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HI Brethern,
I'm starting to do some research and see if I can get a good comparison on the different types of charcoal out there. Is there any way to tell where a company sources their wood from? I've read the horror stories of hardwood flooring full of nails ending up in bags etc. I'm a big user of Jealous Devil and like the backstory of clean Peruvian hardwood. Do we know where some of the other "big dogs" in the business source there wood?
Also, I know that when it comes to most lump it's just the wood you are getting (no binders.) Do they all use pretty much the same process to get it from wood to charcoal or is that a "better" way to do that as well?
Lastly, when we move into the world of briquettes we enter the world of binders and additives. What's better? What is to be avoided? Since I use the Jealous Devil hardwood lump so much I'm interested to see what their briquette product is going to be like. They say it's going to be out in 2020 and it contains "...no fillers, chemicals or toxic mystery ingredients"...but...it does have "...a bit of plant-derived starch."
I'm sure that some of you have links to resources and/or lots of knowledge about the hows/whys/whats etc of the charcoal world. Thanks for the help. Happy Smokin'
I'm starting to do some research and see if I can get a good comparison on the different types of charcoal out there. Is there any way to tell where a company sources their wood from? I've read the horror stories of hardwood flooring full of nails ending up in bags etc. I'm a big user of Jealous Devil and like the backstory of clean Peruvian hardwood. Do we know where some of the other "big dogs" in the business source there wood?
Also, I know that when it comes to most lump it's just the wood you are getting (no binders.) Do they all use pretty much the same process to get it from wood to charcoal or is that a "better" way to do that as well?
Lastly, when we move into the world of briquettes we enter the world of binders and additives. What's better? What is to be avoided? Since I use the Jealous Devil hardwood lump so much I'm interested to see what their briquette product is going to be like. They say it's going to be out in 2020 and it contains "...no fillers, chemicals or toxic mystery ingredients"...but...it does have "...a bit of plant-derived starch."
I'm sure that some of you have links to resources and/or lots of knowledge about the hows/whys/whats etc of the charcoal world. Thanks for the help. Happy Smokin'