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CigarCityEgger said:

My local Walmart didn’t have any for the first time. Gonna check out HD this week. Amazon has rock wood for $34.99 a 20lb bag. Does that seem about what it goes for?

I believe its a little cheaper if you order direct from Rockwood. 

Edit. Amazon is cheaper

alaskanassasin

I think it is $24.99 at ace when available. Check that amazon price against the rockwood website, he sells and ships direct. @CigarCityEgger

The Cen-Tex Smoker

CigarCityEgger said:

My local Walmart didn’t have any for the first time. Gonna check out HD this week. Amazon has rock wood for $34.99 a 20lb bag. Does that seem about what it goes for?

That’s a fair price if prime. I think I pay $28 to pick it up locally. 

rekameohs

500 said:

I checked stock online for RO at Home Depot and it says limited quantities for every store near me.  Went there and picked up three bags, and left the one that sounded like a rain stick when you turned it over and the one that was damaged and taped up.  I'm now back up to 6 bags, so I feel more comfortable now.  Thanks for the heads up.  

I watched Brickseek for a few days and saw the stock dropping in the local WalMarts.  Picked up a couple more bags of RO today.  Likewise - thanks for the heads up.

xfire_ATX

I havent seen RO at my HD for 6+ months

stv8r

EggNorth said:

I believe this is the case for all ‘regular’ lump, I’m only seeing Cowboy coming out and that is going fast.   Also noticed at Costco last week, all toilet paper were out, only one skid of paper towel.

Second wave of COVID coming, so it will only get worse.

two words that should never be in the same sentence...toilet paper and skid

xfire_ATX

Saw this on the shelf at the local HEB yesterday- did not pickup.

Webass

My local Ace here in E. TN has been out of Rockwood for months.  They say they just don't get it.  When I got low on my last bag, I ordered 3 bags from Ace online.  Store said it was back  ordered and they didn't know when they would get it. Two days later I got a text it was in.  Go figure. 

Foghorn

xfire_ATX said:

Saw this on the shelf at the local HEB yesterday- did not pickup.

At $9.99 for 25 pounds I couldn't resist.  I bought 2 bags.  I've used the first bag.  It's fine.  It takes a little longer to burn off VOCs than some better stuff, but after that happens it doesn't seem to be any different than HEB's Central Market Mesquite lump.  I've cooked some salmon and shrimp and a few other things on it and the final product has gotten rave reviews so it seems it does not impart any bad taste on the food.

I'll try to assess the second bag a little more closely to see if I still think this after I get more data...

Botch

Isn't that charcoal, and not lump?  Did you have an excess of ash in your bowl at the end of the cooks?  

Foghorn

It's lump.  No excess ash.

xfire_ATX

Foghorn said:

xfire_ATX said:

Saw this on the shelf at the local HEB yesterday- did not pickup.

At $9.99 for 25 pounds I couldn't resist.  I bought 2 bags.  I've used the first bag.  It's fine.  It takes a little longer to burn off VOCs than some better stuff, but after that happens it doesn't seem to be any different than HEB's Central Market Mesquite lump.  I've cooked some salmon and shrimp and a few other things on it and the final product has gotten rave reviews so it seems it does not impart any bad taste on the food.

I'll try to assess the second bag a little more closely to see if I still think this after I get more data...

Ok Im about out of the CM Mesquite so I'll grab a bag.

carrda04

stlcharcoal said:

GATraveller said:

Anyone ever get an answer why Rockwood is nonexistent? 

Business as usual here......but we can't control, nor really know where the distributors go with it.  But I do know there's a truckload leaving for Ace in GA tomorrow though.  Hopefully you local store will get some of it.

For the first time, I'm unable to find an ACE in the Twin Cities, MN with any information about eventual deliver to the store. I have three bags of RW left, and a smaller bag of RO. Opening the RW tomorrow and starting to get nervous. Maybe winter will come early and force me into hibernation while the local stores figure out how to get their supply to the great white North!

Foghorn

xfire_ATX said:

Foghorn said:

xfire_ATX said:

Saw this on the shelf at the local HEB yesterday- did not pickup.

At $9.99 for 25 pounds I couldn't resist.  I bought 2 bags.  I've used the first bag.  It's fine.  It takes a little longer to burn off VOCs than some better stuff, but after that happens it doesn't seem to be any different than HEB's Central Market Mesquite lump.  I've cooked some salmon and shrimp and a few other things on it and the final product has gotten rave reviews so it seems it does not impart any bad taste on the food.

I'll try to assess the second bag a little more closely to see if I still think this after I get more data...

Ok Im about out of the CM Mesquite so I'll grab a bag.

Let me know what you think.  I'm about the farthest thing from a discriminating lump user as there is on this forum so you may reach a very different conclusion.