Charcoal opinion poll

The Naked Whiz · July 2013

I know I read a lot of posts where someone opens a bag and they love how they got some "really big pieces". Suppose you opened a 20 pound bag of charcoal and found 1 monster and 2 smaller monsters. The monster weighed 5 pounds (25% of the bag) and the two little monsters weighed 2 pounds each. So 45% of the bag was in 3 pieces. Would you consider this A) a good thing,

a bad thing, or C) don't care? Thanks!

Fred19Flintstone · July 2013

B. I like fist sized pieces. The again, I have a large fist.

Wolfpack · July 2013

Guess better than dust- you can break those up. I would go with "a"

flynnbob · July 2013

Bad Thing

SmyrnaGA · July 2013

A) a good thing since I can break it up into smaller pieces.

baywulf · July 2013

I like smaller chunks as long as the don't fall thru the hi-que!

ChokeOnSmoke · July 2013

B.) very bad thing. I don't want to break lump up. I'm a dump and go kinda guy. Rather have small than large any day.

jaydub58 · July 2013

B.) Bad thing

shtgunal3 · July 2013

Would rather have to break lump than pay for a bunch of dust....

Boileregger · July 2013

Don't care.

JVAV · July 2013

I'd say bad thing but it's better than dust and real small pieces.

Black_Badger · July 2013

I'd say on the good side of indifferent. Mostly I just don't want dust, which I think is largely a consequence of shipping and handling between the producer and me. Nowadays I'm in the dumping camp, so dust is an enemy.

Arbucklej · July 2013

A- you can always break a giant piece into the size you want but there is no fix for little pieces.

BigGreenBamaGriller · July 2013

I would be upset. I like consistently sized chunks. This is the reason I rarely buy wicked good WW

Crispix49 · July 2013

B- that's just another step to break up monster pieces.

bud812 · July 2013

B. I like small to fill in all the nooks & crannies too, with fist size for a longer burn.

Ragtop99 · July 2013

Less than ideal. The two 2lb pieces are fine but a 5lb piece might require either breaking up or careful placement.

JRWhitee · July 2013

Probably B- it would be better than a bunch of small pieces but fist size with a couple larger pieces would be ideal for me and I dump and go.

nolaegghead · July 2013

B - more work and lots of dust and small particles bustin' it up to usable size.

MrCookingNurse · July 2013

I like the middle of the road size pieces. Dust is a worst problem tho. I found a soft ball sized rock in my last bag b-(

Hi54putty · July 2013

What's the remaining 55% of the bag look like? That would have a big impact on how I felt about the purchase

Aviator · July 2013

(B)

I like to dump and go. Besides, breaking up big chunks gets carbon all over and takes time away from the R&R.

The Naked Whiz · July 2013

Hi54putty said:

What's the remaining 55% of the bag look like? That would have a big impact on how I felt about the purchase

Assume the rest of the bag is reasonably distributed between medium, small, and the unusable chips and dust. This is definitely not a case of half the bag is three pieces and the rest is all unusable.

Hi54putty · July 2013

I like to put a few big pieces on the bottom when doing long cooks so I think I would be happy with the bag overall.

gdenby · July 2013

I had a couple of bags of "Frontier" brand that almost matched the description. 1 bag had a single piece about the size of a large cantaloupe, and a few others at least fist size. Would have been fine w. me, except the lump sparked, and sent up clouds of ash when used above 300 dome. The other bag had a few small logs that i had to break to fit into my mediums fire box.

My vote would be "A", assuming good lump. Or "C." I happen to have a 9 pound sledge next to my lump bin, and anything that needs breaking lasts about another 20 secs.