AMOS3 x 12kg Restaurant Grade Lump Charcoal Professional Premium Quality Real Natural Hardwood Lumpwood BBQ Barbecue Grill Fuel

We use charcoal in a grillkota; considering that this is indoor cooking we have to have some basic criteria met for general comfort and safety. It must not smoke and it must not spark. Then there is taste, a factor in any bbq cooking; it cannot contain any accelerants or other ingredient that produces unpleasant odours or noxious fumes. Finally value; this is the balance of cost per kg against burn time. Also take into consideration how well graded the charcoal is, I don't expect to get 6kg of lumpwood and 4kg of grit and dust (not the case here). Suppliers can sift off the smaller charcoal pieces for use in briquettes, so no reason to sell it to customers.We have used various charcoals and have found that the quality can vary considerably, even from the same supplier and the same batch of bags. The only brand that appears to have standard quality is Green Egg, which is why it costs more.We have used two bags from this batch of three.Smoke: excellent, the original wood seems to have been burned out to just the right degree.Safety: in this batch, poor. Really bad sparking, as if someone had taken a bunch of firework sparklers and lit them all at once. This is mostly a problem when starting the fire and in the initial burn. It also seems to be certain pieces of charcoal in the mix, obviously not easy to identify what wood species this might be. Probably not so much of an issue outdoors but I'd still hate to get one of these cinders in my eye. We don't leave our kota unattended during the lightup phase.Taste: Good. The wood doesn't impart any distinctive flavour to the food. That can be rectified by using flavour chips in a smoker box.Value: excellent. Doesn't burn too fast. Does generate a lot of heat but doesn't exhaust itself before cooking is done. Good for up to 2hrs. A topup is not required unless we need to keep heating for a longer session. The majority of the charcoal is burnable, very little grit. Some fist sized pieces needed to be broken down (they also seem to be the source if the spitting).This would have been a five star charcoal, but I've marked it down due to the spitting. The bags aren't great either, black dust leaking from various slits in the woven mesh bags getting all over a light coloured patio.Will order again in the hope that the next batch is of this standard or better.

On the whole a good deal of decent charcoal although some lumps are absolutely massive and expect a handful or two of dust by the time the bag nears empty.Generally don't need to refill the charcoal baskets on the bbq as these last a good while.

Bought this previously and was on the fence about the quality over the first 2 bags however the 3rd bag was a significant improvement with much larger pieces, so I took the plunge and went for a second order glad I did this time I had perfect lumps for my smoker most pieces being larger than a fist.The rest of the smaller pieces are still large enough for the grill still a bit of an issue with dust but honestly seeing how the courier threw them out the back of the van I'm not surprised and don't think this can be blamed on the supplier.Only gripe is there is bits of bark at times which burn with a very bitter smoky cloud generally though these are large enough pieces to remove.Overall much happier this time round and has convinced me to keep buying.

I bought this product for our smoker. We love smoked BBQ food and often buy good cuts of meat to really enjoy a "Texas BBQ experience". You need a charcoal with both flavour and consistent heat performance, and this has both. Some of our best tasting smoked BBQ has been as a resut of using this charcoal.Highly recommended for smoker users. Will also work just great for a classic barbecue.

Decent quality charcoal, but not restaurant grade, all very small pieces, not good for long burn BBQ

Arrived in the paper package shown in the picture which was also inside a plastic woven sack secured with two cable ties.Others have complained about the large chunks and the very small bits in the bottom of the bag. Large chunks always make their way to the top and can easily be broken up if required.Using a chimney to get it started was easy. Unlike briquettes which smoke like hell this stuff does not smoke at all and doesn't spit.It burns well for a long time and leaves only a small amount of ash. A pleasure to use.I have just ordered some more.

thiswas ok but not great heat , i will say it did take a bitto get it burning and then once going strong had to keep brushing it down to get the ash off as it went to white ash fast so quick burning i used a fair bit more than usual stuff but ok for the price

I am not a great lover of barbecue briquettes preferring the quick high heat from natural charcoal but natural charcoal can be hard to find - especially during the pandemic lockdown as my normal retail supplier was closed. This charcoal was of the expected quality and burns OK. For anyone used to briquettes though be prepared for the bag to include some very small flakes and some large pieced that need breaking (which is why I keep an old hammer around). My only real criticism of this product is that the photograph on Amazon shows the charcoal in a plastic sack and that is how it comes from my retailer. The charcoal delivered came in a woven sack inside the Amazon packaging. As the woven sack is not dustproof it is dirty on the outside so very messy to handle and leaves a mess of charcoal dust on the shed floor which gets picked up by shoes and spread.As ease of use is part of my star rating this is only average due to the packaging and I although I would buy again if it was all that was available I would prefer to find something rather better packed.