As the charcoal is processed for bagging, it moves along a conveyor belt with rotary screens to remove dust, fines, and smaller pieces before the remaining pieces are bagged. Unfortunately the resulting carbon-like material is very fragile if handled roughly. The resulting charred material is almost pure carbon, which not only burns longer and more steadily than wood, but it is also much lighter. This process drives off the moisture, impurities, and volatile gases that were present in the wood. Basic charcoal is produced by burning a carbon-rich material (such as wood) in a low-oxygen atmosphere. If we start from the beginning, we can better understand the process. I can run my Down East Beast for 12 - 14 hours on a single 8 pound bag of cowboy lump with more than enough orange coals to add more if i needed to.Īs far as the fines and small pieces, these are not put into the bag, but rather they are a result of rough handling by the shipper and/or the retailer.
I've been using cowboy lump for 10 years with absolutely no complaints, in fact I love the large pieces. They seem to last the longest in my smoker. I really wish I could still buy Weber Briquettes around here.
I am glad I only bought two bags last time it was on sale. This is the last time I will buy any Cowboy Lump, the bag was mostly broken up fines with a few large chunks. The cooker maintained 365 for the next six hours with no issues, but I noticed a slightly off taste in the pork probably because of having to restart the fresh charcoal. I quickly started up a chimney of Kingsford BB and dumped in the fire basket and filled it up with more Kingsford. About 2-1/2 hrs in I noticed the temp dropping and when I checked the only charcoal left burning was the briquettes I used as a starter. I set my ATC for 365 deg and let it come up to temp. I started about 1/2 a chimney of royal oak, dumped in in my Hunsaker Vortex basket and filled it with Cowboy lump.
Yesterday I decided to do a hot and fast 8 lb bone in pork butt in my Trail Embers Smoker for a family get together.
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