What kind do you use?

I'm curious, just what kind of wood is used to make Kingsford coals?

Has anyone every heard of coconut coal bricketts? Ever tried them???

TIA!

Mtbchip ..........................mtb is for mountain bike, where I burn all
the (BBQ) calories I eat ;-)

mtbchip wrote:

> What kind do you use?

Lump charcoal

> I'm curious, just what kind of wood is used to make Kingsford coals?

A mish-mash of various woods. But the RRRREEEEAAAALL story is the other
GUNK that makes briquettes, like Kingsford, anathema: binders, fillers,
coal. Great stuff to flavor meat.
>
> Has anyone every heard of coconut coal bricketts? Ever tried them???

Yep. BTW, coal is the stuff mined out of the ground. CHARcoal is produced by
carbonizing wood by burning it.

See the BBQ FAQ at:
http://www.eaglequest.com/~bbq/faq2/toc.html From whence the tidbit below
emanated


7.10 Briquettes vs. lump charcoal
[What is the difference between charcoal briquettes and lump charcoal?]

Editor--A summary of several posts--

Many List members have a strong preference for lump charcoal over
conventional charcoal briquettes. Briquettes are produced by crushing
charcoal and mixing in additives, such as nitrates (to make them burn
better), and clays and starches (as binders to allow pressing into the
traditional shape). Some List members say the additives tend to impart their
own undesirable flavors to meats smoked for long periods of time, as all
good barbecue must be prepared. A Kingsford Company spokeswoman recently
stated: "Briquettes are preferred by Americans for their uniform size and
stable heat." She pooh-poohs concerns about their ingredients, which
include: powdered charcoal, anthracite coal for long burning, limestone to
create white ash, starch as binders, and sawdust and sodium nitrate for
quick lighting. "The starch is perfectly natural and the coal is
high-quality coal".

Pure charcoal (lump) can usually be found with diligent searching (some
supermarkets, WalMart, HQ and Home Depot, etc.). It is sold in bags similar
to briquettes. Pure charcoal is carbonized wood with no additives which
might impart unwanted flavors in the meat. It usually comes in the naturally
irregular shapes of the real wood from which it is made. Bags of lump
charcoal are usually marked with the name of the wood it was made from, i.e.
hickory, mesquite, oak, etc.

On Wed, 12 May 2004 06:55:26 -0700, mtbchip > wrote:

>What kind do you use?
>
> I'm curious, just what kind of wood is used to make Kingsford coals?
>
>Has anyone every heard of coconut coal bricketts? Ever tried them???
>
>TIA!
>
>Mtbchip ..........................mtb is for mountain bike, where I burn all
>the (BBQ) calories I eat ;-)

The Kamado folks make and import coconut briquettes. They are 100%
compressed coconut husk . You can read up on them at www.kamado.com

Dave has done a great job explaining Kingsford in the post following
your question.

Harry

On Thu, 13 May 2004 05:02:34 GMT, Harry Demidavicius
> wrote:

>On Wed, 12 May 2004 06:55:26 -0700, mtbchip > wrote:
>
>>What kind do you use?
>>
>> I'm curious, just what kind of wood is used to make Kingsford coals?
>>
>>Has anyone every heard of coconut coal bricketts? Ever tried them???
>>
>>TIA!
>>
>>Mtbchip ..........................mtb is for mountain bike, where I burn all
>>the (BBQ) calories I eat ;-)
>
>The Kamado folks make and import coconut briquettes. They are 100%
>compressed coconut husk . You can read up on them at www.kamado.com
>
>Dave has done a great job explaining Kingsford in the post following
>your question.
>
>Harry

Harry, I thought the Kamado extruded coconut charcoal was made from
shells, not husk.

TNW

On Wed, 19 May 2004 23:42:24 GMT, The Naked Whiz
> wrote:

>On Thu, 13 May 2004 05:02:34 GMT, Harry Demidavicius
> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 12 May 2004 06:55:26 -0700, mtbchip > wrote:
>>
>>>What kind do you use?
>>>
>>> I'm curious, just what kind of wood is used to make Kingsford coals?
>>>
>>>Has anyone every heard of coconut coal bricketts? Ever tried them???
>>>
>>>TIA!
>>>
>>>Mtbchip ..........................mtb is for mountain bike, where I burn all
>>>the (BBQ) calories I eat ;-)
>>
>>The Kamado folks make and import coconut briquettes. They are 100%
>>compressed coconut husk . You can read up on them at www.kamado.com
>>
>>Dave has done a great job explaining Kingsford in the post following
>>your question.
>>
>>Harry
>
>Harry, I thought the Kamado extruded coconut charcoal was made from
>shells, not husk.
>
>TNW

And the difference must be in the language, I guess
Harry

Harry Demidavicius > wrote:

>On Wed, 19 May 2004 23:42:24 GMT, The Naked Whiz
> wrote:

-snip-
>>Harry, I thought the Kamado extruded coconut charcoal was made from
>>shells, not husk.
>>
>>TNW
>
>And the difference must be in the language, I guess
>Harry

Nope-- The husk is the relatively soft outer 'shell'. The *shell* is
the hard layer next to the meat.

Here's one still in the husk-
http://botany.cs.tamu.edu/FLORA/pic1/whlcoco.jpg

Jim

in article , Harry Demidavicius at
wrote on 5/19/04 9:58 PM:

>
> And the difference must be in the language, I guess
> Harry

No............ The husk is the outer fibrous layer, the shell is the
hardened brown colored layer that is FAR harder and has much denser carbon
bonds that make for an excellent source of latent energy (ask your chemistry
teacher about latent energy)

Just tried some Kamado coals for the first time yesterday. Clean burning,
lots of heat and long lasting! No more Kingsford for me!

Chip