As we’ve discussed above, there is a difference between cooking with large pieces and smaller pieces, the Alderline Natural Restaurant Grade Lumpwood BBQ Charcoal for example is as large as 20cm. Both have different advantages and it’s completely up to cooking preference and, mainly, what foods you’re cooking that determine which option to go for. Large pieces tend to create a long lasting burn, suitable for slow meats etc. Smaller pieces tend to inspire a shorter and hotter burn which I absolutely love for pizzas, especially when using a pizza stone. Big lumpwood bbq charcoal ideal for long cooking Just keep a look out for what sizes generally come in the charcoal bags so you can get what you’re looking for. Out of our selection we’ve got bags that contain small, medium, and large, and some which have a mixture so there’s something for everyone! Chemicals and no chemicals compared for getting charcoal alight fast

Chilla-grilla seems to be the most sustainable product as harvesting from an invasive bush in Namibia. It ensures you with 100% natural lumpwood coal without chemicals added, giving your food an authentic smoky taste. Those briquettes can light your coal barbeque faster and with less effort than using lumpwood. Thus, with an eco firelighter or even a BBQ chimney starter, you can get your BBQ to burn easily without any lumpwood chemicals added. There’s definitely nothing to bother when using a quality lumpwood coal. You can grab a Big K El Cubano 15kg Lump wood which is much cheaper compared to other products with the same size and grade. It is ready for barbecuing when lumpwood turns grey as they become covered in a layer of ash and any flames have fallen down. What’s great about lump coal as well is that it creates very little ash. This makes cooking a lot nicer as you don’t breathe in lots of ash. It also makes cleaning up really easy because there’s very little mess created.

Besides, it can be amazingly versatile, thanks to its high output. You can use it for any type of BBQ, including kettle, barrel, kamado ones. This way, you can also apply different cooking techniques to either slow or fast barbecue, such as searing, grilling, roasting, or overcooking.

The best thing ever is the bag. It really is practically impossible to make a mess in terms of it splitting. It just won’t: For those who long for products with all organic and sustainable sources, you shouldn’t miss our natural lump wood from Marienburg. This product is harvested from alder with 100% natural wood. And it also burns without smoke or odour, maintaining an environmentally friendly lifestyle for you.

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As Big K Chilla-grilla lumpwood is labelled as restaurant-grade charcoal, it is the perfect coal fuel for passionate home BBQers searching for superior fuel to cook the top-notch barbecue meat, decent burgers, or pizzas. The actual cook was so good – the charcoal gave the meats that great authentic smoky BBQ flavour without being overpowering.

Standard charcoal can also be as good as restaurant-grade one. But don’t get mixed up by lumpwood restaurant-grade products and some “standard” briquettes. Compared to gas or briquettes charcoal, lumpwood is healthier and gives you a great taste for your food as it is a 100% natural product. How To Choose The Best Lumpwood Charcoal? Big K Instant Light Lumpwood Charcoal, 4x1kg Bags Instant BBQ Charcoal best lumpwood charcoal for speed but not my favourite as it’s bitty – remember this is filled with paraffin Not to mention, lumps burn at a high long-last temperature thanks to their dense composition. They produce faster and hotter fires than briquettes, so you need to be careful with your temperature control. This can save a large number of bunks you use on the grill to make your charcoal cook more efficiently.

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Plus, to make it a more natural barbecue, you don’t need to use chemical fire accelerators, chimney starters. Just use a natural firelighter or piece of paper to light this coal. Hence, if you do not get used to lighting a charcoal BBQ, it’s still a trouble-free experience using this charcoal fuel. They’re really easy to light and burn very well and evenly. And they give the food a nice smokey flavour, too. All the pieces are nice and large, but still light, which means they give a long lasting and good burn. It didn’t take too long to heat up, around 20 minutes, and the heat was very well spread which was great so you can cook multiple foods without worrying about uneven cooks.

Alderline Natural Restaurant Grade Lumpwood BBQ Charcoal for Barbecues, BBQ Coal, 30L best and biggest lumpwood charcoal for professional use It doesn’t matter if you’re into a bbq charcoal or more specialist cooking on the bbq smoker, it’s great not to have to worry about the small things going wrong… Like making sure your barbecuing goes well, but rest assured no two charcoals are the same when compared as I have done in extensive testing on a bbq. There’s the charcoal you get up the garage loaded full of paraffin which stinks and then there’s the good stuff. The restaurant grade charcoal that we are going to set you up with in this article (lumpwood ideally). You may have been put off by big lumpy charcoal in the past because it’s difficult to set alight – well fear not, a quality bbq starter will have your lumpwood charcoal going in minutes. Sounds too good to be true doesn’t it? Watch my video to see just how easily it’s done in conjunction with eco firelighters:

The bag also has some medium sized coals which isn’t bad for filling in the gaps on the bbq starter or if you’re just laying them in the bbq. The Kamado above, I use the bbq starter, but the Uniflame, in the picture above that, I just lay the coals on the grate and use a few eco firelighters. Having odd shapes and sizes really helps to pile them together and get the heat rising up through and in no time a decent burn on your coal.