My husband grills all year round, even in the winter here in Michigan. The only charcoal he will use is Kingsford, his favorite being Original. He refuses to use anything else. I bought cheaper brand one time, and he told me to either throw it away or use it myself. He was not going to grill until we had Kingsford again. Needless to say, I threw the cheaper stuff away and never made that mistake again. It is Kingsford or nothing at our house.

Up until recently, as a professional chef for over 30 years, I have been a huge consumer and promoter of Kingsford. However they have apparently made a change to their product that renders it useless for smoking or grilling. This charcoal now fires up and burns out without generating enough heat to put a sear on a steak or even a piece of fish. It burns out so quickly that you are unable to cook chicken or pork without having to add additional coals. It is no longer feasible to use in my smoker because of it's short burn life.Very dissappointing for a brand that set the bar for grilling professionals. I would recommend using natural chunk charcoal and avoid this product until they revert back to their old recipe.

I have used Kingsford for over 30 years and the last few years the longevity of the charcoal had decreased to a point that it will not last long enough to grill a burger let alone a chicken on direct heat. I don't know what you who have given reviews and are stating it lasts along time, are doing to make it last. I use a large bbq and a portable one and as an example I used a half a bag of match light ( were on our boat ) in my small bbq and let the charcoal get white, took about 15 min, the coals lost there heat before the burgers were done. I wasn't to many years ago I would have coals left over after grilling chicken. I have seen the change in the appearance in the briquettes and I thought it was just me at first, but know I know it is not me it is the briquettes. I am looking for a new briquette to use. I do a lot of cooking , winter and summer, and need a briquette that will last the way kinsford use to. A good briquette has to have two main qualities, one is longjevity and the other is good smoke taste, Kingsford you now only have one of the two. Please bring back the old briquettes for those of us who do slow cooking.

Been defending Kingsford as the preferred BBQ fuel over Wood Pellets and Wood for years, but my recent purchases do not reflect the product I grew to love. It's taking longer to start, isn't burning as hot and generates a lot of ash. It's fine for typical backyard cookouts, but if you are more adventuresome (ribs, steaks, slow cooking) the current product is not what I remember. Where in the past I used to be able to get Blue Bag close to 600 degrees to sear meat, it's now closer to 450. The ash generated is enough to choke out other coals. I'm using Blue Bag in both the traditional Weber Kettle and a championship grade smoker. I haven't measured the time to start, but it sure seems like it's taking a lot longer to get the red coals needed to really do the job right. I've refused to go the wood route, but it's something I'm going to need to ponder. It's not worth having a championship smoker if the fuel doesn't get the job done.

really the only product i use. i cook 3-2-1 ribs, rib-eye, skirt steak, veggies , a bunch of other food. i use it on my oklahoma joe smoker, chargriller outlaw and a small portable chargriller. people saying that its not good , don't know what they are doing (now the product that i would say burns too fast is the charcoal with mesquite in it.- i only used it once)

As a guy who has been grilling 50+ years and has used many different brands and types of charcoal I can honestly say Kingsford Original charcoal briquettes represent the best quality and value available to “grillers” of any level of ability. Easy lighting, ready quick, consistent burns, hot or slow, and long lasting! If you know how to properly operate your grill, you wont find a better product! Highly recommended!

My Dad used Kingsford exclusively and always said it worked better than ANY off brand he'd ever tried. They light faster, burn longer and hotter and just made grilling easier for him overall. Dad seems so much smarter now that I have gotten to 50 years of age. Imagine that!!

I have mostly given up my gas grill to use my charcoal grill with kingsford fueling the way. I always have made some great barbecued foods but kingsford charcoal lasts longer starts faster and makes food taste better than any other charcoal that I have tried. I keep as many bags stored as I have room to keep as I do not want to ever run out!

I've been using Kingsford Briquettes for the past 45 years. This last batch I bought was double bags wrapped in plastic and the price was fantastic. I bought 20 units which came out to 40 bags. I've noticed the briquetts no longer have the small pieces of wood in them like they used to and the texture of the briquett is quite smooth, not coarse like they used to be. The big thing is that they just don't seem to last as long as they used to either. In the past, after grilling a steak, I would close up the grill and smother the coals to use again. Most times I could get a second grill out of the used coals by adding just a few new briquettes. I now find that I have to lower the steaks or chicken after about 25 minutes as the coals are already loosing their heat and a second batch of meat on the same coals takes forever to cook. Understand that now I use a fresh batch of coals for every grill. In addition, if I want the great flavor I used to get from Kingsford, now I have to purchase an additional bag of one of the flavored briquettes. Kingsford still outperforms (but not by much) any other brand I've tried, it's just that Kingsford doesn't seem to be as good as it used to be.

Used to be we only used Kingsford, but it seems the new product is a total failure! Sure they lite faster but thats all. We used to be able to spit large roasts and birds w/no prob., but not any more!! Its also almost impossible to get a good sear on anything and endup w/a steak the way we like them!!! Too Bad, guess we will going w/a different brand from now on!!