Anyone use Frontier Brand lump?

Lots of people here do not like it with bad personal experiences.  I have not had one. I did find a single piece of plastic one day, it was a lid off a water bottle -go figure. It was just dusty - kind of like the person packing the lump dropped it after it was filled and then closed the bag.

While I do prefer RockWood, I split the use of RW and Frontier 50/50. I use frontier for the "less important"  and quicker cooks. It also takes longer for the VOCs to burn off than RW or the now defunct Ozark Oak.
 
At the price you show - grab a bag and give it a try. I am sure you have blown $14 on less important things. I know I have....

In my opinion it's a step down from RO, I use GFS/RO . With that being said give it a try.

I use the 'Made in America' Frontier lumps from BJ's Wholesale.  I stocked piled a bunch of the 34lb bags @ the $16.99 sale.  I never tried the 'Made in Mexico' bags, I would read the Naked Whiz DB for his review & people's comments.

For me, it's the same as Royal Oak (Made in the USA) in terms of smokeyness and time needed to burn off VOCs.  I found some HUGE pieces the size of cantaloupe melons in Frontier that I save for Low & Slow.  In RO, size are often softball to golf ball size.  I sort it by dumping it onto a covered table (outside) to remove all the uncharred bits.  As a test, I once placed a nice size uncharred piece on top of the lump pile for a test.  15mins and still had white smoke coming out of the top.  Removed that one piece and no white smoke.

It's a pain & hassle to sort, but, I get better results doing it.  I skip sorting when using Rockwood and just dump from the bag.  (Love that Rockwood!)

same size bag is under $10 at my local sam's club.  It's 50 cents per pound charcoal so it tastes, and burns like it.  If you can stand to wait 45 minutes or so for the VOCs to burn off youre golden.