" BOB" > wrote in message
t...
> Jack Schidt® wrote:
>> "Paul Kierstead" > wrote in message
>> news
>>> In article >,
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A plastic bin might help the OP but I wouldn't keep it outdoors unless
>>>> there
>>>> was no other place to stash it. IMHO better to buy fresh charcoal when
>>>> planning to grill if humidity is a real issue. I recently acquired a
>>>> chimney starter and love it. I still have a couple of months of
>>>> grilling
>>>> weather (at least, I think so). Depends on how the rain goes.
>>>
>>> Ahh.. Charcoal is going out of season soon and I want to stock up. I
>>> also hate running out Storing it in the house is a major pain in the
>>> butt; it doesn't exactly do a lot for the decor and the storage areas
>>> are maximum distance from the BBQ area.
>>
>> I keep my lump charcoal in plastic RUBBERMAID bins. I state a specific
>> brand as the other, cheaper bins aren't nearly as good. I grill/bbq year
>> round and the lump keeps just fine. And, like you, I always need to
>> stock
>> up in late summer, as it's rotated out of the merchandise list for
>> winter.
>>
>> Jack Plas
>
> Same here with the Rubbermaid. It sat out through Charley and Frances as
> well as through the rain from Ivan (both times he crossed). Charcoal
> didn't get wet, and lit as easily as usual.
>
> My Kamados were kept burning through several days without power, so that
> many in the neighborhood could cook the foods that were thawing in the
> powerless freezers.
>
> BOB Extruded Lump
>

Hey stranger, hope all's well and you're battening down the hatches for
Jeanne. Good on you to help the neighbors out with the K's fired up.

Jack GoodLuck