New Royal Oak bags

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DoubleEgger

Unless they’ve changed the lump inside, I call BS on the 15 minutes. 

dopey

DoubleEgger said:

Unless they’ve changed the lump inside, I call BS on the 15 minutes. 

If you're using a chimney starter no problem 15 mins

Mattman3969

dopey said:

DoubleEgger said:

Unless they’ve changed the lump inside, I call BS on the 15 minutes. 

If you're using a chimney starter no problem 15 mins

That depends on what your cooking and if that person likes campfire food.  

dopey

Mattman3969 said:

dopey said:

DoubleEgger said:

Unless they’ve changed the lump inside, I call BS on the 15 minutes. 

If you're using a chimney starter no problem 15 mins

That depends on what your cooking and if that person likes campfire food.  

?  If I'm using the Weber kettle and pop a load in the chimney it's always ready to go in APPROXIMATELY 15 minutes

Mattman3969

That’s cool man, didn’t mean to ruffle your feathers.  I Just know that RO is not on my list of favorite lumps.  

I wont buy it so more for you.  Lol.  

dopey

Mattman3969 said:

That’s cool man, didn’t mean to ruffle your feathers.  I Just know that RO is not on my list of favorite lumps.  

I wont buy it so more for you.  Lol.  

No feathers ruffled.  Still love you man

RRP

I guess the 6 bags I bought today fresh off a pallet were old stock from some warehouse, but what I noticed was the sneaky cut from 8.8# to 8.0#.

TEXASBGE2018

DoubleEgger said:

Unless they’ve changed the lump inside, I call BS on the 15 minutes. 

Really? I almost always can hit temps of 350-400 in about 15min with RO. Though 500-600 takes around 25-30 min for some odd reason. I have the daisy wheel off and the vent fully open. Once I’m within about 25-30 degrees I close vents down and set the daisy wheel.

DoubleEgger

From my experience, it’s still chugging white smoke after 15 mins. Your mileage may vary. 

Ozzie_Isaac

dopey said:

Mattman3969 said:

dopey said:

DoubleEgger said:

Unless they’ve changed the lump inside, I call BS on the 15 minutes. 

If you're using a chimney starter no problem 15 mins

That depends on what your cooking and if that person likes campfire food.  

?  If I'm using the Weber kettle and pop a load in the chimney it's always ready to go in APPROXIMATELY 15 minutes

 Weber kettle is a different beast.  I buy 15 minutes for that.  For a LS on an egg, 45 minutes easy.

onedbguru

I have had my XL ready to go in 15 minutes before using a chimney. (and sometimes, I speed it along using a fan or even a leaf blower 

Jupiter Jim

Royal Oak is what I use because it's reasonably priced and available close by without paying shipping cost. Yes it can be very smoky I have used many of the other lumps out on the market and I have found that they all can have some pieces of wood not carbonized regardless of brand that will smoke like crazy with a nasty taste, it will all burn and turn into ash that we all clean out and throw away. I have been Egging since 2005 all the lump brands that I have used over the years have had good bags and bad bags, large pieces and tiny pieces, Big pieces are great for the larger Eggs but to big for smaller eggs, I feel that bags of lump are like Cracker Jacks a prize in every bag. I'm sure some company's work very hard to provide a great product in every bag and shipping has a LARGE effect on the end product the consumer gets. I hate it when I get to Wallyworld  only to find the last few bags of a whole pallet of lump. Some bags are quicker to get to temp, than others but cooking on the Eggs is not a fast method if you want quick ya need a gasser, Egging is slower, dirty, have to clean out the ash and dispose of it, requires more attention from operator, Is it all worth it to me OH yes it is............. Something I can promise you is if you keep an eye out for those pieces of lump that are not completely carbonized and toss them out, give the lump time get burning and burn off the VOC's you will have a clean burning fire with very neutral taste regardless of brand, agree that some bags will be better than others. Kay and I bake cakes in the Egg all the time with Royal Oak and they are never smoky in any way because I make sure I have a clean burning fire before the cake hits the Egg. 

I'm always amazed how much attention lump gets, I respect everyone's opinion on this topic. But lump is lump and soon to be ash and unwanted.

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Ready to cook in 15 minutes 

Ozzie_Isaac

But is it ready to forge in 15minutes ....

thetrim

Cowboy!

cookingdude555

Love RO. Readily available and affordable. I’ve had none of the issues others seem to suffer from. I use a weed burner and it’s quick

Focker

Lump is more than lump.
I'm Rockwood hard, right now.

Bentgrass

Focker said:

Lump is more than lump.
I'm Rockwood hard, right now.

Photo Egg

DoubleEgger said:

From my experience, it’s still chugging white smoke after 15 mins. Your mileage may vary. 

You have to figure most of the home store buyers saturate their lump in lighter fluid and light it up. 15 minutes later they are cooking on that chemical smelling fire they love.lol

RRP

Photo Egg said:

DoubleEgger said:

From my experience, it’s still chugging white smoke after 15 mins. Your mileage may vary. 

You have to figure most of the home store buyers saturate their lump in lighter fluid and light it up. 15 minutes later they are cooking on that chemical smelling fire they love.lol

Yup! And then douse their steak with catsup and A-1.

KMDisland

I don't know if I got two bad bags of royal oak but everything I cooked had a terrible strong nasty smoke taste to it and I didn't add any wood.  My wife refused to eat anything I cooked on the egg using royal oak.  I switched to rock wood and all has been great.  

rifrench

I have found many pieces of bark in bags of RO. I never just dump and light any more. Just one piece of uncarbonized bark will take forever to stop smoking unless you get it out of the fire.

Jupiter Jim

DoubleEgger said:

From my experience, it’s still chugging white smoke after 15 mins. Your mileage may vary. 

Michael, if it's still smoking at that point all that needs to be done is dig around and find the culprit piece of wood not lump and toss it out, it's easy to find because it's usually got a flame if at the top of the pile of lump, if not it can be found by looking for it with a pair of tongs. The premium Lump has less of a problem but it still happens............ if one is willing to pay in some cases 3 times the cost that's ok for sure. Me I'm retired and have no problem fishing out the bad stuff and in fact in the last 4 weeks have done so with some of the premium lump I recently acquired only 4 pieces in one bag, no big problem for me.

DoubleEgger

Jupiter Jim said:

DoubleEgger said:

From my experience, it’s still chugging white smoke after 15 mins. Your mileage may vary. 

Michael, if it's still smoking at that point all that needs to be done is dig around and find the culprit piece of wood not lump and toss it out, it's easy to find because it's usually got a flame if at the top of the pile of lump, if not it can be found by looking for it with a pair of tongs. The premium Lump has less of a problem but it still happens............ if one is willing to pay in some cases 3 times the cost that's ok for sure. Me I'm retired and have no problem fishing out the bad stuff and in fact in the last 4 weeks have done so with some of the premium lump I recently acquired only 4 pieces in one bag, no big problem for me.

Meh, I’ll just stick to the RW and save the fishing for the lake. 

Jupiter Jim

DoubleEgger said:

Jupiter Jim said:

DoubleEgger said:

From my experience, it’s still chugging white smoke after 15 mins. Your mileage may vary. 

Michael, if it's still smoking at that point all that needs to be done is dig around and find the culprit piece of wood not lump and toss it out, it's easy to find because it's usually got a flame if at the top of the pile of lump, if not it can be found by looking for it with a pair of tongs. The premium Lump has less of a problem but it still happens............ if one is willing to pay in some cases 3 times the cost that's ok for sure. Me I'm retired and have no problem fishing out the bad stuff and in fact in the last 4 weeks have done so with some of the premium lump I recently acquired only 4 pieces in one bag, no big problem for me.

Meh, I’ll just stick to the RW and save the fishing for the lake. 

You win brother! Youins coming to the GA Fest?

DoubleEgger

Jupiter Jim said:

You win brother! Youins coming to the GA Fest?

No sir we won’t be attending. Have a great time! 

Jupiter Jim

DoubleEgger said:

Jupiter Jim said:

You win brother! Youins coming to the GA Fest?

No sir we won’t be attending. Have a great time! 

Sure wish ya could stop by for the day Saturday, a bunch of us Butt Blasters will be there!

jaydub58

@Jupiter Jim, I, too, use Royal Oak.  Pretty much the same reasons as you,  Does the job and no long distance shipping costs.
If Rockwood was available locally, I would probably be interested, but I'm not gonna pay to have it shipped across the country.
I don't notice a very long time for RO to "burn clean" and have been pretty darn happy with it for several years.

lkapigian

RRP said:

I guess the 6 bags I bought today fresh off a pallet were old stock from some warehouse, but what I noticed was the sneaky cut from 8.8# to 8.0#.

Never seen bags that small

Photo Egg

Royal Oak plays an important role!
It guards my stash of Ozark Oak.lol