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Kingsford Charcoal is made from charred softwoods, pine, spruce etc. then mixed with ground coal and other ingredients to make a charcoal briquette. As of August 2000, Kingsford Charcoal contains the following ingredients[1]:
Wood char
Mineral char
Mineral carbon
Limestone
Starch
Borax
Sodium nitrate
Sawdust

Bullwhip wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsford_(charcoal)

Kingsford Charcoal is made from charred softwoods, pine, spruce etc. then mixed with ground coal and other ingredients to make a charcoal briquette. As of August 2000, Kingsford Charcoal contains the following ingredients[1]:
Wood char
Mineral char
Mineral carbon
Limestone
Starch
Borax
Sodium nitrate
Sawdust

mmmm coal flavored burgers. Tasty.

Bullwhip wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsford_(charcoal)

Kingsford Charcoal is made from charred softwoods, pine, spruce etc. then mixed with ground coal and other ingredients to make a charcoal briquette. As of August 2000, Kingsford Charcoal contains the following ingredients[1]:
Wood char
Mineral char
Mineral carbon
Limestone
Starch
Borax
Sodium nitrate
Sawdust

The perfect thing to grill those "pink slime" burgers!

Carry-a-Kimber wrote:

MedicMan218 wrote:I'm no train conductor....where do you get that stuff?

I typically use dried pecan or mesquite wood but when I do charcoals I get mines at Kroger, it's Royal Oak 100% Natural Wood Charcoal.

You beat me to it. . . that's all I use, too.

wood chips in a fire box on the gas grill will give you the same flavor with out all the mess

barstoolguru wrote:wood chips is a fire box on the gas grill will give you the same flavor with out all the mess

I use propane for quick-and-dirty grilling.

I use the charcoal grill for quality grilled meats.

I use the charcoal starter chimney for steaks (if you haven't tried this, I HIGHLY recommend it. I prefer charred and seasoned steaks cooked rare or medium-rare on the inside. This method makes homemade steaks at high-end steakhouse quality. . . as good as III Forks, Bob's, Ruth's Chris, Reatta, Morton's, Willie G's, etc. We've used it on more than just Porterhouse. . .it works on Ribeye, Sirloin, Stips, etc.)
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I use the smoker with Pecan, Hickory, or Mesquite supplemented with Royal Oak charcoal for barbecued meats.

puma guy wrote:

Bullwhip wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsford_(charcoal)

Kingsford Charcoal is made from charred softwoods, pine, spruce etc. then mixed with ground coal and other ingredients to make a charcoal briquette. As of August 2000, Kingsford Charcoal contains the following ingredients[1]:
Wood char
Mineral char
Mineral carbon
Limestone
Starch
Borax
Sodium nitrate
Sawdust

The perfect thing to grill those "pink slime" burgers!

That's an old recipe, but it probably hasn't gotten any better. I am changing to lump.

wood is the only way to go...you can use a chimney starter and throw it on top of a propane torch to get the wood going. No charcoal, no fluid, all flavor.

But for weeknight grilling, it's propane...

I've got one of those dual grills...one side for wood, one side propane. Uber convenient.

pbwalker wrote:wood is the only way to go...you can use a chimney starter and throw it on top of a propane torch to get the wood going. No charcoal, no fluid, all flavor.

But for weeknight grilling, it's propane...

I've got one of those dual grills...one side for wood, one side propane. Uber convenient.

I use the cheapo $80 propane grills from Walmart that I view as essentially disposable for the weeknight stuff. I used to have a nice propane grill, but decided when it died to invest in better smokers and leave the propane stuff simple.

The funny thing is that I typically set my charcoal starter for the smoker on the grate of the propane grill and the smaller natural wood lumps fall through into the propane grill area. . . so now I get a light wood flavoring every time I use propane.