Question about hardwood lump

Lot of different opinions on lump. Buy a bag and check it out--see if it works for you. 

I use RO and like it fine. Hard to beat your price too. 

Royal Oak is perfectly fine. Some burn longer and/or start faster. Rockwood is very popular, as is Fogo.

Ace in fl should be able to order Rockwood by the bag, also Firecraft.com will deliver.  No shipping on orders over $99

WG is excellent. $28.95 is ridiculous! I've used plenty of it, but at about $13 a bag picked up at their warehouse in Mass (about 30 miles away). Just for convenience, I mostly buy RO from Home Depot. Perfectly happy with it.

Darby_Crenshaw said:

check the Royal Oak to make sure it says "made in America" or USA or whatever, as opposed to South America.

the south american stuff throws sparks like you read about

Oh, and the US stuff doesn't? LOL. Never used SA RO and don't know about differences, but the US version throws plenty of sparks. Lighting with oil and paper towel solves that though. Or even starter cubes.

Ask your local ACE. I'm pretty sure they can order 1 bag of rock wood. 

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Sonny3 said:

Thanks to all for the tips.  I checked the ACE site and Rockwood doesn't come up in the search.  I checked the Firecraft site and if I ordered 3 bags (which should last a while) including shipping it would be $79.84 or $26.61 per bag.  Shipping is $13.95 total and the coal is $21.95 per bag.

Like everything else associated with BGE, I have a plethora of options.  My brain is whirring with the options.  Think I just need to get off the computer and go cook for a solid 3 or 4 days.

Problem right now is that the Beer Can chicken I cooked last night was so big that we have leftovers for tonight. 

Or as a horse ranching buddy of mine from Idaho would say, "We're having used food for dinner".

Check the Where to Buy section of the Rockwood site - it explains how to order from Ace in Florida (you have to give them the specific SKU number).  That said, here in SE Florida, it's $25.99/bag at Ace.  Best bet is to buy 4 bags from Firecraft and some filler (or five bags) and have it shipped for free. I hate paying for shipping. And don't worry about the lump breaking during shipment - my bags shipped from Firecraft have pieces the size of my forearm (saving those for the low and slow cooks). I thought four bags would last a while but I don't cook that much and its barely been a month and I'm already on bag 3 (granted I played a bit with temp control with nothing on the grill while learning, but even so, I expected 6 months from four bags and I'll be lucky with 3).

Lump is like a** holes, everyone has one!  Everyone also has an opinion on what lump is best.  Use what you feel works best for you.  The only way to find out is to try everything until you think you found what works best.  

theyolksonyou said:

Ask your local ACE. I'm pretty sure they can order 1 bag of rock wood. 

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Any Ace in Florida can order it.......SKU 8400772.  Will take about a week to show up at the store--north side of the state takes less time than the south side.  It doesn't show up on the website because it's not available online nationwide.  Pricing varies quite a bit between stores from what I've heard.

My ace just started carrying the Rockwood at 25 a bag. They also sell the wicked good. It's like a grill store in there now lots of stuff. I am still on my first bag of bge and have a bag of ro to try next.

I have only tried a few.   Royal oak and BGE are good for me.   However - I see no reason to spend the extra money on BGE.   I tried Cowboy - hated it for anything but low n slow.   Tossed 1/4 bag after it not working well for higher temp cooking.  Just bought some RW through Firecraft.    Haven't tried it yet though.    

Not many choices (or at least that I know about around my area) but after the BGE lump was gone, I tried RO and the first bag had lots of med and small chunks. I wasn't too impressed. The current bag of RO is just the opposite, lots of large and med chunks....Overall I am happy with it.

4Runner said:

BGE lump in Columbia is running at least $30 a bag the local ACE Hardware (the ACE Cayce/West Columbia for you local boys).  I was shocked.  I noticed at Lowes the other day they had a Frontier brand for $14 for a 20# bag.  I'm planning to try some of that to hold me over until my RW supply is reestablished.  Figured at that price it is worth a try.  

I am making a run to Charlotte this weekend (family bitness) and plan to pick up some RW while there. Let me know if you want me to pick you up some. They proud of it up there....but can bring you a few bags if you want.

The are running about $32 bucks but i always have a $5 off....so get it for $27. I go up frequently as my son and my wife's 7 brothers and sisters live up there. If I get in a pinch...i'll order some for home delivery, but have limited storage.