re: What kind of lump coal are you using in your Kamado

Agree - we use the Fogo super brazziallian oak. My hubby swears by it. Can go 18-20 hours on a load, but he usually smokes for 8-12 hours and the next time just adds half a load of fresh.

Alright, while doing some yard work yesterday I decided to check out this B&B Competition Char Logs stuff I bought last week.

At first I thought it was all branches but it appears to be pressure formed sort of like a churro. They all have a hole through the middle of the log.




Here's what it looks like inside the bag.



Loaded some in the Keg to see how it burns.





It may be intended to be used in stick burners.



Here's what it looked like this morning after going out. I only let it burn while I was out in the yard which was about three hours. When I shut the vents on the Keg it was at about 450 degrees. I made no attempt to try to control the temperature of the Keg. I had the lid open to allow the logs to catch , closed the lid and just let it burn with no food on the grate.



Since this is a Kamado cooker I don't use a liquid lighter. I lit the middle of the pile with a MAPP torch.

It doesn't appear to have burned up much of the amount of logs I used.



I was busy but the smoke it produced was about average or maybe a bit more and the a smell wasn't bad.

Oh, one more thing, it's made in Mexico where a lot of charcoal in produced.