They take a lot longer to break down. The powdered seasoning is a lot better. It's faster and easier to work with. It did a better job. If you're already used to using the one out the bottle, I would stick with that.. also, the cost difference. It is a lot. It seems like they saw the. Are they a products coming out? And thought, oh, we could just make more money. If we put it in a bomb rather than putting it in a bottle and triple the price