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CANADIAN LUMP

Nanook
Nanook Posts: 846
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Just loaded one of the larges with Basques Sugar Maple lump to do some chicken drums and breasts. Perfect size pieces as usual. Love this stuff! Fellow Canucks, if you haven't tried it, you need to. It's great lump. Very mild, and the little bit of white smoke there is at the start, clears up right away. They sell it at Lowes. 
GWN
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  • biggreenrob
    biggreenrob Posts: 194
    I haven't tried Basques yet, but have been hearing good things.  I may have to give it a try.  I wish they sold it at my Lowes...mine carries Cowboy and RO.
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  • AlbertaEgger
    AlbertaEgger Posts: 1,387
    Lovin mine thanks to you. glad I made the switch for sure!!! Hope they have another sale next year. 
    County of Parkland, Alberta, Canada
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  • Mithrandir
    Mithrandir Posts: 36
    That is the one I'm using and it is perfect !! 
    Roberval, Qc, Canada
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  • jabam
    jabam Posts: 1,829
    I can't find anything but RO and Frontier in my neck of the woods! And nobody will ship to Cali from out of state:(
    Central Valley CA     One large egg One chocolate lab "Halle" two chiuahuas "Skittles and PeeWee"
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    Firecraft is selling in the states.  In fact, there's a bag on my front porch along with 100# of RW.  =)
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
    Sold at Costco here; but only "in season". I have purchased from the local distributor in the past; "off season"
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  • bigalsworth
    bigalsworth Posts: 686
    looks like they sell it at the giant tiger in Saskatoon, I will have to try a bag
    Large BGE
    BBQ Guru DigiQ II

    Martensville, Saskatchewan Canada
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  • Nanook
    Nanook Posts: 846
    bigalsworth said:
    looks like they sell it at the giant tiger in Saskatoon, I will have to try a bag
    I'm sure you will love it too!
    GWN
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  • hondabbq
    hondabbq Posts: 1,986
    bigalsworth said:
    looks like they sell it at the giant tiger in Saskatoon, I will have to try a bag
    Late last summer my lump was getting low so I wanted to load up but was tired of reading all the posts about different lumps the U.S. guts get. Only having RO here I was determined to get something else. I googled around the inter web and also found GT has Basques. I went and it was on a pallet for $5.60 a bagi. I went to 3 GT's and bought 15 bags that day. 
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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,232
    edited July 2015
    I'm a big Sugar Maple fan. 

    My dealer carries it here in Atlanta . 

    I opened a fresh bag last night. 
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • leo123
    leo123 Posts: 101
    I love the stuff too. But what is GT's. that has it for $5.60 a bag
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  • Nanook
    Nanook Posts: 846
    @AlbertaEgger. Sent you a PM
    GWN
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  • Nanook
    Nanook Posts: 846

    leo123 said:
    I love the stuff too. But what is GT's. that has it for $5.60 a bag
    Giant Tiger. It's a large discount store. 
    GWN
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  • noregard
    noregard Posts: 306
    We recently had a Lowes open here and I bought 8 bags of Basques during the grand opening sale.  I'm part way through bag 3 now, and it's been really good.  Just to reiterate, it is VERY VERY mild, and AMAZINGLY FAST at clearing the white smoke.  Good stuff for sure.

    Still wish I could get my hands on some Rockwood though!  I tried ordering a pallet a few months ago and was told they don't have enough stock to sell to anyone but their regulars.
    Lethbridge, Alberta         LBGE & MM
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  • Nanook
    Nanook Posts: 846
    noregard said:
    We recently had a Lowes open here and I bought 8 bags of Basques during the grand opening sale.  I'm part way through bag 3 now, and it's been really good.  Just to reiterate, it is VERY VERY mild, and AMAZINGLY FAST at clearing the white smoke.  Good stuff for sure.

    Still wish I could get my hands on some Rockwood though!  I tried ordering a pallet a few months ago and was told they don't have enough stock to sell to anyone but their regulars.
    I've used Rockwood when I cooked on a friends Egg in Florida. Very good stuff! Can't say that I thought it's any better than Sugar Maple though. 
    GWN
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,528
    Have a bag of Basques Sugar Maole on the go right now, Lowe's had it on sale for 25% off early this year (Buy one at $17.99 get the second bag at 50% off)
    I guess because the Loonie has tumbled to less than 80 cents US, RO is more than Basques - go figure. While standing in the BBQ section at Lowe's last week a guy asked me if I had ever used Basques - he had used RO but with the price at $1 more than Basques wonderedif Basques was as good? He had trouble believing me that I thought Basques was better - people sometimes equate expensive with good...
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  • cook861
    cook861 Posts: 872
    I love Sugar maple  nice flavour was at costco this weekend  it was selling for 13.99 a bag cheaper then lowes
    Trenton ON 1 mbge for now
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  • bigalsworth
    bigalsworth Posts: 686
    hondabbq said:
    bigalsworth said:
    looks like they sell it at the giant tiger in Saskatoon, I will have to try a bag
    Late last summer my lump was getting low so I wanted to load up but was tired of reading all the posts about different lumps the U.S. guts get. Only having RO here I was determined to get something else. I googled around the inter web and also found GT has Basques. I went and it was on a pallet for $5.60 a bagi. I went to 3 GT's and bought 15 bags that day. 
    @hondabbq sweet deal!  I'm going to give GT a try for sure
    Large BGE
    BBQ Guru DigiQ II

    Martensville, Saskatchewan Canada
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  • hondabbq
    hondabbq Posts: 1,986
    edited July 2015
    That was at the end of the season. I have a lot of lump right now don't don't know the full price. 
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  • Lmidkiff
    Lmidkiff Posts: 442
    I'll buy some from Firecraft as soon as my current inventory declines. I've wanted to try it for a long time and looks like now I can. 
    McKinney, TX
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  • Nanook
    Nanook Posts: 846
    I just bought 8, 4kg (9lb) bags for $8 each. That converts to $6 U.S. I can live with that. 
    GWN
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  • bweekes
    bweekes Posts: 725
    For those that have tried both, curious to get thoughts on maple leaf vs. basques? 
    Ajax, ON Canada
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