Expert Grill Charcoal Briquets 8lb

I was pleasantly pleased with these charcoals. They lit up super quick and burned clean and fast. I was able to cook salmon on plank, hot dogs and three small steaks. I'll be buying these again for sure. Highly recommend!

I must have the greatest grandson in all of Indiana! I was not feeling well, and feeling the blues totally. My 17 year old grandson made me lunch, using my new bag of Expert Grill Charcoal. He cooked it in the fire pit. It took a bit of extra umph because the pit is open, but it took off, and the aroma was amazing, even before the meat went on the grill. He did not use too many briquets, but enough to make an even spread. After he cooked the briquets were still pleanty hot enough to cook hot dogs too! Expert Grill Charcoal is budget priced, but not budget performance. It lit up with only limited effort. It stayed hot throughout our cooking effort (a bit under an hour.) Heat was consistent, aromatics dynamic, yet we used only a small amount of briquets. I fully recommend to friends and family. My blues are gone!

I had to get another bag of this Expert grill charcoal briquettes . Price is good and this charcoal lights quickly and is ready as said .Burns slow and even. Makes meat taste better than the other. This will be my favorite charcoal for grilling. Thanks!!

Ive been using Expert Grill brand charcoal for over 5 years now. They are consistently reliable in the smoker for hams, turkeys, ribs, and roasts!!! Shown below you'll see in the pictures my standard setup for 4 hour plus smoking of meats. With experience you'll be able to come up with the right setup for all your cooking needs from slow smoking to grilling. These briquettes provide reliable and consistent heat levels to adjust from 200-600 degrees. I use them all year long and smoke thru-out the winter months too. Smoking Easter Hams for family and friends in the snow here in Montana is a yearly tradition... There will be some initial difference in cold temps for starting so i usually allow 30 minutes to ready for coals instead of 12 to 15. In sub zero weather it can be even longer but once you have grey coals you can count on your burn rate, and that makes all the difference in smoking low and slow meats... Ive never had any funny tastes in my food from using these briquettes. Expert Grill brand also makes a "Lump Charcoal" that works great for grilling steaks, and Pizzas. It burns hot and fast, (I'm assuming because it has more oxygen in it not being a pressed briquette). I would and have recommended these briquettes to friends and family. At 30% less thsn other brands i really cant see a reason to pay more for a name... Happing Grilling!!!

these don’t burn that hot, it takes a lot to get your grill well heated. i used more than half the bag and it was barely strong enough to cook some brats sausages.

Would NOT recommend! I don't know if we had a bad batch or what but it did not light right %26 When it finally lit it did not stay lit. Very disappointing!

I would not buy these I would not recommend. They do not light or heat up in 15 mins. It took over an hour and really was not hot enough to cook. It did not get a flame either. At first I thought I was doing something wrong but even with lighter fluid, it just wouldnt get hot enough to cook. I ended up cooking the chicken in the oven. Not worth it

This should have been simple. Stack in a pyramid, add as directed the amount of fluid to number of briquets, light, wait until coals appear gray ashed and enjoy the cooking. Well they flame up OK and go out cold. I tried a 2nd batch with a wee bit more fluid getting the same results. Their coals, their fluid as instructed is a fail. WoW.

When I tried Expert Grill Charcoal Apple Briquets, Charcoal Briquettes, 8 Lb, a few weeks ago, I thought it was the worst charcoal I've ever used. However, after trying to cook 14 hamburgers with Expert Grill Charcoal Briquets, Charcoal Briquettes, 8 Lb, I have found the winner of the Absolute Worst Charcoal I've ever used. I used over 16 oz. of Expert Grill's lighter fluid trying to keep this charcoal lit. I had to go inside and fry the hamburgers in a frying pan because of this horrible charcoal. I wasted over an hour and a half before I gave up with trying to keep it lit. What a waste of time! IF you want to grill anything, don't buy this charcoal.

I wasn't impressed at all with Expert briquettes. They have a lot of impurities in them that I hope you can see in the pictures. I put a 11/2 pounds of the Kingsford on the left side and the 11/2 pounds of the Expert briquettes on the right side and used a 1/4 cup of lighter fluid on each. I was cooking on the Kingsford at least 20 minutes sooner than the Expert and the Kingsford got yellow hot while the Expert only got to the color of orange. I don't know the temperature but I used to do some blacksmithing and yellow heat is hotter than orange. The Expert briquettes are not compressed as tight as Kingsford and there are more broken ones in the Expert bag than the Kingsford. Henry Ford had the right idea back then and they are still the superior briquettes today.