In article >, User Bp > wrote:

> After a 14 year hiatus on solid fuel cooking I
> restarted my charcoal barbecue, using the same
> bag of briquetts.
>
> At first lighting, the stench from the briquetts was
> appalling. I'd completely forgotten how awful the odor
> is. Once burned off they're ok, but I still don't like
> it and the amount of ash suggests there's not much
> charcoal in them. Who sells clean wood charcoal, in
> lumps of about an inch? I'm in northern California,
> not far from Sacramento. Something like almond or
> walnut charcoal would be interesting to try.
>
> Thanks for reading,
>
> bob prohaska

Have you tried the Natural Foods Co-op on X street?