Lump Charcoal and Kamado Style Grills

I'm pleased with royal oak, aside from the occasional rock I find in it. The little fire starters work fine for me. MAPP torch if you want a faster start.

I haven't tried many, but I haven't had any bad experiences with the stuff I've tried.


X2 on the torch. I use the blue bottles though.

Royal oak from Walmark is the best bargain by far and get a mapp torch, they're fricking awesome.

Get the Looftlighter. Very fast and no flame shooting out.

Anybody have an Akorn? for $300 tough for me not to pull the trigger

Cosmo, I struggle to understand why you have not embraced the more established kamado style cookers.

You must be a tight-arse of the greatest degree. Greater than me!

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Get the Looftlighter

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I have not had a "bad" brand of lump. Some seems to burn a little faster than others but for the most part its all good stuff.

I usually buy mine from academy.

I have the akorn and love it

Of course it's not as good as a ceramic cooker, but it's damn good and well valued at 300

(I only paid 240 for mine at amazon warehouse deals)


I've gotten the grill up to 900 degrees and I've cooked as low as 225 for 8 hours


It's a well designed grill and does its purpose very well

CE Tiger will vouch for it also

I don't use a propane torch to light....I use the compressed sawdust/parrafin squares (various brands). I like to put a match to it, then go off and do prep work while it does its thing. Speed isn't everything.

Wicked Good is great for low&Slow, but it takes longer to get going. Royal Oak is my standard; you can get larger bags of it at Restaurant Depot.

The only problem with mine is the townhome I am living in temporarily doesn't have an electric outlet nearby......................so I have no place to plug it in short of stringing out extension cords.


So lately I have been using the weber paraffin cubes.