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B&B lump,anyone using it? Recently?

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Captainjimpark
Captainjimpark Posts: 299
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good morning 
walmart here in south Texas just started carrying it,I did a search and didn’t find any recent discussions on it.a lot of mixed reports on the older discussions I did find.  I’m a rockwood guy but always ready to try something else.its pretty cheap too.
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  • jdkeithbge
    jdkeithbge Posts: 310
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    I picked up a bag once from Academy one time last year.  IMO it wasn't any better or worse than Royal Oak.  Not too bad, not too good.  I too have recently switched to Rockwood.
    XL BGE, CGS AR & spider, 36" SS Blackstone, SMOBOT - Flower Mound, TX
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
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    I don't like the mesquite lump at all. I have used the oak and hickory. It's just ok in my opinion. I prefer RO if I'm going to use a cheaper lump. 
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • SemolinaPilchard
    SemolinaPilchard Posts: 1,282
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    Recently had to buy a bag of that. Used it once and gave it away, smoked like crazy. It was supposedly oak.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    fishlessman said:
    its cheap enough to buy a bag so why not give it a go.  im not a lump snob, i look for cheap and available and dont look back if im good with it
    Zackly. I bought a bag of Cowboy the other day for just that reason. Haven't tried it yet, but all the elitists on here who claim it's awful haven't tried it either - not in years anyway. Sometimes things change, ya know? Maybe it's still bad, but I won't know if I don't try it.

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

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,332
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    @Carolina Q -thanks for taking one for the team.  I am no elitist in any stretch of the word and you are correct.  I did try Cowboy several years ago along with Frontier.  Both sucked then.  Given other options I have not looked back and won't.  In a commodity industry for me, you get one shot-hose it and I move on.  FWIW-
    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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  • gonepostal
    gonepostal Posts: 711
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    My local Wal Mart has made the switch from RO to B&B as well. Have cooked with them all...but for me i stock up on RO/RW. Pick up a bag. If you hate it (like i did a bag of mesquite) use it for a clean burn when the time comes...
    Wetumpka, Alabama
    LBGE and MM
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  • distanceman
    distanceman Posts: 138
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    I used a bag of hickory B&B from Academy. It was ok. Good for the price, I suppose. Bags of RO last a little longer, come up to temp a lil faster, and are a little cheaper...so I haven't bought anymore B&B. 
    Located Middle GA

    Current: XL w/ Woo & 17" Half Moon Plates, SMOBOT

    RIP: Weber 22" Kettle, Slow 'n Sear, Akorn Jr., Pit Barrel Cooker
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