Charcoal for Smoking Meats

Kingsford Blue Bag will be best burn time and constant temp. I use Royal Oak Lump, burn time is not going to be quite as long, but way less ash and better overall flavor. Just my experience.

If you can get your hands on Wicked Good, it's probably the longest burning/largest pieces lump I've ever used. Ace hardware used to carry it & you could buy it online & have it shipped to your local store. Dunno if that's still the case, I haven't smoked anything in the past 2-3 years. (I know, I need to rectify that)

I use Kingsford Blue when I'm doing the "snake method" in my Kettle.

I stock up on the 2 for 1 packs every Memorial/4th/Labor Day.

If you want one of the highest rated ones and you are in BR go to goodwood and get rockwood. It's what I use in my smoker. Comes in 20lb bags and is about $22 or so. It's all Missouri hardwood. It produces very little ash and most of it is big chunks so it has a good burn time. Wicked is also pretty good.

Also, do not spend the money on the green egg lump, it's royal oak.

Kingstord Blue and a chimney starter. Once they ash up, put a few hickory chunks and your good to go.

I use a lot of Kingsford Blue Bag for grilling because it is cheap when you get the 2-fer holiday deals.

Stubbs and Weber both make an excellent charcoal that I like to use for long smokes. They cost more, but I think they burn longer than KBB. You can usually find them at Lowes.