I bought this 2 years ago and an opened bag spent 2 winters in my shed. I cleaned off the grill and tossed in the 1/2 bag of MatchLight that I had left over and it lit right away. I had a nice fire going in no time. It was ready to grill by the time my burgers were made. There is nothing else comparable.

I am somewhat disappointed. I always bought Matchlight because all you had to do is touch a match to it and the bricquets would immediately light with a good steady flame, and they would be entirely gray and ready to cook over in about 10 to 15 minutes. Not any longer. Now I ave to either soak then with lighter fluid, or what I have been doing lately is use small squares of camphor to light the charcoal. And it take longer for them to completely light. Another formerly good product that someone messed with, probably to save money and cut production costs per unit. This is happening with a lot of consumer products these days. From here on out I will just get regular charcoal and use camphor to light it.

This stuff is flame retardant. Matchlight? A joke. This will put out a match in seconds. Won't light with a Bic lighter, killed a fireplace butane trying as well. Put pile of newspaper underneath and burned that but coals just laughed. Lets see if they allow this accurate post about their terrible product.

I've always been a die hard fan of this charcoal but something has changed with the texture within the last year. The charcoals are burning out way too fast. I've purchased several bags from different stores over the past few months and they're all cooking the same. Previously, the charcoals would burn with flames consistently once the juice from the meat hits them and the charcoals were hot. Now, they're barely staying lit and the charcoals are cooking down, filling the grill with ash within 10 minutes. This is becoming very frustrating. Hopefully this will pass and the product is made how it used to be. Until then, I guess I'll be using the regular charcoal that requires lighter fluid.

my family has been using your products for as long as I can remember.my father always swore your coals were the best.i agree.our family doee not use any other brands.thanks for such a terrific product.please don't stop selling.if you did,i would have to stop grilling. thanks again,margaret lester . longwood florida

I have been using Match Light for many years and it's better than the rest when it comes to lighting quickly and keeping the heat. I don't always like the flavor some of the food gets because of this charcoal so I do mix it with wood chips for different flavor on chicken especially.

I thought this would have been easier than using charcoal and lighter fluid. Wrong. First it wouldn't light. Added fire starters and it lit but wouldn't stay that way. Fire wouldn't spread to other charcoal either. I'm 20 minutes in and the charcoal still isn't lit. Worst waste of time and money.

First, I'm a Kingsford Charcoal guy. I love their product. Unfortunately, I bought a double bag of Match Light and thought I upgraded to save time in getting the grill going; however, the charcoal just would not light. Had to resort to using a charcoal starter. Took way longer than it should. I wish I would have read the comments on here. Seems to be hit or miss if you get a good bag. Not really worth the risk for the money spent.

With the new season, I purchased a brand new bag of Match Light. This is the first time, I wasn't able to immediately light the charcoal. I even went and retrieved my cigar torch, which still did not light it. In the end, I put it all in a chimney and used some newspaper to light it. Has the composition changed?

The whole concept of match-light charcoal would mean that one doesn't have to use anything but a match to light it, right? Apparently not this stuff, where marketing must have gotten a bit too confident for the development team to back up that claim. A half pack of matches, a good 3 minutes of a hand lighter, and a few fistfuls of newspaper were wholly insufficient to generate even the slightest flame from these dudes. It should be noted, this was a just-opened package. Oh, you say the charcoal needs to be stored inside, per the useless YouTube tutorial? Great, except a) I'm not storing anything this supposedly flammable in my house, and b) that advice is nowhere on the bag. Prospective buyer, do yourself a favor: get a gas grill or a chimney and some real charcoal. If you're going to spend a half hour prepping a grill, may as well make it worth it.