Briquets question

Bushgator

Ok folks I have used lump for 18 years . My question is has anyone ever used briquets in their egg and what the pros and cons? 

jeffwit

I had 3 bags of Kingsford sitting around gathering dust, so I've been using them for my last several cooks (I know, go ahead and brand me a heretic). Both for low and slow and hot and fast. My verdict is that they work just fine, but wow, they produce a lot of ash. They're about gone, and I'll have to give my egg a good cleaning when they are. But they work just fine. Going back to lump after they're gone, tho. 

nolaegghead

I have them in two eggs right now.  They work fine.  Some advantages and disadvantages relative to each other, but totally fine.  The taste is different, not better or worse.

Powak

nolaegghead said:

I have them in two eggs right now.  They work fine.  Some advantages and disadvantages relative to each other, but totally fine.  The taste is different, not better or worse.

Can you shut the egg down and use em again the next cook unlike one could do with a kettle?

nolaegghead

Powak said:

nolaegghead said:

I have them in two eggs right now.  They work fine.  Some advantages and disadvantages relative to each other, but totally fine.  The taste is different, not better or worse.

Can you shut the egg down and use em again the next cook unlike one could do with a kettle?

Absolutely, yes.

johnnyp

Nothing wrong with briquettes.  More ash, so be aware of potential airflow issues, but otherwise, no problem 

Skiddymarker

Can't believe most don't have a Weber kicking around... briquettes are ideal for hot fires, much better and cheaper than firing the egg with lump. Ash is not an issue in the kettle, the egg, it can be a problem.  

nolaegghead

I've never had a problem with ash from briquettes in the egg.  You can't, however, just keep adding briquettes without cleaning the ash.  You can get away doing that with lump for a while.

blasting

Powak said:

nolaegghead said:

I have them in two eggs right now.  They work fine.  Some advantages and disadvantages relative to each other, but totally fine.  The taste is different, not better or worse.

Can you shut the egg down and use em again the next cook unlike one could do with a kettle?

@Powak. I actually shut down and reuse in the kettle all the time.

Rte1985

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