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Conventional consumer-grade charcoal briquettes used for backyard BBQ typically have some amount of coal in them.
by rootusrootus 3y ago
Conventional consumer-grade charcoal briquettes used for backyard BBQ typically have some amount of coal in them.
- jamiek88 3y agoNo regular brand of charcoal contains coal. Please link just one brand that does and I’ll withdraw my complaint but I’ve worked in the industry and very much doubt this.
- a1369209993 3y ago"Charcoal" literally means "coal made by charring [implicitly: wood]". I assume you (and probably rootusrootus) mean "No regular brand of charcoal contains [fossil] coal." (eg, lignite, bitumite, or anthracite). (I don't know what they're on about either; presumably for sufficiently historical values of "conventional" barbecue coal was supplied from the same mines as train / steam engine / home heating coal, but that isn't much of a thing anymore.)
- rootusrootus 3y agoAnthracite coal, 15-40% https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/kingsfordcharcoalbriquets-sg-sds-en.pdf https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/kingsfor...
- amluto 3y agoLinked just above: https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/kingsfordcharcoalbriquets-sg-sds-en.pdf https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/kingsfor... That’s from a major brand. I was surprised to learn this. But I’ve always been suspicious of charcoal briquettes — lump charcoal is much nicer. (And one should IMO always use a chimney starter or similar device in order to get them properly lit as quickly as possible and with as little other junk added and hopefully as little emissions as possible.)
- beAbU 3y agoDo you have a source for that?
- rootusrootus 3y agoSure. Anthracite coal, 15-40%. https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/kingsfordcharcoalbriquets-sg-sds-en.pdf https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/kingsfor...
- wil421 3y agoAnyone using briquettes should switch to lump charcoal.
- crazygringo 3y agoYou're being downvoted, but another comment in this thread proves you're right: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37373903 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37373903 I'm as surprised as anyone. I had no idea.