On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 10:56:13 -0700, "Dave Bugg"
<deebuggatcharterdotnet> wrote:

>Eddie wrote:
>> Watching the food channel tonight where Q'n was being featured. Had a
>> great segment on how Kingsford was made.
>> So guess who invented the briquette?
>> Henry Ford, with a little help from a friend named Thomas Edison.
>
>I also loved seeing the production process. They use shredded *fir* and
>*cedar* wood, along with some alder. It's then run through, on a conveyor,
>through a huge retort that "toasts" the shreds at 600F. Then coal is
>added -- about a third of the mixture -- then the mash is compressed into
>briquettes and put under heat to dry out the moisture. Funny, they forgot
>to mention the starches and other materials that are also added, but they
>sure seemed proud of the amount of bituminous coal added.
>
>Yummmmm.
>
>Think I'll stick to hardwood lump and wood.


Yes I was thinking the same exact thing during that episode.

Jesse