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  • Post #181 - March 17th, 2024, 10:31 am
    Post #181 - March 17th, 2024, 10:31 am Post #181 - March 17th, 2024, 10:31 am
    I bought a bag of Fogo. Worst bag of hardwood I have ever bought. It was a combination of tiny pieces and ridiculously large and unmanageable pieces that did not burn hot.
  • Post #182 - March 17th, 2024, 12:04 pm
    Post #182 - March 17th, 2024, 12:04 pm Post #182 - March 17th, 2024, 12:04 pm
    I have bag of Fogo but haven't used it yet.

    According to the folks at The Naked Whiz, Fogo Premium (in the black bag) is meant to have smaller pieces and Super Premium is meant to have larger pieces. They also noted that wood sourced during the pandemic came from Mexico, rather than El Salvador, and is slightly different. They also noted that Fogo was somewhat harder to light.
  • Post #183 - March 17th, 2024, 1:33 pm
    Post #183 - March 17th, 2024, 1:33 pm Post #183 - March 17th, 2024, 1:33 pm
    I stopped buying Fogo. I hated how fast it burned and how consistently it popped and sparked.

    Fogo charcoal, don't count me a fan! :D

    =R=
    Same planet, different world
  • Post #184 - March 17th, 2024, 2:16 pm
    Post #184 - March 17th, 2024, 2:16 pm Post #184 - March 17th, 2024, 2:16 pm
    ronnie_suburban wrote:I stopped buying Fogo. I hated how fast it burned and how consistently it popped and sparked.

    Could it be they are using Mesquite?

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    Cathy2
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  • Post #185 - October 28th, 2024, 8:24 am
    Post #185 - October 28th, 2024, 8:24 am Post #185 - October 28th, 2024, 8:24 am
    After all the hate, I decided to try fogo for myself. It is actually by far the best charcoal I have used in a couple years. It is the black bag premium, medium grind. Says it is "Inga wood" from El Salvador. 2 bags from 2 separate sources, true value and wild fork. reasonably priced. Good size with a decent amount of variation (which I like), minimal waste. minimal sparking, though not zero. Burns hot but not crazy fast. Don't know if I got lucky but I will buy more.

    -Will
  • Post #186 - October 28th, 2024, 10:16 am
    Post #186 - October 28th, 2024, 10:16 am Post #186 - October 28th, 2024, 10:16 am
    WillG wrote:After all the hate, I decided to try fogo for myself. It is actually by far the best charcoal I have used in a couple years. It is the black bag premium, medium grind. Says it is "Inga wood" from El Salvador. 2 bags from 2 separate sources, true value and wild fork. reasonably priced. Good size with a decent amount of variation (which I like), minimal waste. minimal sparking, though not zero. Burns hot but not crazy fast. Don't know if I got lucky but I will buy more.

    -Will

    Interesting about the Fogo. I never had a good experience with it but I'd happily try it again. For the past couple of years, I've been using the B&B (now owned by Royal Oak) Oak Lump charcoal. I love it. Best I've ever used. Lights easily, burns clean & hot, and leaves very little ash. If there's a downside, it's that sometimes, ~6 hours after I've cooked -- the grill's still too hot to cover. I can live with that.

    That said, decided on a whim to swing back to a ~20-pound red bag of Royal Oak and found it lacking in many ways -- very small pieces, an overly smoky, smoldery fire and a fire that never reached the temperature I've to which I've grown accustomed with the B&B Oak Lump. RO red bag used to be my go-to but this most recent experience didn't rekindle any love.

    =R=
    Same planet, different world
  • Post #187 - October 28th, 2024, 1:45 pm
    Post #187 - October 28th, 2024, 1:45 pm Post #187 - October 28th, 2024, 1:45 pm
    ronnie_suburban wrote:
    WillG wrote:After all the hate, I decided to try fogo for myself. It is actually by far the best charcoal I have used in a couple years. It is the black bag premium, medium grind. Says it is "Inga wood" from El Salvador. 2 bags from 2 separate sources, true value and wild fork. reasonably priced. Good size with a decent amount of variation (which I like), minimal waste. minimal sparking, though not zero. Burns hot but not crazy fast. Don't know if I got lucky but I will buy more.

    -Will

    Interesting about the Fogo. I never had a good experience with it but I'd happily try it again. For the past couple of years, I've been using the B&B (now owned by Royal Oak) Oak Lump charcoal. I love it. Best I've ever used. Lights easily, burns clean & hot, and leaves very little ash. If there's a downside, it's that sometimes, ~6 hours after I've cooked -- the grill's still too hot to cover. I can live with that.

    That said, decided on a whim to swing back to a ~20-pound red bag of Royal Oak and found it lacking in many ways -- very small pieces, an overly smoky, smoldery fire and a fire that never reached the temperature I've to which I've grown accustomed with the B&B Oak Lump. RO red bag used to be my go-to but this most recent experience didn't rekindle any love.

    =R=


    I too have been utilizing B and B Oak Lump and find it superior to almost everything else I have tried. I agree with your Royal Oak assessment as being small and smoldery! I did quite the smoke/cook last Sunday and used B and B Oak Lump with a few small pieces of B and B Mesquite. Loaded my BGE with full load and started that fire at 8am. I smoked and grilled wings, dragon turds, more wings, a few sausages, lamb breast, pork belly, and more wings for my football loving children. At 10pm fire still rolling. The next morning around 7, fire still going and I probably could have opened up my BGE vents, removed the cap and smoked more! Fire and coals finally done 2pm.

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