Home Depot Sale on Kingsford Charcoal 6/30/2011

[GianniFocaccia]

In many of the southern california Home Depot store circulars they are advertising two 20lb bags of Kingsford Charcoal briquets (regular) for $7.97. That's 40 lbs for less than $8. Check homedepot.com for your zip code.

John

[Stan]

I got 6 bags of the stuff for my Weber smoker, for around $50.

[azpizzanut]

Yep, that's a "smoking" deal....heh, heh, heh.

Lowes has a similar deal this weekend too. Two for one price on the Kingsford 16lb bags.

Lump charcoal leaves a lot less ash than briquettes so clean-up is easier. The trade-off is that it is hard to find at a comparable low price as the HD and Lowe's sale. Best price locally for lump is Costco and Sam's 40lbs for roughly $14.00.

Cheers,

[Stan]

The Lowes deal is good, but you end up with 8 fewer pounds for the same money.

I like to grill with lump, but for slow cooking in my smoker where cleanup is less of a problem, I'm blue bag K all the way.

...That should be their slogan!

Stan

[pduany]

Did kingsford change there formulation recently? We bought from home depot and the bag said "new improved formula" or some such thing, and both the wife and I noticed a distinct lighter fluid taste despite the fact it wasn't matchlight, and we don't use fluid. Really hoping it was just a bad bag, as that is all that is available around here.

[Stan]

Patrick,

I know they changed it by 2010 for a Clorox-wide green initiative. I've never noticed a ligher fluid taste though. I know they smoke like crazy while initially igniting (I'm fairly sure it's the sawdust), but I've never noticed any weird chemical smells or tastes, despite those things being railed at K from time to time. Definitely no petrochemicals, as there aren't any in the briqs.

I will say that when they get hot they're flavor-neutral to me. And I don't get bent out of shape about additives either. After seeing (in my WFO) the temperatures necessary to burn up K additives, I know there's just no way my grill is ever getting that hot.

Stan

[C5dad]

For those of us in the Phoenix Metro area, you can always find lump mesquite at Food City for about $14 per 40 lb bag! now that is a smokin deal

CW