I've used this product for years but recently, they've decided to be like the rest of great companies that went to the wayside and it now sucks...... i bought a bag of coals and had to use almost twice as much as they burned out very quickly. i was cooking chicken and had to add coals too many times, not like before. i want my money back.

I'm 52 and my family and I have always used Kingsford charcoal for our grilling. We also used the briquettes to soak up dampness from our basement and it was better than all the others we tried. My problem now is the briquettes have shrunk. They used to be plump, hard as rocks, and heavy. Now they are flat, with a crease in the middle which I have no idea why, and are light weights. They don't burn as long or as hot and I have to use twice as much and the price per bag has increased so it makes it more expensive. Will kingsford ever go back to the original original? It was such a good product. I'll still use it because of the flavor and ease of use and it leaves no after taste (the fluid) like others do. Please Kingsford go back to the fat briquettes.

We have been loyal to Kingsford brand for a long time, and have tried other brands but nothing stands up to Kingsford. They burn cleaner, faster and more efficient! The quality can't be beat by ANY other brands, and we'll always go out of our way to get Kingsford. It's hard to find this time of year in our area but there are a few stores that carry it. We grill year round!

The only brand I will ever use. Easy to ignite time after time, no residual taste if no lighter fluid is used. Burns for ample time to cook your food. If your grill permits the fire to be smothered after use you can reuse the unconsumed briquets in your next fire, stretching a bag of charcoal to the limits. Quality stuff; the one and only.

I've used Kingsford charcoal off and on thru the years sometimes substituting some other brand, usually the store brand. Since smoking turkeys and hams at Thanksgiving and Christmas and seeing the difference in how fast the Kingsford starts and then holds the heat has made me sold on Kingsford. So now I spend a little more $$$ and get Kingsford. I've recently purchased a Kingsford grill and the two go good togetherl.

I disagree with some of these reviews, I use Kingsford original charcoal all the time on my kettle grill, for grilling things from burgers to steaks and dog and sausages. I find it very easy to light in my chimney and find that it lights 98% of the time and is hot and ready in like 18 minutes. I once and only once tried a brand oak something and it was terrible that's the stuff that won't light or get hot. I threw away that red bag almost a whole bad and ran back out to buy Kingsford again. I will be a fan for life when it comes to charcoal briquet grilling.

I don't know what you did, but this is much different now. As soon as I picked the bag up, I noticed it was significantly lighter than expected. Then I noticed that the coals burned half the time I typically get and also didn't get as hot. I smoke my meats, slow and low. I had a hard time getting to 250F with indirect heat and then I had to add more coals approximately every hour. Normally I can get to temp quickly and it will burn for 2hrs before I have to add more coals.

We like the original charcoal because we like to add our own seasons. We once needed charcoal on a last minute's notice and the mini grocery store only carried another brand. It wasn't even worth it...we could have cooked the steak in a pan and it would have been better than that charcoal. We now always buy only Kingsford!! We only grill with charcoal...no gas used in our backyard bbqs. We use the Match Light when we do campfires so that we don't have to carry any more things than necessary when we hike.

Glad to see I am not the only loyal one who is not happy on not being able to purchase 20 pound bags. Your charcoal used to be the best choice/value but things have changed. Because of the downsize price increase- I am going to give other charcoals a chance again. I am a proud Weber Charcoal griller, but not going to stay that loyal anymore.

I’ve been using Kingsford for as long as I can remember and never had any issues. The last few times I purchased it something’s off. It burns hot initially and then nothing. The heat just disappears and I’m left with a solid chunk of spent charcoal. I thought maybe it was just a bad bag, but it keeps happening. I’m not one to typically leave reviews, especially bad ones, but this has me frustrated to no end.