Hasty-Bake 12701 Hardwood Lump Charcoal, pack of 5
Hasty-Bake Hardwood Charcoal is 100% charred hardwood made primarily from oak and hickory. Easy to light, this key ingredient for Hasty-Bake cooking contains no fillers or chemical additives. Hardwood charcoal burns hotter and gives foods great campfire flavor, and will have you cooking in 10-15 minutes without lighter fluid. Charcoal Features: 100 % pure charred hardwood, Chemical free, Natural chunk form Good old fashioned campfire flavor, Natural chunk form Good old fashioned campfire flavor, Lights without charcoal lighter fluid, Burns hotter, Environmentally friendly.    How is hardwood charcoal different than charcoal briquettes? Generally speaking, manufacturers grind small pieces of natural charcoal (not necessarily hardwood) to face powder consistency. Then they mix it with 60% fillers (i.e., sand, straw, etc.). It is bound together with a petroleum coating to hold its form. It takes so long to turn a gray ash color because you must first burn off the chemical coating. How is natural charcoal made? All our charcoal is made from Ozark hardwoods, primarily oak and hickory. These low-resin hardwoods have long been recognized for their superior charcoal. They produce a very dense charcoal that burns cleanly and gives a high amount of energy for its weight. The wood is stacked in large steel ovens where the temperature inside rises to approximately 900 degrees, which cooks the liquors out of the wood. The wood becomes carbonized creating natural hardwood charcoal.