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Best Smelling Lump Coal (a.k.a. best coal for least toxic smell?)

garthb4903
garthb4903 Posts: 116
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My wife has a very sensitive nose, and she is a breast cancer survivor and is very concerned about toxic stuff.  The last two batches of Lazzari smelled super toxic (way different than in past years).  What do you recommend if the #1 criteria is for the least offensive smell?
L, M, MM "These pretzels are making me thirsty"
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    Rockwood has the most neutral smell. However when it was available Ozark Oak had the most "pleasant" smell. Reminded me of cotton candy.

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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    Basque Maple if you can find it.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,594
    maple leaf premium is the best smelling, but rockwood has less of a smell. the canadians are holding back with the maple leaf premium. keep her indoors for the first 20 minutes when lighting up, most lumps are more neutral once its burning clean
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  • BigGreenKev
    BigGreenKev Posts: 275
    Interesting question. Do you mean on start up before it's burned off, while it's burning the smell or the smell imparted on food?  I've never thought about it before.
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  • Langner91
    Langner91 Posts: 2,120
    I feel for you.  I have had a similar experience with smells.  I know that acrid, creosote smell can be too much to handle at times.

    I find that new lump, right from the bag, has the most of this smell.  I try to fill the egg and get that first fire real hot, real quick.  While that limits what I can cook on that first filling, it does seem to help with subsequent lightings.  Each time the lump is lit after that, there seems to be no more of that smell.

    I agree with the others that Rockwood is the most consistent and least smoky from that standpoint.
    Clinton, Iowa
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    When we were in France a couple years ago, there was lump charcoal available, from Japan, made from 100% cherry. It was highly carbonized, expensive as heck, and I bought it to cook pork chops for one of our meals. 

    It had to be the the best smelling lump I have ever used, upon light up. When the smoke went to the trans blue, there was almost no aroma, and it burned very hot. Obviously we did not have a BGE with us, we had a grill you had to use a hand operated bellows with. We used cherry wood from the orchard behind the house we harvested for smoke.

    Very good flavor. Very fun cook.
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    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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