dakota2112 wrote:

> Ok, so a few days ago, we grilled steaks on the Weber kettle over a
> blazing hot fire of Royal Oak hardwood charcoal. Then last night, we
> grilled some brats and sausages, and when I went to fire up the grill,
> I found what looks like a big lump of melted metal in with the
> left-over coals from steak night. I can only describe it as looking
> like a big chunk of volcanic rock, but it was definitely melted metal,
> because I checked it with a magnet.

Not uncommon to find "unusual" stuff in charcoal, tho' it's usually
rocks/dirt. The Naked Whiz's reviews even have a catagory for "strange
material".

http://www.nakedwhiz.com/lumpindexpage.htm?bag

While charcoal making factories are no doubt not "state of the art" when
compared to automated high-tech industries, it does seem that it would
be easy enough to sort out magnetic material, especially considering
that one is buying the stuff by the pound....