Lump Charcoal vs Briquettes: 7-WAY TEST
Channel: BBQ Experiments
Date: 2024-01-19

Should you use lump charcoal or briquettes? Which burns hottest? Longest? Tastes better? In this data-led charcoal experiment, we put seven types of charcoal head-to-head, including Kamado Joe Big Block XL lump wood, Big K restaurant-grade charcoal, and Whittle & Flame Ash.
 
In the briquette charcoal corner, we have Whittle & Flame Whittlebricks, Cue the BBQ briquettes, as well as two less traditional contenders – ProQ cocoshell briquettes and binchotan.

Join us as we fire up the smoker and analyse the temperature graphs to determine which charcoals perform best for hot and fast grilling and which ones are better suited for low and slow.

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_Which charcoal do you currently use and why?_

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Hey 👋  I'm Marcus and each week I run an experiment testing something BBQ-related to help you level up your BBQ knowledge. From busting BBQ myths like _"If you're looking it ain't cooking"_ to injecting copper sulfate into chicken to learn whether dry brine outperforms wet brine, this show is unapologetically for the nerds of BBQ.

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Table of contents:
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Which charcoals are we testing?
01:48 Heat experiment
01:58 The results
03:24 Binchotan
04:11 Cocoshells 
04:52 How charcoal affects flavour

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