Charcoal battle

Mr1egg

Master chef vs Royal oak lump…. Master chef smokes a lot but it seems good… Royal oak is kinda og and is decent. 

What is everyone’s  thoughts. Master chef is $1 cheaper. And every dollar counts.

JohnInCarolina

Mr1egg said:

And every dollar counts.

It does, which is why you get what you pay for.

Rockwood for the win.

Mr1egg

Jealous devil?

JohnInCarolina

Mr1egg said:

Jealous devil?

Never tried it.  Don’t much see the need.

Legume

@jonessteave any suggestions or links you want to provide?

Mr1egg

If you google best charcoal jealous devil shows up a lot…. But locally for me and cheap is master chef vs Royal oak.

JohnInCarolina

Mr1egg said:

If you google best charcoal jealous devil shows up a lot…. But locally for me and cheap is master chef vs Royal oak.

My suggestion: try a couple of different brands. Figure out what works for you and then go from there.

Canugghead

Mr1egg said:

Master chef vs Royal oak lump…. Master chef smokes a lot but it seems good… Royal oak is kinda og and is decent. 

What is everyone’s  thoughts. Master chef is $1 cheaper. And every dollar counts.

I knew Masterchef is crappy tires’ house brand so I checked its reviews there. Interestingly numerous bad MC reviews received the same canned response from Consumer Affairs at RO! The example below is priceless - same response from RO when pissed MC customer threatened to buy RO next time 😂

Bottom line: MC is undercover RO, ya save your loonie.

Teefus

I like to eat what I cook on my Egg. That being the case I look for the lump that works/tastes the best, not what is the cheapest. I've used Royal Oak with some success, but ran into a bad batch a few years ago. Rockwood became available near me and that's all I use now. It's always been excellent.

johnmitchell

Teefus said:

I like to eat what I cook on my Egg. That being the case I look for the lump that works/tastes the best, not what is the cheapest. I've used Royal Oak with some success, but ran into a bad batch a few years ago. Rockwood became available near me and that's all I use now. It's always been excellent.

lousubcap

Lump charcoal discussions here are like religion elsewhere.  The search function will yield numerous threads on this topic.  FWIW-

Langner91

Whisky - Crown Royal
Jeans - Wrangler
Bottled Water - Dasani
Charcoal - Rockwood
Motor oil - Mobil 1
Laundry stain treater - Spray-N-Wash
Milk - 2%
Toothpaste - Crest

I keep the above in a notepad file so I can easily copy/paste on any of the multitude of forums I read where every one of them has a million threads about the "best" <fill-in-the-blank>.

Anyway, I use Rockwood.  My favorite grill shop always has it.  Really, there is no other reason.  If they were out, I would grab something else.  Sorta like bottled water.

Legume

I hear those bottled water and milk forums can be brutal.

lkapigian

Legume said:

I hear those bottled water and milk forums can be brutal.

LoL

JohnInCarolina

Legume said:

I hear those bottled water and milk forums can be brutal.

It’s all fun and games until the fascist almond milk people show up.  

TEXASBGE2018

I use Royal Oak or B&B. Occasionaly when I feel like splurging or have a coupon and a need for a neutral smoke, Rockwood. My dad bought a bag of Jealous devil one time. It must be from hell because it sure smoked like it was.

Mr1egg

Master chef smokes like crazy but I honestly kinda like that. I smoke out the whole neighborhood until the charcoal stops. 

Royal oak not that much smoke which makes it boring.

wish I could get my hand on B and B or rock wood 

Canugghead

Mr1egg said:

Master chef smokes like crazy but I honestly kinda like that. I smoke out the whole neighborhood until the charcoal stops. 

Royal oak not that much smoke which makes it boring.

wish I could get my hand on B and B or rock wood 

IIRC you’re in Windsor area? Next time you’re in TO visit Costco Business Centre in Scarborough, they stock Basques Nature’s Own year round at a very reasonable price. It’s sugar maple hardwood lump from Quebec, very neutral pleasant smoke. They close at 6pm and no food sampling frills like regular Costcos.

Mr1egg

Canugghead said:

Mr1egg said:

Master chef smokes like crazy but I honestly kinda like that. I smoke out the whole neighborhood until the charcoal stops. 

Royal oak not that much smoke which makes it boring.

wish I could get my hand on B and B or rock wood 

IIRC you’re in Windsor area? Next time you’re in TO visit Costco Business Centre in Scarborough, they stock Basques Nature’s Own year round at a very reasonable price. It’s sugar maple hardwood lump from Quebec, very neutral pleasant smoke. They close at 6pm and no food sampling frills like regular Costcos.

I would love to try that out next down I’m up there. 

Teefus

johnmitchell said:

Teefus said:

I like to eat what I cook on my Egg. That being the case I look for the lump that works/tastes the best, not what is the cheapest. I've used Royal Oak with some success, but ran into a bad batch a few years ago. Rockwood became available near me and that's all I use now. It's always been excellent.

Where did you find a picture of me?

Canugghead

Langner91

Legume said:

I hear those bottled water and milk forums can be brutal.

Mostly bottled water and milk enthusiasts arguing about politics. 

Both have these two users who ruin it for everyone else.  They used to be much more friendlier places.

Legume

Langner91 said:

Legume said:

I hear those bottled water and milk forums can be brutal.

Mostly bottled water and milk enthusiasts arguing about politics. 

Both have these two users who ruin it for everyone else.  They used to be much more friendlier places.

I know that guy.

Vetereggnarian

Canugghead said:

IIRC you’re in Windsor area? Next time you’re in TO visit Costco Business Centre in Scarborough, they stock Basques Nature’s Own year round at a very reasonable price. It’s sugar maple hardwood lump from Quebec, very neutral pleasant smoke. They close at 6pm and no food sampling frills like regular Costcos.

x2 on that stuff.  Fireplace store here stocks it for some reason.  Love it.  Rockwood is also good and delivers at a good price.

kl8ton

JohnInCarolina said:

Legume said:

I hear those bottled water and milk forums can be brutal.

It’s all fun and games until the fascist almond milk people show up.  

I just made coconut milk in our Almond Cow milk maker machine. 

loco_engr

johnmitchell said:

Teefus said:

I like to eat what I cook on my Egg. That being the case I look for the lump that works/tastes the best, not what is the cheapest. I've used Royal Oak with some success, but ran into a bad batch a few years ago. Rockwood became available near me and that's all I use now. It's always been excellent.

Looks like Egrets burnt brownies at an Ocala FL Eggfest that he put on CWM's table!  ROFLMAO! 

Canugghead

loco_engr said:

johnmitchell said:

Teefus said:

I like to eat what I cook on my Egg. That being the case I look for the lump that works/tastes the best, not what is the cheapest. I've used Royal Oak with some success, but ran into a bad batch a few years ago. Rockwood became available near me and that's all I use now. It's always been excellent.

Looks like Egrets burnt brownies at an Ocala FL Eggfest that he put on CWM's table!  ROFLMAO! 

For the records, I read they were eating stones and sponges respectively.

Slkegger

Maple leaf premium from crappy tire. It's a little more money. No smell, OK size and lights easy. I think it's the same as bge maple.  I burn 20lbs a week, cost matters. Royal oak was my go to but quality really dropped last year. 

Canugghead

Got to love whoever came up with crappy tire 

stlcharcoal

Mr1egg said:

If you google best charcoal jealous devil shows up a lot…. But locally for me and cheap is master chef vs Royal oak.

Put little faith in anything you google "best [whatever]" for.  With any product sold on Amazon, there are companies with bots that make reviews based off the AMZ A+ listing content automatically, basically just rewriting the "romance points" and pulling from reviews.   Then they pay for the google ad words for the "best of [whatever]" hoping you read it and click on any of the Amazon affiliate links to purchase the product (that's why they always link to our 3-bag box.....because it's more money.)  Whichever are the top 5 performers on Amazon, will always be there top five as they are most likely to sell and get them the referral money.

There was one of these reviews that got screwed up and had charcoal mixed  with a "review" on luggage.  The luggage burned long and hot, and our bags fit plenty of shoes, clothes, etc.  I wish I would have saved it. 

Just google best TV, best dash cam, best flashlight, etc and you'll see all these reviews look nearly identical.....and they just repeat what's in the listing.  No one is actually testing or reviewing these products, they're just reviewing the listing.

pgprescott

stlcharcoal said:

Mr1egg said:

If you google best charcoal jealous devil shows up a lot…. But locally for me and cheap is master chef vs Royal oak.

Put little faith in anything you google "best [whatever]" for.  With any product sold on Amazon, there are companies with bots that make reviews based off the AMZ A+ listing content automatically, basically just rewriting the "romance points" and pulling from reviews.   Then they pay for the google ad words for the "best of [whatever]" hoping you read it and click on any of the Amazon affiliate links to purchase the product (that's why they always link to our 3-bag box.....because it's more money.)  Whichever are the top 5 performers on Amazon, will always be there top five as they are most likely to sell and get them the referral money.

There was one of these reviews that got screwed up and had charcoal mixed  with a "review" on luggage.  The luggage burned long and hot, and our bags fit plenty of shoes, clothes, etc.  I wish I would have saved it. 

Just google best TV, best dash cam, best flashlight, etc and you'll see all these reviews look nearly identical.....and they just repeat what's in the listing.  No one is actually testing or reviewing these products, they're just reviewing the listing.

TRUTH