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Lump hard wood

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robsillup
robsillup Posts: 8
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I've been using Royal Oak Lump hardwood for about 2 years.  The "lumps" in my last 6 or so bags have been no larger then a quarter.  Does anyone have suggestions for Lump Hardwood other then the expensive Big Green brand?
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  • mlc2013
    mlc2013 Posts: 988
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    rockwood check your local ace hardware

    Long Island NY    
    1 XL BGE 12/17, 1 LG BGE 3/18, 1 MM BGE 3/18
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  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
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    If you have been happy with RO for the past 2 years, there isn't any reason to change.  Lump is brittle.  You have been getting roughly handled bags lately. Follow Ron's assessment method to reduce getting bags of broken up lump.  You may need to check different stores.  Check bags that have not been removed from the pallets - they tend to be less abused then those handled one at a time.  

    Any brand can be mishandled and provide small pieces.  My very first bag of Rockwood was nothing but small small pieces.  I assume that my local ACE staff dropped it off the truck. The second bag was much better (they came in the same order). 
    Southeast Florida - LBGE
    In cooking, often we implement steps for which we have no explanations other than ‘that’s what everybody else does’ or ‘that’s what I have been told.’  Dare to think for yourself.
     
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 10,767
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    FWIW, small pieces are fine. It happens 
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • OshawaDave
    OshawaDave Posts: 198
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    I've yet to see Rockwood in Canada. I've been buying Royal Oak (1/2 the price of BGE) and buying the odd bag of BGE and during cooks use mostly RO, but, put in a few larger pieces of BGE.......helps stretch the BGE lump.

    Weber Genesis CP310; Weber Q1200 (camping); LBGE.

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,385
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    Well it is Friday...lump discussions here are like politics and religion elsewhere.  FWIW-
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • milesvdustin
    milesvdustin Posts: 2,882
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    If i go to walmart, the lump is on the shelf and usually small pieces. Home depot is right off the pallet and larger pieces. 

    2 LBGE, Blackstone 36, Jumbo Joe

    Egging in Southern Illinois (Marion)

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  • bikesAndBBQ
    bikesAndBBQ Posts: 284
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    I cannot agree more with check the bag before you buy if you can. Royal Oak, KJ Big Block or whatever. You have no idea what happened during shipping or when unloaded in the store. I’ve checked KJ before I bought and heard some bags that were handled rough and mostly dust and small pieces. 
    Pittsburgh, PA. LBGE
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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,684
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    OshawaDave said:
    I've yet to see Rockwood in Canada. 
    Not yet.....maybe one day.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,767
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    i would rather have small lump than big lump. easier to light and i have more control over it
    fukahwee maine

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  • gbvinla
    gbvinla Posts: 96
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    I used RO until local Walmart quit carrying it. Their B&B Oak lump is as good as anything I have found. Granted I've never gone the route of Rockwwood. Be careful when you buy B&B because they sell both Hickory and Oak. The chunks are very large. Also carried at Academy.
    Large BGE x2  Now we're cookin' in Dothan Al.
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  • tml1230
    tml1230 Posts: 237
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    gbvinla said:
    I used RO until local Walmart quit carrying it. Their B&B Oak lump is as good as anything I have found. Granted I've never gone the route of Rockwwood. Be careful when you buy B&B because they sell both Hickory and Oak. The chunks are very large. Also carried at Academy.
    Trust a fellow Gator here... Try just one bag of rockwood ... order through your local ace hardware... It's that good.
    OT .....today in Paris (France not Texas) ...I happened to be wearing a Gator sweatshirt ...  Over the course of 5 hours, 4 different  people walked by me saying "go gators!"
    the whole Gator nation thing is alive and well!   Full disclosure... One additional guy speaking French , said something that I did not fully understand...as my grasp of the French language is weak.... It was either " go gators"  or perhaps... " u look like Nancy pelosi" ...being a guy, I hope it was go gators!
    Sarasota Fl. and  Lake Toxaway N.C. (and Novembers on the island of Kauai) (and April in France.... Don't hate on me for that)
    BGE  medium and minimax
    HOW  BOUT THEM GATORS !
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