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Huge Rock - Simple Truth by Kroger Lump Charcoal

Wolfeman
Wolfeman Posts: 18
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I work for Kroger and because of this, I have used this store brand of charcoal many times now. It's usually very consistent with maybe a few rocks (like I've seen in many other brands also). Today, I was shaking out some charcoal into the Egg and I couldn't get past what felt like a huge piece. I sat the bag down and looked inside and saw the biggest rock I've ever seen. The quality control on this batch must be nonexistent. Has anyone else seen a rock this large in their bag? 


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  • Dondgc
    Dondgc Posts: 709
    Wow. That is quite the rock. 
    New Orleans LA
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  • Meeeshigan22
    Meeeshigan22 Posts: 308
    Found a nearly whole brick in a bag of KJ lump once. It happens.
    Highland, MI

    L BGE, Primo, and a KJ Jr
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,373
    Would've been interesting if you had weighed the bag (was it really 20 lbs, or whatever) and how much the rock weighed.
    And, no, I don't pre-weigh my unopened lump bags, either.   ;)

    “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

                  - Mark Twain 

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • Wolfeman
    Wolfeman Posts: 18
    edited June 2020
    I just weighed the rock on my food scale and it weighs 1870g. So, just over 4lbs!
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  • Dondgc
    Dondgc Posts: 709
    Maybe they need to change the claim on the bag to “80% Natural Hardwood”? 😉
    New Orleans LA
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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
    They don't call it Rockwood for nothing....


    JK. Never seen one that big before. I have found insulation and metal strapping before in Royal Oak and because of that I never use anything but Rockwood. 
    Large and Small BGE
    Central, IL

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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,335
    So you got stoned?
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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,759
    Looks a chunk of a kiln, not a rock.  It happens.
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  • FarmerTom
    FarmerTom Posts: 685
    stlcharcoal said:
    Looks a chunk of a kiln, not a rock.  It happens.
    You’ve got to appreciate a seller coming to the defense of a competing brand.  One of several reasons I use only Rockwood. 

    Tommy 

    Middle of Nowhere, Northern Kentucky
       1 M, 1 XL, a BlackStone,1 old Webber, a Border Collie, a German Shepherd and 3 of her pups, and 2 Yorkies

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  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564
    I was told a few years that Simple Truth is a private label brand packaged by RO.
    Large BGE, MiniMAX BGE, 2 Mini BGE's, R&V Fryer, 36" Blackstone Griddle, Camp Chef Dual Burner 40K BTU Stove
    BGE Chiminea
    Prosper, TX
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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,759
    FarmerTom said:
    stlcharcoal said:
    Looks a chunk of a kiln, not a rock.  It happens.
    You’ve got to appreciate a seller coming to the defense of a competing brand.  One of several reasons I use only Rockwood. 
    We've had pieces bigger than that show up in our bags, but our bags are filled by weight and volume.  So when the scale shuts off and 20.4#, and it looks low, they'll just sweep another handful in.  I've grabbed bags in the warehouse and felt they were too heavy--like 24-25#--took them home with me and yeah, big rock......but there was still 20# of charcoal in there.
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  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
    Wolfeman said:
    I just weighed the rock on my food scale and it weighs 1870g. So, just over 4lbs!
    You win!  My largest weighed in at 1 pound 3 ounces.
    Southeast Florida - LBGE
    In cooking, often we implement steps for which we have no explanations other than ‘that’s what everybody else does’ or ‘that’s what I have been told.’  Dare to think for yourself.
     
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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,818
    looks like you have 1st place in the largest moon rock so far this year.
    aka marysvilleksegghead
    Lrg 2008
    mini 2009

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  • lentsboy007
    lentsboy007 Posts: 416
    Found a lump of what look like coal slightly thicker and not as long as that one .  In Royal Oak 

    1 Large Egg, Blackstone griddle

    Belgium...........The Netherlands??

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