Another Char Broil Center Cut Lump Thread

Mattman3969 said:

tikigriller said:

Opened up the egg to no lump left. Well, extremely little. However, went to remove the ash and there was hardly any. That was impressive. I can absolutely see this as a great solution for smaller eggs. Babysitting a couple butts today with BGE Lump to the top of the fire ring. Lower temp but should be three times the time almost, so it will be interesting to see. 

How full did you fill the egg?  Your running a large,  right?

Yes, large. Top of the fire box, not ring. 

Probably burned the right amount as someone mentioned earlier. 

I did a pork butt today on the small. It was not cooked for pulled pork but as a pork roast. Filled the small Egg up to the top of the fire box with the Char-Broil; not the fire ring. Cooked the butt for 3+ hours indirect at 320*. Put in in a stock pot and added potatoes, carrots. celery, and onion. Sealed the stock pot with alum foil. Cooked an additional 2+ hours. When said and done it was an 6 hour cook at 320*. Still had some leftover lump but decided to open the vents and let it burn. Had I filled the Egg up fully I could have gotten at least 8 hours at that temp. I can get 12+ hours on RO when cooking at 260* when the Egg is filled to the top of the fire grate. The lump lasted long enough for this cook. If I need a longer cook time, I'll have to fill the Egg up. 18 cooks and still on the first box!

It's the preferred lump of the Trump/Putin regime.

SemolinaPilchard said:

Mikee said:

It's the preferred lump of the Trump/Putin regime.

I think I am going to get some t shirts printed up that says "my secretary of state sold our uranium to Russia for foundation donations, and all I got was this lousy lump.

With Trump we'll all get good lump; the country will be in turmoil but we will have great lump to cook with.

My opinion only....if it matters...ok...that really was a joke so don;t take that seriously....

The Center Cut does not provide much additional flavor I find, so I would be hesitant to use it for a lo and slo.  I would use your Rockwood.  FWIW, I have two boxes left, and only use it to top off my lump in the Egg, and when doing a lo and slo, I use my BGE or Royal Oak Lump.

I have NOT tried it for a lo and slo however.......and I just had a mysterious burn through of BGE lump this past weekend where I flew through the lump and there was hardly even any ash left!  I'm starting to think perhaps when I loaded it up, some lump stacked funny and I thought there was more in there than there actually was.  The Center Cut I added to it to save that cook seemed to work ok but I was long past the smoke absorption phase of the cook.

I agree with @Canugghead  

I bought 5 boxes and it works great for short cooks but I think the burn time is less for longer ones. 

Lowes on clearance today 

Fired up the mini to cook a steak.  Put in a fire starter. Didn't bother to shake off any residual ash. Added several handfuls on top. The lump was at the top of the fire box.  Came back out 8-10 minutes later. I was surprised to see the temp at under 100*. Tapped on the thermometer a few times thinking it was stuck. It didn't budge. No biggie, it's still under warranty. Opened up the Egg and the lump was red hot. That's' when I saw the needle moving counter clockwise. The Egg was not 100*, more like 800-900*. This lump will burn very hot in no time. That was the hottest I got it, but I normally monitor it after 5 minutes.

nolaegghead said:

I got a box of them ceramic briquettes and I couldn't even get em lit.

On a serious note, Party Monsters dumb a$$ really tried to light them one time. Hey if you don't know you don't know. 

nolaegghead said:

How's party monster doing? 

I have a bunch of heavy objects that I'd like moved if y'all ever want to take a trip to nola.

He went off the deep end for a few months. However he seems to be doing somewhat better as of late. However every time we think that he is ok, he falls off of the wagon again. 
If you really need a hand just let me know. Me and the Monster will certainly ride over and pitch in. I have been wanting to go to OceanA. Kill two birds with one stone. 

Mikee said:

Fired up the mini to cook a steak.  Put in a fire starter. Didn't bother to shake off any residual ash. Added several handfuls on top. The lump was at the top of the fire box.  Came back out 8-10 minutes later. I was surprised to see the temp at under 100*. Tapped on the thermometer a few times thinking it was stuck. It didn't budge. No biggie, it's still under warranty. Opened up the Egg and the lump was red hot. That's' when I saw the needle moving counter clockwise. The Egg was not 100*, more like 800-900*. This lump will burn very hot in no time. That was the hottest I got it, but I normally monitor it after 5 minutes.

Had that happen to me on my large. Have to trust your gut and interpret the thermometer when using this stuff. I thought the fire had gone out. BUt realize it had wrapped around before I opened the lid.

SaintJohnsEgger said:

I have mixed emotions on this stuff. It definitely burns clean and hot but most of my cooks are low and slow so I am torn on buying more. I have 3 boxes left but that Amazon price sure looks tempting. I have $200 in Amazon gift cards so I am tempted to stock up.

Then I will worry about storing so much lump in my garage.

Take one for the team and try a low and slow with it and report back!

blasting said:

dgaddis1 said:

Take one for the team and try a low and slow with it and report back!

I've done many low and slows with it - works great.

12+ hr cooks without running out of lump, and still have some left?

I'm going to use it for a brisket next weekend, I'll report the results.