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Coffee grounds briquettes - watch out lump producers! or NOT? LOL

RRP
RRP Posts: 26,455
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Today a proud Purdue University graduate neighbor left an article from their alumni magazine in my mail box. Seems some alumnus has developed a briquette made from coffee grounds.

Reading though the hype some things caught my eye.
Such as:
2 pounds can burn at 350-400 for 60 minutes and only take 5 to 8 minutes…OK…

Then it says “everything we use is all-natural, like potassium and magnesium…”

They never mentioned anything about the clay binders normally used , but did say they don’t use “synthetic binders and or additives.” Assuming no salt peter like in normal briquettes I guess.

My question is who wants to step up and find out if using this product means you can change Mickey’s Coffee Rub recipe since like the old commercial said…”the coffee...it's IN there” or something like that! LOL
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,676
    Thats pretty interesting. I would try it in one of my kettles. Not sure what it would smell like though, burning coffee doesn't exactly smell good.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    Ozzie_Isaac said:

    Thats pretty interesting. I would try it in one of my kettles. Not sure what it would smell like though, burning coffee doesn't exactly smell good.


    I agree! The theme along with the picture was of a Webber and the implied advantage was the 2 hour burn and done for tailgating at Prudue games.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    Clarification: I dropped the quote too soon. It should have read:
    2 pounds can burn at 350-400 for 60 minutes and only take 5 to 8 minutes to heat up…OK
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  • DieselkW
    DieselkW Posts: 915
    Carbon is carbon? I used to put dried/used coffee in my fireplace insert - it's got BTU value, it just got old finding space for drying coffee grinds.

    I'm interested in comments on this thread, I just bought 20# of bbq wood pellets at Costco for $14, which is less per pound than the OO I usually buy.  Haven't used it yet...but when I do it will be mixed with OO. (The link is to Amazon, overpriced and high shipping costs. Costco sells the same bag for $14.

    The trick with coffee grounds is to effectively drive the moisture out of it without getting costs out of hand. Lots of products can be made on a college campus when overhead costs are absorbed by the facility. Commercially - I'm not sure it will pass the "anybody can compete with us" test.

    Indianapolis, IN

    BBQ is a celebration of culture in America. It is the closest thing we have to the wines and cheeses of Europe. 

    Drive a few hundred miles in any direction, and the experience changes dramatically. 



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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    DieselkW said:

     Lots of products can be made on a college campus when overhead costs are absorbed by the facility. Commercially - I'm not sure it will pass the "anybody can compete with us" test.

    You must be a Boilermaker since you knew that it was developed over a two year period working with Purdue Campus House student engineers. I never mentioned that so you must have read the alumnus news yourself. Assuming you are a Boilmaker then my 85 year old neighbor and his wife who gave this to me are both Purdue grads and are loyal and proud! Even their door bell plays the Perdue fight song! LOL 
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  • mslaw
    mslaw Posts: 241
    OT, I tried your mayo idea on pork ribs. One of the best suggestions I've ever received. Thanks, excellant!
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    mslaw said:

    OT, I tried your mayo idea on pork ribs. One of the best suggestions I've ever received. Thanks, excellant!


    GOOD! And thanks back at you!
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,175
    Starbucks - Home of the $40 bag of charcoal.
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    DieselkW said:

    Carbon is carbon? I used to put dried/used coffee in my fireplace insert - it's got BTU value, it just got old finding space for drying coffee grinds.

    I'm interested in comments on this thread, I just bought 20# of bbq wood pellets at Costco for $14, which is less per pound than the OO I usually buy.  Haven't used it yet...but when I do it will be mixed with OO. (The link is to Amazon, overpriced and high shipping costs. Costco sells the same bag for $14.

    The trick with coffee grounds is to effectively drive the moisture out of it without getting costs out of hand. Lots of products can be made on a college campus when overhead costs are absorbed by the facility. Commercially - I'm not sure it will pass the "anybody can compete with us" test.

    Those pellets mixed in are really going to put out some smoke...
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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