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Don't buy this !

36onslow
36onslow Posts: 129
in EggHead Forum
this is the crap the dealer gave me with the egg. Like seriously the biggest bag of chips money can buy and your giving me this as a throw in with my egg ??
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  • 36onslow
    36onslow Posts: 129
    So I go back in today and tell them that they should remove it from there shelves cause it sucks. My own fault for not reading the bag but just Assuming I'm at a bge dealer ... buy this thinking it's bge lump lol I can't wait !
    It's not near as bad as the other crap but same manufacturer.
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Never seen this stuff. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,922
    Looks like a bag of seed.

    Don't tell your problems to people.  80% of people don't care and 20% are glad you have them.


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  • Hans61
    Hans61 Posts: 3,901
    Yeah never heard of it. 

    Welcome btw
    “There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
    Coach Finstock Teen Wolf
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  • RedSkip
    RedSkip Posts: 1,400
    edited December 2016
    Maybe you got a bad batch, but Basques Sugar Maple is good stuff.  
    Large BGE - McDonald, PA
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,224
    I'm still a firm advocate of what I call the "tinkle test"! That is when you pick up a bag of lump it should feel solid and when turned over it should have little sound. OTOH if the bag seems hollow at the top and when flipped you can hear a "tinkle tinkle tinkle" sound as the chips and debris shift to the bottom then you don't want that bag!  =)
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time!
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  • chuckytheegghead
    chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
    The green bag is the good stuff. 
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    I buy the basques from firecraft all the time. Good neutral lump. On par with Rockwood. 
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,659
    Cowboy or Frontier may be more in line with what you're looking for, FWIW.  Yuge, heavy chunks.  A real man's lump.  Wait, that sounded wrong.
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  • Biggreenpharmacist
    Biggreenpharmacist Posts: 4,343
    I like basques. You got a crappy bag or the dealer didnt handle it very well. 

    Little Rock, AR

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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,232
    I like Sugar Maple. Have bought many bags. Rockwood is my go-to but I'll buy BGE and Sugar Maple to switch things up once in a while. 

    As far as Royal Oak being the same as BGE, is that proven or conventional wisdom?
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,947
    Another who gets a bag with every Firecraft order-nothing but solid performance for me.  
    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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  • Coolnamesallgone
    Coolnamesallgone Posts: 11
    The green bag is great. Never had any issues with it. I've never seen the other one.

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,922
    edited December 2016
    THEBuckeye said:
    I like Sugar Maple. Have bought many bags. Rockwood is my go-to but I'll buy BGE and Sugar Maple to switch things up once in a while. 

    As far as Royal Oak being the same as BGE, is that proven or conventional wisdom?
    Depends on part of the country.  A few charcoal operations feed all the name brands.  Area of the country will result in same supplier, but not guaranteed. 

    Supposedly (this part I have not seen proof of) higher priced name brands like BGE and Nature Glo get first dibs on batches.

    Don't tell your problems to people.  80% of people don't care and 20% are glad you have them.


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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    I'd say for most lump you can't blame the brand for the size of the lump. It's the handling. 

    "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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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    THEBuckeye said:
    As far as Royal Oak being the same as BGE, is that proven or conventional wisdom?
    From Nakedwhiz...
    " It is manufactured by Royal Oak for Big Green Egg. We have heard rumors that Royal Oak saves their best lump for BGE. We have reviewed Royal Oak's own brand and found it to be as good as the BGE lump."

    http://www.nakedwhiz.com/lumpdatabase/lumpbag5.htm

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Ron Burgundy
    Ron Burgundy Posts: 20
    That stuff is awesome, smokewise. Best aroma ever and burns clean and hot. I do agree the small chips are a pain and can be really bad if you get the wrong bag, which you clearly did. Wish they'd find a way to solve that problem - it'd be my go-to if they did.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    RRP said:
    I'm still a firm advocate of what I call the "tinkle test"! That is when you pick up a bag of lump it should feel solid and when turned over it should have little sound. OTOH if the bag seems hollow at the top and when flipped you can hear a "tinkle tinkle tinkle" sound as the chips and debris shift to the bottom then you don't want that bag!  =)
    You should call this test "the rain maker".
    ______________________________________________
    I love lamp..
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    nolaegghead said:
    RRP said:
    I'm still a firm advocate of what I call the "tinkle test"! That is when you pick up a bag of lump it should feel solid and when turned over it should have little sound. OTOH if the bag seems hollow at the top and when flipped you can hear a "tinkle tinkle tinkle" sound as the chips and debris shift to the bottom then you don't want that bag!  =)
    You should call this test "the rain maker".
    The golden shower test
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    theyolksonyou said:
    nolaegghead said:
    RRP said:
    I'm still a firm advocate of what I call the "tinkle test"! That is when you pick up a bag of lump it should feel solid and when turned over it should have little sound. OTOH if the bag seems hollow at the top and when flipped you can hear a "tinkle tinkle tinkle" sound as the chips and debris shift to the bottom then you don't want that bag!  =)
    You should call this test "the rain maker".
    The golden shower test
    "The R Kelly"
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    I love lamp..
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    https://youtu.be/6Ey7Xg1UDBs

    "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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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    That degenerated quickly.  I like that about here.
    ______________________________________________
    I love lamp..
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,224
    theyolksonyou said:
    nolaegghead said:
    RRP said:
    I'm still a firm advocate of what I call the "tinkle test"! That is when you pick up a bag of lump it should feel solid and when turned over it should have little sound. OTOH if the bag seems hollow at the top and when flipped you can hear a "tinkle tinkle tinkle" sound as the chips and debris shift to the bottom then you don't want that bag!  =)
    You should call this test "the rain maker".
    The golden shower test
    I used the word tinkle to be polite. What I mean is if you buy a bag that shifts and makes tinkling sounds then you will be pissed off that you went home with it! 
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time!
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  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
    Both of those are some of the best lumps around. Maybe just a bad batch.
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  • yljkt
    yljkt Posts: 799
    Lit said:
    Both of those are some of the best lumps around. Maybe just a bad batch.
    Or maybe just a bad bag. Even the best lump out there can have a bad bag now and then. 
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  • 36onslow
    36onslow Posts: 129
    I'll have to keep all this on my mind when buying lump from now on!
    Thanks for all in the go you guys
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 10,651
    RedSkip said:
    Maybe you got a bad batch, but Basques Sugar Maple is good stuff.  
    ^^^^^ This.

    Basques Sugar Maple had been great in my experience. 
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  • Wolfie51sb
    Wolfie51sb Posts: 267
    GrateEggspectations said:
    RedSkip said:
    Maybe you got a bad batch, but Basques Sugar Maple is good stuff.  
    ^^^^^ This.

    Basques Sugar Maple had been great in my experience. 
    +1

    Rob

    Columbus, Ohio

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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 6,989
    Ace Hardware a quarter mile from my house carries Rockwood as their upgrade to Cowboy(it used to be Wicked). Can't beat that with an ugly stick.
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