"Denny Wheeler" > wrote in
message ...
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 12:42:15 -0500, Steve Wertz
> > wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:08:53 -0700, Dana Myers wrote:
>>
>>> You can get Royal Oak lump charcoal at Wal-Mart
>>
>>The Walmarts I've checked only carry Kingsford regular,
>>MatchLight, and the Sam's "60% Bigger" briquettes.
>
> Wal-Marts in Western Washington carry Royal Oak lump. And RO's
> briquettes, ISTR. Along with a lot of the ubiquitous Kingsford
> stuff.
> But then, it's made in Oregon, so I'd expect it to be all over the
> NW.
>
>>Our Home Depots only carry Kingsford and Matchlight. That is
>>until they had that batch of Orginal Ranchers Lump briquette - now
>>gone.
>
Frankly, most all briquets are not worth using, especially those
soaked in kerosine called matchlight. Briquets are mostly sawdust,
glue, petrolium products, and other wonderful things. Yummy Yummy.

Try using wood or real charcoal. In my opinion, it's more than
worth the effort.

Bob-tx