Ozark Oak Premium Natural Hardwood Lump Grill and Smoker Charcoal Briquettes, 10-Pound Bag

Great lump charcoal, the best value I've tried, and I've been a hobby / home pit bbq guy for a long, long time.

These charcoal pieces are tiny and the bag came torn. It is going to be very hard to keep things hot enough during a smoke with this product.

Recently I got back into charcoal cooking, and as usual I began to search for the best charcoal, especially after I learned that my usual charcoal has, amazingly, COAL in it. I guess that makes sense, but I thought it was all wood. That particular brand, found by the ton everywhere, not only has coal, but several other odd ingredients I haven't intentionally eaten since age one or so. And whatever's in your charcoal ends up in small amounts in your food, so I'm off that stuff for good.This hardwood charcoal is the best of the solid hardwood coals I've tried. It has a pleasant, mild smokey scent, and adds a very subtle smoke flavor to food, burns for a very long time, and makes a delightful "tinkling" sound when poured - an odd thing to enjoy, I guess, but I do.Unfortunately, I had to pay lots and lots for shipping ... I can't find it in local stores, and I'm not sure it's worth that considerable extra price. I've found two other good hardwood charcoals in local stores, and at half the price (no shipping), I'm satisfied with those. I think I'll treat myself with this product now and then, though.By the way, for lighting charcoal, I discovered a "chimney starter." The fluids I'd been using have to add some cruddy content to the charcoal smoke, and to my delight, a chimney is a clean and quick starter, though it's a really simple way to light a wood deck or dry grass on fire too, if you're sloppy handling it, and then you're right back to undesireable smoke additives, not to mention needing a new house.MY EDIT AFTER FURTHER CHECKING: I see that the current shipping price ($4.95) is much lower than I paid for my first order, so I'm buying a bag right now!

Best lump I have found for under 30 dollars. Beats Royal Oak by a long shot because it infuses a smokier flavor. It also burns clean to almost nothing. No rocks in the bag either.

My husband has tried tons of different charcoals trying to find the best one for his Komodo Joe grill. According to him, this is the best one for overall burn, not as many teeny tiny broken bits in the bag, and best taste (which I assume is based on the comments from my daughter and I...).

I will reorder

This is simply great lump charcoal. it lights easily in a chimney starter and burns hot and long. Steak grilled with this coal is amazing. As good as any I've had in a steakhouse. I often don't burn all of the charcoal and can reuse the leftover for my next grilling. Something i haven't ever been able to so with regular briquettes. And there is far less ash to clean up as compared to briquettes. I won't be going back to briquettes.

A bit on the pricey side. Burned hot and retained heat fairly well. Imparted a decent flavor on the meat. If it was a little cheaper would have given it a 5.