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The Good Charcoal Lump Charcoal - 27.5 lbs.
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Jul 21, 2024
Reviewer name: J Wilson
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Great find

Great product, great price

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Sep 19, 2024
Reviewer name: Nitty1223
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

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Not a GOOD charcoal :(

Not impressed , small chips no large pieces , left an aftertaste

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reply from The Good Charcoal Team

Thank you for your feedback. We’re sorry to hear that the charcoal didn’t meet your expectations in terms of piece size and flavor. Our goal is to provide a great grilling experience with a variety of piece sizes, and it sounds like this bag didn’t deliver that. Please reach out to us at Hello@TheGoodCharcoal.com so we can make this right.The Good Charcoal Team

Jul 9, 2025
Reviewer name: Anonymous
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Taste the meat not the heat..

Wonderful smokey flavor without the lighter fluid taste. This is my new goto for BBQ

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Sep 23, 2025
Reviewer name: Eudes
3 out of 5 stars
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Good

before it was better now it has very small pieces

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Aug 25, 2024
Reviewer name: Vince Biondo
4 out of 5 stars
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Burns well

Burns well

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Oct 26, 2024
Reviewer name: TheFiveO
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

Like a sparkler!

I really want to like this charcoal but I have to say I am 50/50 on it. The PROS: Clean burning with light, easy to clean ash. Great heat to size ratio and I feel it imparts a nice wood smoke flavor to cooked items. CONS: It is like a giant sparkler when in a chimney lighter. So much so that the sparks actually launched a small charcoal ember out the top and onto my grass nearby! The mix of large and tiny bits make it hard for consistency and thus make for uneven heat pile. When you try to push the piece together for indirect cooking, the small charcoal pieces fall through the grate. I suppose if piece where just a bit more consistent, I'd really like this stuff.

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May 24, 2025
Reviewer name: Craig
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Best I have ever used

HEY I ALWAYS BE IN SAMS AND USE TO PASS BY THIS CHARCOAL ALOT UNTIL THE OTHER DAY I BOUGHT IT AND TRIED IT AND WHEN I TELL U BY FOR THE BEST I HAVE EVER USED FROM FLAVOR TO LONG LASTING . I WOULD RECOMMEND EVERYBODY TO GO AND JUST TRY A BAG U WANT REGRET IT .

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Jul 18, 2026
Reviewer name: anonymous
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Stay away

This is the worst lump charcoal I’ve ever used . Bagful of Small pieces and just not good . I won’t be buying this again!

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Jun 28, 2026
Reviewer name: Juan
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

great product!! too bad they are out of stock. lasted me over 3 big cookouts. id definitely buy again once back in stock

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Jun 30, 2026
Reviewer name: anonymous
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Where’s the lump coals

Purchased two bags this spring. Was very disappointed when I opened the bag and found mostly bits and pieces, where are the lumps.! Burns quickly.

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reply from The Good Charcoal Team

Hey, thanks for the feedback and sorry these bags let you down.<br />Two bags of mostly bits and pieces isn&#39;t what you should be getting, and that much small stuff usually points to a rough ride in handling before it reached you. Our charcoal is 100% hardwood Acacia with nothing added, so sizes vary naturally, but you should still be seeing plenty of real lumps in there.<br />On the quick burn, that mostly comes down to airflow. Acacia is one of the densest hardwoods out there so it wants to run hot, but that&#39;s where you can take control. Dial back your vents and you can hold a long clean even burn instead of letting it rip. Once it&#39;s dialed in it goes a lot further than you&#39;d expect, even with smaller pieces.<br />Send us a few photos at hello&#64;thegoodcharcoal.com and let us know which Sam&#39;s Club you grabbed them from and we&#39;ll get you taken care of.