I have recently discovered a product in the UK and was wondering if it was
available to you chaps in the US. I recently visited a Turkish foodhall in
London, (there are many) and stumbled across something labled as "Restaurant
Charcoal". Upon closer inspection this is 100% lumpwood charcoal. The only
difference being that the size of the coals are larger than the regular
charcoal I usually buy. The coals are much larger than a baseball and are
designed for a longer burn. It cost $B!r(B7.00 for 12 kilos which I thought was
cheap. What do you think?

Graeme Walker

Graeme... in London wrote:
I have recently discovered a product in the UK and was wondering if
it was available to you chaps in the US. I recently visited a Turkish
foodhall in London, (there are many) and stumbled across something
labled as "Restaurant Charcoal". Upon closer inspection this is 100%
lumpwood charcoal. The only difference being that the size of the
coals are larger than the regular
Graeme Walker

Sounds nice, so this is lump that's been formed (shaped) to burn longer?
Pretty good idea, wonder what the wood source is.

Hmmm, check out all the charcoal suppliers, did you know you can buy lump
for only $180/metric ton?
http://www.tradeturkey.com/search/se...harcoal&domain
=ALL&phrase=ANY

Florida guys, there's a Miami trading company that sells 22lb bags of lump
for $4.50
http://www.tradeturkey.com/search/me...062&objtype=EF

My favorite trader on this page is listed as trading in "Charcoal, computer
parts", makes sense to me!


D
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"Duwop" wrote in message
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Graeme... in London wrote:
I have recently discovered a product in the UK and was wondering if
it was available to you chaps in the US. I recently visited a Turkish
foodhall in London, (there are many) and stumbled across something
labled as "Restaurant Charcoal". Upon closer inspection this is 100%
lumpwood charcoal. The only difference being that the size of the
coals are larger than the regular
Graeme Walker

Sounds nice, so this is lump that's been formed (shaped) to burn longer?
Pretty good idea, wonder what the wood source is.

It is just very large pieces of lump of no uniformed sizes about the size of
an average shoe!
The product has been imported from South Africa. I am not sure what hard
woods they have there

Hmmm, check out all the charcoal suppliers, did you know you can buy lump
for only $180/metric ton?

http://www.tradeturkey.com/search/se...harcoal&domain
=ALL&phrase=ANY

Florida guys, there's a Miami trading company that sells 22lb bags of lump
for $4.50

http://www.tradeturkey.com/search/me...062&objtype=EF

My favorite trader on this page is listed as trading in "Charcoal,
computer
parts", makes sense to me!


D
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"Graeme... in London" wrote in message
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I have recently discovered a product in the UK and was wondering if it was
available to you chaps in the US. I recently visited a Turkish foodhall in
London, (there are many) and stumbled across something labled as
"Restaurant
Charcoal". Upon closer inspection this is 100% lumpwood charcoal. The only
difference being that the size of the coals are larger than the regular
charcoal I usually buy. The coals are much larger than a baseball and are
designed for a longer burn. It cost $B!r(B7.00 for 12 kilos which I
thought was
cheap. What do you think?


Presuming you're talking British Pound currency, that converts to roughly
50¢/lb, which is not bad. I pay about that at MalWart here in the states.
Others here have access to better priced stuff.

Jack