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Charcoal Baggers, why don't you do this?

Ozzie_Isaac
Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,641
edited March 2021 in EggHead Forum
My bags of feed have the same stitching as Charcoal bags, but it also has a nifty removal feature.  No fiddling, no knife, scissors, etc.  Easy peasy.

Just pull on the tab where it says pull and off comes the string.  Every time.





I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • BikerBob
    BikerBob Posts: 284
    The charcoal bags don't have a tag so you have to figure out which string to pull;
    Cooking on the coast
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Charcoal users may be smarter than feed users...

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,641
    caliking said:
    Charcoal users may be smarter than feed users...
    Would be an interesting Venn diagram.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,401
    caliking said:
    Charcoal users may be smarter than feed users...
    Off topic here but I just noticed your signature line.  Don't you have like 13 cooking devices?  Is this just the signature line your wife sees?  
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,641
    kl8ton said:
    caliking said:
    Charcoal users may be smarter than feed users...
    Off topic here but I just noticed your signature line.  Don't you have like 13 cooking devices?  Is this just the signature line your wife sees?  
    It all depends on what one means when they say "cooking" and "device".

    It is a funny point though, because one time my wife asked how many grills I had.  I miscounted by 2.  I sold 2 grills so my count would correct 🤣

    Well, I didn't sell so much as I traded one for a pack of New York strips and gave the other to a friend.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,682
    kl8ton said:
    caliking said:
    Charcoal users may be smarter than feed users...
    Off topic here but I just noticed your signature line.  Don't you have like 13 cooking devices?  Is this just the signature line your wife sees?  
    Dude, don't blow his cover!!!
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    Because reasons, lol. I take it as a regular intelligence/perseverance test. Plus - we all know that feeling of total satisfaction when you get the “perfect pull.”
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    edited March 2021
    kl8ton said:
    caliking said:
    Charcoal users may be smarter than feed users...
    Off topic here but I just noticed your signature line.  Don't you have like 13 cooking devices?  Is this just the signature line your wife sees?  
    That's probably  just the Webers. Over the years, I have carefully positioned various cookers around our property. She'll have have a stroke if she sees them all in one spot. 

    And... you haven't seen my garage...

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,758
    Because those are pinch bottom bags.....not square-bottom.  So the baggers hang them upside down to fill, then the sewing machine stitches what will be the the bottom.  Those bags are designed to ship and sell flat because of the contents--charcoal is usually designed to stand up as well with the flat bottoms.  
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,342
    SciAggie said:
    Plus - we all know that feeling of total satisfaction when you get the “perfect pull.”
    Not all of us.  :cry:  

    “The best way to execute french cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken."

         -  Julia child

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,641
    stlcharcoal said:
    Because those are pinch bottom bags.....not square-bottom.  So the baggers hang them upside down to fill, then the sewing machine stitches what will be the the bottom.  Those bags are designed to ship and sell flat because of the contents--charcoal is usually designed to stand up as well with the flat bottoms.  
    Thank you, now I can stop wondering every time I easily and quickly open a feed bag and fight with a charcoal bag.  These feed bags are shipped and stored flat to be sure.


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  • RyanStl
    RyanStl Posts: 1,050
    I always have a box cutter where I need it, but usually get it after resorting to tearing and ripping with no results.  Same with dog food.  Just need to keep the razor blade close.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Botch said:
    SciAggie said:
    Plus - we all know that feeling of total satisfaction when you get the “perfect pull.”
    Not all of us.  :cry:  
    Try using the other hand.  I think I read that tip in a Hustler.
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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,758
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    stlcharcoal said:
    Because those are pinch bottom bags.....not square-bottom.  So the baggers hang them upside down to fill, then the sewing machine stitches what will be the the bottom.  Those bags are designed to ship and sell flat because of the contents--charcoal is usually designed to stand up as well with the flat bottoms.  
    Thank you, now I can stop wondering every time I easily and quickly open a feed bag and fight with a charcoal bag.  These feed bags are shipped and stored flat to be sure.


    Yeah that bag was filled from the bottom then sewn shut with a single string lock stitch.  So the top side of the bag was sewn at the paper bag factory where they were able to put that fancy pull tab in there. 

    RyanStl said:
    I always have a box cutter where I need it, but usually get it after resorting to tearing and ripping with no results.  Same with dog food.  Just need to keep the razor blade close.
    And that's why we also sell knives in our store.  Hahahaha.  Kershaw, Zero Tolerance, and Heretic.  Just got in some new Heretic Hydras.....very nice single action push button automatics.  The Manticore E is my everyday carry though.




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  • Tspud1
    Tspud1 Posts: 1,514
    nolaegghead said:
    Botch said:
    SciAggie said:
    Plus - we all know that feeling of total satisfaction when you get the “perfect pull.”
    Not all of us.  :cry:  
    Try using the other hand.  I think I read that tip in a Hustler.
    That's for strange bags
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