Rockwood Charcoal

[Tyrus]

   Here's a new charcoal to me, now I haven't used it yet but, upon opening the bag I noticed a quality in my hand that felt very light and appeared unusally dry. The coal itself was of good size and it had a odd clanking sound or better yet a hollow sound when dropping it into the basket or moving it about in my hands. The only other charcoal I remember having these characteristics was CoCo Char and that burned extremely well. I purchased this bag, the last one standing alone on the shelf because my general standby (B+B) has been letting me down with an abundance of smalls in the bottom of the bags. The packaging of this product was excellent, a good quality brown thick paper, it was squarely shaped, layed flat without any bulges..I thought that odd, it was too perfect. I expect to use it tomorrow on a couple of racks of pork ribs, then I will comment further. On line a 20# bag would cost $37.00 dollars however I purchased this bag for $28.00 at True Value Hardware. So the same bag of B+B is $19.00 and an adequate charcoal as it is, but I'm hoping for South American hardwood quality in an American hardwood blend from Missouri. We'll see tomorrow.

Edited July 18, 2024 by Tyrus

[C6Bill]

It’s a good product, I’ve been using it for years. Your local Ace can order it for you. Give KJ Big Block a try, you can get it at Lowe’s, it’s a decent lump at a really good price.

[Paul]

On 7/18/2024 at 11:00 AM, C6Bill said:

It’s a good product, I’ve been using it for years.

+1 here

[Tyrus]

I like it, I really do, it's gotta good beat and I can dance too it.... Sparks a bit under the Mapp but it lights well and flows good keeping a constant temp. Two endorsements, credible, hard to say no. 

[C6Bill]

Oh those ribs look good !!!!

[Tyrus]

4 hours ago, C6Bill said:

Oh those ribs look good !!!!

Tasted good too!

[tony b]

Rockwood used to be my go-to charcoal, but they had a major fire in their production facility and when they returned to operation, they stopped shipping here. I used to get it at the local BBQ store. I tried to order it from Ace, but they canceled the order, say it was unavailable at my location. My go-to now is Jealous Devil, which the BBQ store carries.