Smokers: Buy your Charcoal Now, Get it Cheap!

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

I use charcoal to get the fire started before I throw in the wood chunks. What's wrong with that?

Dave: I don't know, the special may have ended yesterday, or maybe Lowe's sold so much charcoal they ended it. Dunno why it didn't work today.

Lump charcoal is a better fire starter and doesn't contain all of the crap that's in briquettes. Even if you're using them as a fire starter, some of that is going to end up in your meat because they burn so long.