"JMagerl" > wrote in message >...
> White cottony stuff is probably fiber glass insulation. It behaves like you
> said.
>
> "elliot gainway" > wrote in message
> om...
> > I used natural lump hardwood charcoal that I bought from Wild Oats
> > Natural market for the first time and I found something strange in the
> > ashes upon clean up. I was what looked like white cotton batting. I
> > wondered why It hadn't burned up so I tried burning it with my grill
> > lighter and it won't burn! It only glows red at the edges. Has anyone
> > ever heard of natural hardwood charcoal being contaminated with
> > asbestos? Someone told me that when hardwood charcoal is burned it
> > produces a cotton like ash, could this be it? The substance feels like
> > cotton and looks like cotton. Does anyone else use Wild Oates Hardwood
> > Charcoal?

I contacted the manufacturer(Cowboy charcoal)and they said it was
probably ceramic fiber that got snagged on the wood in the kilns. Doe
that sound right?