I bought a 11.6 lb of Match Light charcoal late July. I have bareIy used half of the 11.6 lb Match light charcoal. I got ready to light up my grill today Match Light would not light up. My food I had prepared for the grill had to be cooked in the oven. I tried holding a grill lighter over the pyramid of charcoal as directed on the package. Match Light would not light light after holding the grill lighter for a full two minutes. I did not have any lighter fluid I thought I was paying the price not to buy the lighter fluid. there should be a expiration date or warning that product may not work after a short period of time.

This stuff is worthless!!! I just spent 45 minutes trying to get it lit and never could. I bought this so I didn't have to mess with charcoal AND fluid only to find out I need to get lighter fluid if I want to use it. I'm disgusted that I actually spent money on this. That steak I thought I was going to enjoy tonight isn't going to happen - woo hoo - such a tasty 4th of July!. Kingsford, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Stop bragging about your inferior product!!!

Every year I stock up on this. I loved it for years. Just recently I have had so much trouble getting it to lite. I don’t know what changed. But it’s not the same. It takes us so much to get the fire going. I don’t like other brands. But it’s been really frustrating using them.

I bought a 3.3 pound bag of Matchlight yesturday and number one, it did not want to light and after finally getting it started, it would not stay lite. Don't know...maybe a bad batch I guess. barcode 44600 30481 6 number next to barcode: 62074000.010Z

We set up the charcoal in the grill. It lit beautifully but would not get hot. Even after 2 hours of burning it still was not hot. Had to dump the whole grill of charcoal and go to the store and get regular charcoal and lighting fluid and start all over again. Will not buy Kingsford again.

We have used this charcoal for the past 15 years. We didn't suddenly forget how to grill meat. Your 'new' charcoal no longer cooks, is difficult to use and has ruined many meals this summer. No more. We will not longer be buying your product. I hope others stay away. Save your money.

Didn't use lighter fluid with these so that's not the issue. But we cooked burgers using these today and had to throw out all the food due to a very strong chemical taste in the food, like what I would imagine lighter fluid might taste like (smelled the same). The whole grill smelled disgusting from these. Never again!!

I bought a bag of mesquite charcoal 2 months ago and I kept it sealed and inside my garage, I've used it twice in that time and it would not light unless I sprayed lighter fluid on it now this time that did not work. I've had this problem once before.

A friend of mine recently recommended this particular brand of charcoal. Purchased a bag yesterday and was amazed! The charcoals burned so smoothly and grilled my food to perfection! This will now be the only brand that I purchase in the near future! Definitely recommending this to other!

I bought this a week ago and tried to light it. Immediately went up in flames and everything was great. Today had people over for dinner. Loaded in the briguettes, took out my lighter -----and nothing. None of the coals would catch fire. Had no lighter fuel since supposedly it wasn't needed for this extra expensive charcoal. Thanks for ruining my family get together!