Who Makes The Best BBQ Charcoal?

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You're excited to get the grill out and barbecue but before you get started you need to make sure that you have charcoal on-hand. I don't know about you, but when I was growing up, Kingsford charcoal was the brand that I saw at everyone's cookout.

However, these days you are likely to see a number of charcoal brands to choose from at your local hardware store and you might be wondering which one is the best.

I've done the hard work of comparing the briquets made by 5 popular brands so that you don't have to!

I looked at 4 factors:
• Cost
• Duration
• Temperature
• How Long To Get Clean Smoke

Watch the video to see which brand came out on top, the winner might surprise you!

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Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are based on Kenyatta’s personal experience and reviews. Some links above may be affiliate links.

[phamos]

As a 51 year old cooking fan, and using charcoal for the first time since I was a kid, this is some of the best advice I've seen so far. It's been very trial and error so far but getting better at judging heat methods. My only wonder is what type of brick to use. Living in Canada, I haven't seen Fogo or Max available but could be location and will certainly try Kingsford and Royal Oak. Thank you for a fantastic take on the best way to bbq. Cheers!

[Falcon-xklb]

Very well done and a pleasure to watch. Thank you!

[BrianFauver-iu]

This is absolutely one of the finest demonstrations I have ever seen for briquettes. Congratulations Mr. I would like to know who you are you seem very cool.

[kjohnson]

Wow!!! That was an excellent designed experiment coming from someone who does Design of Experiments for a living. I would have liked if you considered ash accumulation along with burnout after 2 hrs. I find Kingsford produces much more ash than Band B along with burning out faster. I would have given Band B second with Royal being the winner. You are among my favorite BBQ teachers...I hope you continue to educate the masses.

[roycook]

I appreciate the time you put into this.

[Engineer_Heathen]

I've tried nearly all of these, and i must say that cowboy all natural briquettes are better than all of them, and a good price too. They taste better, are less brittle, last longer, and can be reused on multiple cooks because they hold together so well.

[stevec.]

Excellent video, Kenyatta! You used very fair comparisons and provided meaningful results! I bbq/grill almost every night and have used each of the brands you tested. The durability and re-usability of the briquettes is very important to me, and I have found B&B to be much more useful for a second cook than the other brands. Other cooks may value a different quality in their briquettes! Thank-You for this very informative video!

[teamturner]

B&B for competition. Kingsford for backyard, parties, and catering. Thanks for the breakdown!

[qconard]

Thank you for this video comparison. My go to has always been Kingsford! I have tried different lump charcoal in the past but have never had any issues with the King. I do miss the old 2x20lb for 9.99 sales at Lowes! Couldn't ever pass that up. I got so much from them that o still have some from those days, lol! Unfortunately with this day comes cost so I will be seeing what else is out there. Thank you again!

[polsok]

Great video! Would love to see a similar video with lump i know hard to narrow it down so many brands these days. For briquettes I like to use the webber ones good bang for my buck

[Steven-nbnm]

I think B&B and jealous devil are a close tie. But I think those briquettes are better for a low and slow cook. When you just need clean heat. But for hot and fast cooks like steak or hamburgers. I like using Kingsford Harewood briquettes. The little pieces of wood inside the briquettes gives it alittle more smokey flavor. But that type of Kingsford is only seasonal unfortunately.

[Liquorstoredinosaur]

I've always had Kingsford readily available so it's always been my go to

[Jeff-mogc]

As soon as I saw this guy, I knew he had good advice, then listening to him just relaxed me. His tempo of speech is like watching a campfire.
He is the Pit Master.

[gusramos]

I switched to Royal Oak after doing some research. I am very pleased with Royl. Oak

[crazymonkey]

Great video. Love how u tested them all. I too get the kingsford from Costco. Does what I need it to do so I’ve been happy with it.

[BoomerOnLostPrairie]

Thanks for the in-depth look at these brands. You put in a long day making it fair and interesting, I’ll give royalty oak another try

[greghemlock]

I use Kingsford because if it’s consistency and cost, if I want extra flavor smoke, I put a pie pan in with the baguettes with some wet hickory

[kevincameron]

This is an awesome video that was done pretty fairly and equally. I've been a Kingsford guy for ages and I have tried B/B and RO a few times. But, I keep coming back to Kingsford because it's consistent, and I can find it at SAMS. But you're correct, there's nothing wrong with any of these you've tested. Thanks again for your time and efforts on such a long test.

[draino]

Great reviews! Will be switching over to Royal Oak once I finish this Kingsford combo deal. Longer lasting higher heat is an easy win for me. Thanks again!

[richardg]

I normally use Kingsford Professional, mainly because I can get them on sale at Costco certain times of the year. They light easily, but I suspect they don’t last as long as the original.