Kingsford Match Light Briquets, 4 Lb.

We have been buying Kingsford Match Light for years. We love it and we love Kingsford. The last 3 bags of Match Light we have bought have been horrible. They do not all ignite and they do not all burn. They also smoke horribly which we have never had a problem with before these last 3 bags. All 3 bags were bought at different stores-Dollar General, Fenn's Supermarket (local store) and Wal-Mart. Can not be said it was one bad batch. We are so disappointed in a product we have enjoyed using for years.

First, I'm a Kingsford Charcoal guy. I love their product. Unfortunately, I bought a double bag of Match Light and thought I upgraded to save time in getting the grill going; however, the charcoal just would not light. Had to resort to using a charcoal starter. Took way longer than it should. I wish I would have read the comments on here. Seems to be hit or miss if you get a good bag. Not really worth the risk for the money spent.

My entire house smells like lighter fluid from the fumes set off by this charcoal. Our entire dinner tastes like lighter fluid. Our body's smell like it even after a shower. We had charcoals burning for 15 minutes before cooking also. I'd rate a 0/5 if I could. This was an absolutely horrible experience.

Doesn't light and still have to use lighter fluid which is frustrating when paying more for the ones you aren't supposed to need lighter fluid for.

God awful! Don't waste you time or money! Use normal charcoal and lighter fluid. This product is an absolute joke!

This is the worst charcoal product I have ever used. Had I known that I would need lighter fluid to light these anyway, I would have just bought regular charcoal. These coals do NOT light easily at all. We've tried newspaper, cardboard, matches, almost everything else short of pouring lighter fluid all over it, and nothing seems to work very effectively. We've been trying for over 30 minutes just to get the coals to LIGHT, let alone heat up enough to cook on. The one time we were successful in getting them to light, it took over an hour and 15 minutes to heat up appropriately. I will NEVER buy this product again, and I would not recommend that anybody else waste their money on it either.

We used a small amount once for Smores and they worked fine. Then when I was having people over on a Sunday evening for steak, THEY WON'T LIGHT. HAVING TO START WITH NEWSPAPER. EPIC FAIL. VERY EXPENSIVE. If I knew I needed lighter fluid I would have gotten some, but it's Sunday night and I have people over so I can't!

this use to be a good product it has gotten to the point were you still need lighter fluid or it will take forver to light and you forget about it to be ready in 10 minutes it takes 20 minutes just to light im going back to the old style with lighter fluid

Camping Trip - 1/20-1/22 We purposely purchased the Kingsford Match Light because we wanted the charcoal to light quickly and give off good heat. Well, on the first morning - my husband tried to light the charcoal briquets - it took forever for them to light. Then after they did finally light and the coals starting turning color - no real heat. It took us an hour to make our bacon and eggs on the grill. That night we wanted another fire - same problem with the rest of the bag. We were truly disappointed in the product. We have used Kingsford before but not anymore. We are afraid the same will happen again. (code on bag M2 1 315 3B 0702)

i have used this product for 20 years now and have loved it every time, however the last 3 times i have tried it lately it does not light. a friend of mine told me to use lighter fluid, i told him it was match light and i should not need it. he said he uses lighter fluid every time. im thinking this product has gone to the way side and would not recommend it to any one. sorry for the bad review but its better than trying to light your grill and can not do it. scott