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New Royal Oak bags

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  • baychilla
    baychilla Posts: 387
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    Back when I got my Egg RO was the cheaper lump.  The "better" lump was BGE which was in theory the best of the RO and sold/packaged by BGE.  Since then RO changed their source to SA and it and the BGE lump have suffered massively (IME).  So much so that if I can't get Rockwood I'll get a load of KBB and use my WSM.
    Near San Francisco in California
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  • FATC1TY
    FATC1TY Posts: 888
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    Rockwood has had similar issues like RO. 

    Plenty of rotted wood and uncarbonized parts in the last three bags I’ve gotten locally. 

    One bag was normal, but let’s not act like RW doesn’t get junk bags. If I wasn’t a 4 bag a month user of it, I would have quit last month knowing it wasn’t their quality standard. 

    It was no better ( actually worse ) than royal oak. 
    -FATC1TY
    Grillin' and Brewing in Atlanta
    LBGE
    MiniMax
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,037
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    Photo Egg said:
    Royal Oak plays an important role!
    It guards my stash of Ozark Oak.lol

    Looks like you stash your charcoal at a homedepot with the orange wire shelves.
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    Photo Egg said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    From my experience, it’s still chugging white smoke after 15 mins. Your mileage may vary. 
    You have to figure most of the home store buyers saturate their lump in lighter fluid and light it up. 15 minutes later they are cooking on that chemical smelling fire they love.lol
    You must live close by. Because that's exactly what the neighbor behind me does. Every damn weekend. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,110
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    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Photo Egg said:
    Royal Oak plays an important role!
    It guards my stash of Ozark Oak.lol

    Looks like you stash your charcoal at a homedepot with the orange wire shelves.
    I installed 2 sections of heavy shelves shortly after Hurricane Ike flooded my garage to help keep things organized. I wish I could tell you it worked. It just means you buy more crap.

    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • KiterTodd
    KiterTodd Posts: 2,466
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    I use mostly RO because it is affordable and easily attainable.  I also don't mind how much I use or how often I do a clean burn after dinner...

    ...however, I've noticed the pieces getting smaller.  A lot more dust and tiny broken pieces than there used to be.  Starting to bother me.  A symptom of larger mass production now that they are clearly going at the Home Depot account full bore and more people are buying the stuff.

    I'll definitely pick up some Kamodo Joe lump the next time I see it at Costco. That stuff is great.

    I do like RW of course, and FoGo. Just expensive, specially with shipping.  I don't subscribe to the argument of "you bought a $1000 grill, why do you complain about the price of lump" argument, either.  Nothing wrong with being price conscious on the consumables.  The food still tastes great.
    LBGE/Maryland
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  • xfire_ATX
    xfire_ATX Posts: 1,112
    edited May 2018
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    I use a mixture of RO and this
    Image result for central market mesquite lump charcoal

    Literally... I go back and forth adding more lump to the egg with each cook.  I like the price of both of them but I dont like either of them on their own so I found that a mixture of both (maybe 60% Mesquite) fits my preferred smoke profile.
    XLBGE, LBGE, Charbroil Gas Grill, Weber Q2000, Old Weber Kettle, Yeti 65, Yeti Hopper 20, RTIC 20, RTIC 20 Soft Side - Too many drinkware vessels to mention.

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  • Bafromet
    Bafromet Posts: 1
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    Where did you find the Royal Oak with the American flag on it?  I just went through a bag and it was excellent!  (forgot where I bought it - ehhh)

    Scott from East Texas
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