I have a Santa Maria grill which I use weekly. I tried lump charcoal, but that burned so quickly that I couldn't maintain heat for long periods of time. I first bought Kingsford in a two-bag wrapper at Home Depot two years ago. It lights quickly and sustains a burn for hours, just what I need when I lay wood on it for my barbecues. Kingsford is the only product I'll ever use now.

The new version sucks. Go back to the true original version if you want my business. New version burns way to fast and it doesn’t smell good and the taste of meat is off. I always got Kingsford for grilling but no more. Now I got to go. Time to finish cooking my steaks on the George Forman

I cook alot on a stick burner smoker. I have discovered it is much easier to control the fire temp. it I use a bed of coals and add wood on top. This make a very stable temp. and I add a little wood for flavor. I buy large quantities when I find on sale. I can cook for over four hours using less than 20 lbs. and a few pieces of wood.

This charcoal is unmatched by competitors. Don't be fooled by imitators! This charcoal is easy to light, clean burning, and long lasting. I love the flavor it gives my food. Once I learned how to grill over charcoal, I was hooked. And hooked on Kingsford!

This has got to be the brain storm of a bunch of engineers and scientists. Your product was fine like it was. I have to recaulate my whole smoking routine because i can not depend on a good long lasting high heat fire from your product. This is why i have used Kinsgsford since i started grillingv over 35 years ago. Bottom line your new product burns to fast. I have to use twice charcoal. I am Stoking the fire three to four times more. I now have to mix your briquets with Royal Oak to get a more stable fire.

I've been "real" grilling (with charcoal, not gas) forever. I'm 70 and have gone through many grills but never a change to my charcoal. None are better, none give us the true grill flavor we all want. And long lasting? Heck yes if you know how to conserve the used coals for the next meal treat. Kingsford is the best! The others aren't even close.

Attached are pictures of my club's bbq 8/28/2021. Here are a few facts. We racked 518 chicken halves averaging 1.523 pounds or 24.4 ounces each. What a slab of meat. Total of meat weighed 790 pounds but only 520 pounds charcoal, that's 26 20# bags. That means it only required 0.659 # to grill a pound of chicken for 2 hours. Chicken bbq is a major fundraiser for Mount Sidney Ruritan Club as we have monthly bbq dates to grill approximately 4500 -5000 during the grilling season. Kingsford has done a good job for us over the years and purchase 5-6 pallets for the year. Thank you Kingsford, Wayne BBQ Chairman

The only reason for recommending this charcoal is for the flavor, I've always used Kingford products, but I will have to say that the newer smaller briquets are not as good of quality and burn up faster and fall thru the grate. Once started, you had better be ready to throw the meat to it, because you only have a few minutes until, the fires out and only simmering. Change back to old formula and give us back full quantity. Still like Kingsford, just disappointed.

I recently purchased another brand of charcoal because it was less expensive. I have learned a valuable lesson! It was horrible, wouldn't stay lit, and produced a very cool temperature fire. I will NEVER use anything other than Kingsford in the future. You can always rely on Kingsford to produce a great fire!

I am a Long time users of KIngsford Charcoal. This season I bought a 2x20 lb package as we usually do. I find the new coals don't last as long. The old briquet was larger than the new ones. We have also found they don't last as long. Please go to the old tried and true.back