On Sat, 29 May 2010 09:46:31 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Fri, 28 May 2010 14:33:21 -0500, Sqwertz
> > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 28 May 2010 09:43:03 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>>> If you can't tell then you should use the cheap stuff. It is
>>> surprising someone with a Q site likes kingsford.
>>
>>Really. Smoking with Kingsford is practically unheard of. Except
>>on FoodTV.
>
> And Kingsford commercials.
>
>>I just bought some Stubbs briquettes (the new breed of 100% wood
>>and maybe some starch binder). $6.99 for 20lbs. It's easier to
>>work with than lump.
>
> I've never heard of it. Lump's pretty easy to find here.

There are a bunch of brands of lump charcoal now. They are made
with pulverized lump with a natural starch binder. All the
advantages of lump, plus consistent-sized pieces, no sparking,
usually costs less, and.. it works great.

Rancher is the one I usually shill for:

http://www.originalcharcoal.com/products.asp

-sw

On Sat, 29 May 2010 12:20:08 -0400, blake murphy wrote:

> On Sat, 29 May 2010 09:46:31 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> I've never heard of it. Lump's pretty easy to find here.
>
> they stock it at the local (md) whole foods, for whatever that's worth.

Whole food is co-branded Cowboy Lump. Not many professionals
would use it since there have been horrible quality control
problems. Like - some of the stuff not being wood in there, but
plastic, and tar, and coal, and metal,...

Once you ruin a cookout with that once, you'll never go back.

-sw

On Sat, 29 May 2010 13:42:03 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Fri, 28 May 2010 14:54:27 -0500, Sqwertz
> > wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 27 May 2010 17:10:49 -0500, Default User wrote:
>>
>>> One of the local supermarkets is advertising Full Circle lump for $4 a bag
>>> (8.8 lbs). Not too bad, I'll probably pick up some, even though I'm not that
>>> low.
>>
>>8.8lbs means it's mostly likely Cowboy brand "lump", rebranded.
>>But this time it appears that this is actual wood from Arkansas,
>>not floor scrapings.
>
> I lost interest in cowboy when they were such asholes about the
> rebates 7-8 yers ago.

I lost interest in them when I had discovered piece of plastic and
a piece of railroad tie - after I was halfway through my smoke and
added that to the pit, ruining my food and my pit.

Never again.

-sw

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 21:19:03 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 29 May 2010 13:42:03 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 28 May 2010 14:54:27 -0500, Sqwertz
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 27 May 2010 17:10:49 -0500, Default User wrote:
>>>
>>>> One of the local supermarkets is advertising Full Circle lump for $4 a bag
>>>> (8.8 lbs). Not too bad, I'll probably pick up some, even though I'm not that
>>>> low.
>>>
>>>8.8lbs means it's mostly likely Cowboy brand "lump", rebranded.
>>>But this time it appears that this is actual wood from Arkansas,
>>>not floor scrapings.
>>
>> I lost interest in cowboy when they were such asholes about the
>> rebates 7-8 yers ago.
>
>I lost interest in them when I had discovered piece of plastic and
>a piece of railroad tie - after I was halfway through my smoke and
>added that to the pit, ruining my food and my pit.

Good grief.

Lou

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 21:14:51 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Sat, 29 May 2010 12:20:08 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 29 May 2010 09:46:31 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>>> I've never heard of it. Lump's pretty easy to find here.
>>
>> they stock it at the local (md) whole foods, for whatever that's worth.
>
> Whole food is co-branded Cowboy Lump. Not many professionals
> would use it since there have been horrible quality control
> problems. Like - some of the stuff not being wood in there, but
> plastic, and tar, and coal, and metal,...
>
> Once you ruin a cookout with that once, you'll never go back.
>
> -sw

when i wrote that comment, i was referring to stubb's briquettes, whatever
they're made of.

your pal,
blake

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 27 May 2010 17:10:49 -0500, Default User wrote:
>
>> One of the local supermarkets is advertising Full Circle lump for $4 a
>> bag
>> (8.8 lbs). Not too bad, I'll probably pick up some, even though I'm not
>> that
>> low.
>
> 8.8lbs means it's mostly likely Cowboy brand "lump", rebranded.
> But this time it appears that this is actual wood from Arkansas,
> not floor scrapings.

I had the same trepidation when I saw it, but The Naked Whiz gave it a
pretty solid review.

http://www.nakedwhiz.com/lumpdatabase/lumpbag77.htm

They speculate that it's produced by Royal Oak.



Brian

On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:27:55 -0400, blake murphy wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 21:14:51 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>>> they stock it at the local (md) whole foods, for whatever that's worth.
>>
>> Whole food is co-branded Cowboy Lump. Not many professionals
>> would use it since there have been horrible quality control
>> problems. Like - some of the stuff not being wood in there, but
>> plastic, and tar, and coal, and metal,...
>>
>> Once you ruin a cookout with that once, you'll never go back.
>>
>> -sw
>
> when i wrote that comment, i was referring to stubb's briquettes, whatever
> they're made of.

I thought you were referring to Whole Foods brand of lump. That
was the last noun in what you were responding to :-)

-sw

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 21:12:13 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> There are a bunch of brands of lump charcoal now.

I'm referring to Lump charcoal BRIQUETTES.

> They are made
> with pulverized lump with a natural starch binder. All the
> advantages of lump, plus consistent-sized pieces, no sparking,
> usually costs less, and.. it works great.
>
> Rancher is the one I usually shill for:
>
> http://www.originalcharcoal.com/products.asp
>
> -sw

On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 17:31:04 -0500, Default User wrote:

> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Thu, 27 May 2010 17:10:49 -0500, Default User wrote:
>>
>>> One of the local supermarkets is advertising Full Circle lump for $4 a
>>> bag
>>> (8.8 lbs). Not too bad, I'll probably pick up some, even though I'm not
>>> that
>>> low.
>>
>> 8.8lbs means it's mostly likely Cowboy brand "lump", rebranded.
>> But this time it appears that this is actual wood from Arkansas,
>> not floor scrapings.
>
> I had the same trepidation when I saw it, but The Naked Whiz gave it a
> pretty solid review.
>
> http://www.nakedwhiz.com/lumpdatabase/lumpbag77.htm
>
> They speculate that it's produced by Royal Oak.

I saw that and did some background on the two companies and they
have no relation to Royal Oak.

-sw

On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:18:05 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:27:55 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 21:14:51 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>>> they stock it at the local (md) whole foods, for whatever that's worth.
>>>
>>> Whole food is co-branded Cowboy Lump. Not many professionals
>>> would use it since there have been horrible quality control
>>> problems. Like - some of the stuff not being wood in there, but
>>> plastic, and tar, and coal, and metal,...
>>>
>>> Once you ruin a cookout with that once, you'll never go back.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>> when i wrote that comment, i was referring to stubb's briquettes, whatever
>> they're made of.
>
> I thought you were referring to Whole Foods brand of lump. That
> was the last noun in what you were responding to :-)
>
> -sw

poorly worded on my part.

your pal,
blake

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 17:31:04 -0500, Default User wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Thu, 27 May 2010 17:10:49 -0500, Default User wrote:
>>>
>>>> One of the local supermarkets is advertising Full Circle lump

>>> 8.8lbs means it's mostly likely Cowboy brand "lump", rebranded.

>> I had the same trepidation when I saw it, but The Naked Whiz gave it a
>> pretty solid review.
>>
>> http://www.nakedwhiz.com/lumpdatabase/lumpbag77.htm
>>
>> They speculate that it's produced by Royal Oak.
>
> I saw that and did some background on the two companies and they
> have no relation to Royal Oak.

Ah. At any rate, it's pretty decent. Local True Value stores carry a brand
called Fire King that I also use.

<http://www.nakedwhiz.com/lumpdatabase/lumpbag57.htm>


Brian