for our evaluation....
    Don't worry, they know what is best for you!

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
    Being serious here.  My last bag of royal oak was awful.  Smelt like the old cowboy lump I used to buy.  Imparted a really nasty flavor on my food.  None of the others were like that.  I went and bought like 10 the day they were on sale.  Wonder why I had a bad batch?  What would even cause that? Just curious.
    My guess would be wood was not fully carbonized, or they used some softer woods.

    *I use the term fully carbonized like people use the term zero gravity.  Incorrect, but ya'll know what I mean.
    Maybe it was too fresh.  Straight from the factory to the store for the big sales the bags may not have had time to off gas.  They need at least 2 weeks for the refinery smell to go away.
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  • Being serious here.  My last bag of royal oak was awful.  Smelt like the old cowboy lump I used to buy.  Imparted a really nasty flavor on my food.  None of the others were like that.  I went and bought like 10 the day they were on sale.  Wonder why I had a bad batch?  What would even cause that? Just curious.
    If it makes you feel anybetter my wife bought a big bag of Cowboy and Costco.  I used it last night to grill up some steak and it was really pungent smoke.  Like eating an ash tray

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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,838
    🖐

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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,838
    Maple Leaf!

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