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Hard to find good lump in ABQ

llrickman
llrickman Posts: 654
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Went to ace they had cowboy and it has less than desirable reviews. Bought some RO at Home Depot and it seems to work ok but when you light it it smells BAD for 20 or 30 min. I'm tired of paying $30 almost for a bag of BGE lump. I really need to break down and make an order from firecraft but I have to make it worthwhile or shipping would be outrageous. I envy my dad where he can get OO FOR 5-6 bucks a bag
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AR

Albuquerque, NM
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    How do you light your egg?  I use RO exclusively and don't have to wait that long to cook.  I use a weed torch to light.  Usually after I am done giving it hell, the temp is already up to around 200° or so.

    I do want to try OO and Rockwood, but no one carries it in my area.    
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  • llrickman
    llrickman Posts: 654
    edited August 2014
    I just use weber wax cubes to light it. It's not so much taking long to get to temp. It's the nasty smell I get for a long time after lit. And it pops and crackles worse than any lump I've used which I don't like being the egg is on a wood deck Did a stir fry tonight and put the wok on about 30 after lit after 10 min was getting bad smoke coming from the lump again
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    AR

    Albuquerque, NM
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  • bill37
    bill37 Posts: 127
    Several different brands available in Colorado Springs. I use Hasty Bake which is OO.
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  • andrewwesty
    andrewwesty Posts: 14
    Where do you get it?
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  • Jstroke
    Jstroke Posts: 2,605
    Take a look at lowes, they stock frontier here which got good reviews on nakedwhiz.. Not sure if they stock it there
    Columbus, Ohio--A Gasser filled with Matchlight and an Ugly Drum.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,458
    llrickman said:
     It's the nasty smell I get for a long time after lit. And it pops and crackles worse than any lump I've used 
    Sounds to me like the bag you bought came from a foreign country - not USA - there should be a country of origin printed clearly on the bag somewhere. I use RO almost 100% and never have that issue you describe except for some crap from Paraguay which I threw away!
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  • revolver1
    revolver1 Posts: 372
    BGE is RO.
    Dan, Columbia,Mo.
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  • llrickman
    llrickman Posts: 654
    edited August 2014
    It was the red bag with Made in the USA stamped on it. I have heard that RO is sometimes made in other countries so i made sure is was USA

    Revolver when i do use BGE it has much larger pieces that any bag of RO ive ever had . This one was almot all medium to small pieces

    Maybe i just got a bad bag ?
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    Albuquerque, NM
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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,759
    tarheelmatt said:
    I do want to try OO and Rockwood, but no one carries it in my area.    
    You can get Rockwood at The Grill Medic in Mooresville (about an hour SW of Thomasville, NC.)
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  • llrickman
    llrickman Posts: 654
    edited August 2014
    or at firecraft.com $100 or more gets you free shipping and you can get both OO and RW Seem to have good prices on rubs n stuff too

     I realy, really need to place an order
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    +1 ^^^^^^^ yep I was just gonna say...One word "FIRECRAFT". ;-)
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