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 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.