Anyone having problems finding BGE charcoal?

SmokeyTom

I have two eggs and have band any other grill at my home.  I have tried alternate charcoals with poor results so I am committed to BGE charcoal. I live in a rural area of W NC where there are few dealers. All dealers are on back order for charcoal. Today I went to Atlanta and the dealers I visited were also on back order. What is going on?   Today. bought Rockwood charcoal and I hope it will work well.  Can’t believe BGE is shuttling down with charcoal!! Anybody else having problems?

blind99

BGE charcoal is in stock at dealer here. any decent royal oak branded lump is gone - red or blue bag.

if you have rockwood your search is over.  ain't nothing better.

who's troll account is this, anyways?

MotownVol

I actually went to both of my somewhat local dealers last weekend.  One had a bunch of BGE lump and no Rockwood, a Ace Hardware dealer.  They have been out of Rockwood for about a month.  

The second is an independent Egg dealer and he had no BGE lump and stated he did know even know when he would get some.  The shortage is real.

4TheGrillOfIt

My Ace dealer has not had BGE lump for a month or more.  They are doing Fogo right now.  

Gulfcoastguy

My ACE carries Cowboy and Rockwood. Years ago they carried Wicked . I got 2 bags of BGE with my medium 11 years ago then I discover the others though I have never actually used Cowboy, I can listen to others.

TEXASBGE2018

I’m starting to have trouble finding ANY kind of lump charcoal. Im now reduced to getting B&B at Academy. Never used it before so fingers crossed it’s not terrible as the cost somewhat concerns me (2 20 pound bags for $24)

fishlessman

royal oak is probably just putting the lump in their own bags for their own loyal customers and not putting it in the expensive bge bags. bge does not make lump

rekameohs

Just tried my first pickup at WallyWorld, which included 2 bags of Royal Oak.  Was ready for a bad/confusing experience, but things went well.  

4TheGrillOfIt

I’ve been ordering Jealous Devil lump direct.  They ship free.  I’ve found it to be long burning and doesn’t throw off many sparks when I light using the Eggniter.  I also dig the waterproof-zip closure bags.

Woadie

My ACE is no longer carrying Rockwood.  They started carrying Jealous devil and FOGO.  I got two bags of FOGO today since they only had four bags total.  

Cornholio

Archcam said:

My local ACE here in the Bay Area of California has been out BGE charcoal for a couple of months. It's a bummer, but I make do with what I can get.

Try your nearest Home Depot for Royal Oak. I have a HD less than a mile away from my house and it’s always well stocked with a pallet of RO (who makes BGE lump anyways). 

I am in So Cal, BTW. 

joshpounds90

Have not been able to find BGE lump anywhere in Brooklyn for several months. One ACE had a few, but I kept missing them during off hours. Been using Royal Oak and Cowboy lump; zero complaints.

Carolina Q

joshpounds90 said:

Have not been able to find BGE lump anywhere in Brooklyn for several months. One ACE had a few, but I kept missing them during off hours. Been using Royal Oak and Cowboy lump; zero complaints.

BGE lump is made by Royal Oak for BGE. Same product, only you're paying extra for a green bag. Read the BGE label.

RRP

For those of us in the midwest - your GFS (Gordon Food Stores) sells lump with their own label which is also made by Royal Oak. 

SmokeyTom

Big Green Egg will not allow online sales, big box sales and even cut off one dealer near me for selling too much competitive charcoal. Now they can’t keep up with demand and their retail center in Atl is still shut down with Covid. Not good for the brand! What did they think would happen in a quarantine? Did they actually think we would shut down the grills?

Archcam

My local ACE here in the Bay Area of California has been out BGE charcoal for a couple of months. It's a bummer, but I make do with what I can get.

Eggin_in_PA

Home depot has the Royal Oak.  Ace's seem to be slowly getting Rockwood in. Appears it has to do with how their distibution is spreading it out.  Took my Ace about 3 months to get my order in.

nolaegghead

Confucius say one cannot have problem finding if one does not look.  Or care.

fishlessman

even cowboy has now disappeared here, might have to set the egg up for briquettes 

alaskanassasin

I just ordered 3 bags of wicked good for in store pick up at ace. Never used it before.

TideEggHead

Just picked up another bag of RO from my local HD. They had 8-10 bags left on the pallet, I am contemplating going back and buying the rest of the pallet. Bonus...we had a large pecan limb fall the other day at our work, so I grabbed a trailer and brought that home. Should be good on pecan chunks for a while! 

Mark_B_Good

I have 8 bags in my stock. I found a local dealer where people wouldn't normally think of buying BGE stuff, and they had it ... everyone else is out of stock!

Archcam

Cornholio said:

Archcam said:

My local ACE here in the Bay Area of California has been out BGE charcoal for a couple of months. It's a bummer, but I make do with what I can get.

Try your nearest Home Depot for Royal Oak. I have a HD less than a mile away from my house and it’s always well stocked with a pallet of RO (who makes BGE lump anyways). 

I am in So Cal, BTW. 

Last month, the only brand of lump charcoal my local Home Depot had was Frontier, so I picked up a couple of bags. It's pretty good, but it would be nice to have more choices.

smittydog27

ordered three bags of KJ big block from ABT (arrived).  Just ordered 3 bags of Wicked Good from ACE (should be here Saturday).  Down to my last bag of B&B.

Archcam

I wasn't able to get the regular BGE charcoal, but I did pick up some of the Brazilian Hardwood type at Eggs By the Bay, and it does seem to be lower in smoke and mild in flavor. I used it to smoke a brisket a couple of weeks ago (pecan and hickory chunks,) and it worked well.  BTW, BGE claims that this charcoal is made from sustainably-grown hardwood (eucalyptus wood,) if that's  concern for you.

GregW

There must be something to a shortage of bge charcoal, a local price gouging dealer in Birmingham has been advertising on the radio that they have bge charcoal in stock. I would rather cook with dried cow pies before I spent a dime in that store.

builderdawg

GregW said:

There must be something to a shortage of bge charcoal, a local price gouging dealer in MO Birmingham has been advertising on the radio that they have bge charcoal in stock. I would rather cook with dried cow pies before I spent a dime in that store.

If you are in Birmingham, try Publix Greenwise lump. It is relatively cheap (same price point as Royal Oak) and I have been impressed. Big chunks. 

GregW

builderdawg said:

GregW said:

There must be something to a shortage of bge charcoal, a local price gouging dealer in MO Birmingham has been advertising on the radio that they have bge charcoal in stock. I would rather cook with dried cow pies before I spent a dime in that store.

If you are in Birmingham, try Publix Greenwise lump. It is relatively cheap (same price point as Royal Oak) and I have been impressed. Big chunks. 

I bought some of the Greenwise lump years ago. I would consider it excellent.
Completely converted to charcoal and very high density.
Thanks for reminding me how good it is. I will pick up a bag next trip to Publix.