April 20, 2005

The Lump Charcoal Database. BBQ Season is here, time to roll out the grills and start smoking large hunks of meat. The lump charcoal database will help those of you that are BBQ obsessed pick the right lump charcoal for your needs. It includes the Lump FAQ, full Charcoal Reviews and a handy dandy Comparison Of Charcoal Burn Times And Ash Production.

While it may seem like a strange thing to post, those of us who are obsessed with grilling and BBQ'ing it's the holy grail of charcoal information. Toss out your Kingsford briquettes and get some good lump charcoal.

posted by LokiSpeak 19 years ago
  • Lump charcoal, fudge tunnels, I sense a theme emerging today! fascinating none-the-less! Thanks Loki, I'll never smell BBQ the same.
  • "smoking large hunks of meat" Yep, sounds like a theme to me! mmm...charcoal goodness.
  • I can only find lump charcoal at the small local hardware stores. It is much nicer to use than briquettes. The massive ash production of the Kingsford, vs the lump charcoal,verifies what I suspected about the quality of the briquettes. Lighter fluid stink is another thing I can do without. I am happy with my charcoal tower, with shredded newspaper. Smoking meat, and a big fork too!
  • Charcoal sucks. Propane burns cleaner, provides more even heat, and far superior flavor. /me runs and hides
  • HERETIC!!!!!!
  • There is no contest in propane vs. charcoal in flavor. Propane provides none. A good lump charcoal provides a nice mellow smoke flavor.
  • Not to dis on your post--but, yes, we lazy folks use propane. Ah, Loki, you can set a pan of apple wood, hickory, or whatever and smoke/grill those pork chops or steaks to tender goodness. I can enjoy the fancy stuff anytime, but I gotta admit that steaks cooked on a clean shovel over a sagebrush fire were damn tasty on our last pack trip. Hunger and fresh air are the best seasonings of all.
  • Wow, cooking steak on a shovel? There's a country/western song in there justa dyin' to come out!
  • Uhhhh . . . does it, like . . smoke poles? Eh huh heh heh heh huh . . huh heh heh heh huh heh . . that was cool. /Beavis
  • Propane provides none. I think it imparts the rotten egg flavor of the methyl mercaptan odorant. If you are going to commit the sin of grilling with gas, at least use natural gas which has less mercaptan.
  • Propane burns cleaner, provides more even heat, and far superior flavor. Yup, I tell you what. That boy ain't right.