On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 07:47:03 -0700, I needed a babel fish to understand
"Duwop" > :

>Steve Wertz wrote:
>> Therefore their claims that they only use untreated wood is false.
>> heck, they get all the wood secondhand, so they're not really in a
>> position to claim anything about the absolute nature of their
>> wood.
>
>In any case, if it's anything like theBBQ Galore scrap wood I've used, it's
>distinctly inferior to a product like Royal Oak. The light pieces of scrap
>burns fast, cool with very little smoke taste. The very little smoke taste
>could be seen as an advantage in some cases, but the light wood burning fast
>and cool can't.
>And reports of plywood? Forgetaboutit.
>

I picked up Real Flavor Lump Charcoal from Walmart, for about $5 for
10lbs. and from http://www.nakedwhiz.com/lumpindexpage.htm?bag
it says it is made by Royal Oak, in fact supposedly the same product,
but packaged differently for Walmart.

I was very please with what the coal looked like, and found no odd
pieces of wood.

This is all from the newly converted to lump Lew.