I was expecting lumps, bigger than briquets. They came out thumb to pinky size chunks. Some of it fell out the charcoal chimney with more dust. It had a really nice heat and lasted for quite a while. Tip; When it seems like the coals are low, turn them over with a rake.

This works for the Big Green Egg. However, the pieces are much smaller than the Big Green Egg brand of charcoal. I find I’m shoveling out more ash, it’s a little harder to start, and temperature is a bit more tricky, because there’s less oxygen between the pieces. So one less star. The price is right, though.

Overly smoky and there are no lumps but little bits and pieces. Jealous Devil, Kamado Joe and Fogo lump charcoal are much better. Once the smoke subsides, it does cook ok. However due to the excessive smoke, I don’t recommend. I have a Kamado Joe Big Joe III, Classic II and a Joe Jr, so I have some experience grilling.

This was the worst hardwood charcoal I have ever purchased. After opening the bag I divided it into 5 gallon buckets. Of the 5 buckets, 4 contained only charcoal dust and chips the size of my thumb nail. The remaining bucket contained perhaps a dozen chunks the size of my fist once ignited the coal failed to achieve proper cooking temps. Overall I rated this product as a do not buy.

This is not the best hardwood lump charcoal but is ok for the price. Compared to other brands we've used for our Green Egg, it is messy. We have a large garbage can that we pour the bags into and store it in. When pouring, black soot was flying everywhere. It also smoked a lot more than other brands, there was a large amount of smoke coming from the grill before even adding food.

This charcoal is pretty decent, however, lately, it's gone from lumps to bits. You used to get a bag of jumbo to medium sized lump charcoal. The latest bag I purchased is full of tiny bits of wood. There are still medium sized lumps, but so much of the bag is full of tiny chips, I am not as impressed as I once was with this brand.

The charcoal itself looks like it’s decent. I can’t really use it though, it’s too small. A if they were going for size uniformity. The entire bag is basically the pieces the size of a quarter. I thought maybe I just was unlucky, which happens often, and got the bottom of the barrel, so to speak. But I see others on here saying the same. So, hard pass for me on a re-try.

I do like the woody smoky flavor it leaves behind. Stays real hot for a short time and then the coals die out quickly leaving unconsumed charcoal pieces I have to clean out of my BBQ. Not too impressed by this product, it makes it real hard to cook meats properly as my grill drops off from 400F to 250F in about thirty minutes. I do like the woody smoky flavor it leaves behind.

Good value and great quality. My husband grills for us year round and became unhappy with the quality of traditional briquettes. Now that he's using lump charcoal, he's much happier and I was pleased to find that Sam's Club carried these at a great price (and free delivery for Plus!).

I smoke/grill almost every weekend and the smoker is temperature controlled. I had it going at about 225 then I added some of these and it shot up i ln temperature in no time. I’m talking up to 425, caught what I was cooking on fire because it took forever for me to control the temperature. I should have done more research on how this product burned. Price is great for the amount you get. Just for me the downside was this product was just harder to control burning wise.