Great video Al and thanks for featuring House of Charcoal. It’s so important to get the message out there that British Charcoal is some of the best you can buy and can’t be beaten for flavour, purity and sustainability!
Hi James that’s not a problem. It’s great to see someone giving producers a single place to sell their charcoal & like you said it’s fantastic quality & adds great flavours. All the best Al
Thank you for the review on UK made charcoal, raised awareness of whats out there locally. I just cant justify £50+ per bag to run my offset smoker. I rather buy local seasoned wood in bulk. For reference, I can get roughly 750kg of oak (also cut to size) for £420. £1.70/kg. I might use these bags on a kettle or small bbq or during one off cooks using a specific flavour like cherry wood. Anyway, great vid thank you
Thanks for watching & the comment. I 100% agree with you. I do exactly as you said I run my offset on wood & use good quality lump wood charcoal when using my other BBQ’s. I have always said I count both wood & charcoal as an ingredient so using the right stuff to use matters. Cheers Al
Love Logs Apple Wood Charcoal is amazing, it’s produced from the Cider orchard’s from Hereford. Love Logs are amazing to buy from. They have excellent customer care and keep you updated on your order. Just remember when you buy excellent quality British Charcoal it’s not just a fuel but and ingredient to your food that blows others away.
I have to say I found them to be really good, nicely packaged and I 100% agree good quality charcoal adds flavour to your cook. All the charcoal burnt really nice & cleanly & really hot 👍🏻
Seeing that they're all natural lump charcoals, I'm inclined to believe they're all quality. Some briquettes are decent but most are worse than propane. But as far as I know, mesquite is not grown in Britain and in my humble opinion there is no better bbq heat source than natural lump mesquite charcoal. Especially for beef. So all high quality, yeah I'll believe that. Best in the world? I'll have to give it a taste sometime... :)
Cheers for the comments and really interesting points. You are correct Mesquite doesn't grow naturally in the UK and It would be really interesting to use charcoal made from it. I know the logs give a stronger flavour when used in an offset but is there any well known brands
@@BigAlsBBQ I usually buy Sonora Trade Co. It's fairly inexpensive and widely available in my local supermarkets (Southern California, maybe nationwide), usually only about $10 for 15 lbs which I think translates to just shy of 7 kilos for about 8 or 9 GBP. The raw wood is also widely available and quite a bit stronger in flavor. I use the charcoal in my Weber kettle grill (don't own an offset) without any additional flavor wood. I burn a small fire on one side, meats on the other. I would describe it as being subtly citrus-y with just a little bit of a spicy bite. Maybe almost kind of a cilantro note. Cooking a tri-tip over it seasoned simply with salt, pepper, paprika, and touch of coriander, and choking the fire to take 45-60 minute to reach a medium rare is some of the grubs I can make.
Wow that sounds amazing, I was starting salivate just reading your description 😂. I have had a look and cant find any in the UK but I have a friend who imports a lot of pits from the US so I might see if he can grab me a few bags. Thank you for the recommendation. Al
that is the nice thing about briquettes is the consistent heat & length they last but you have to get all natural & very good quality ones to stop bad taste & tonnes of ash. Al
No the bags were opened ready to go as watching me pull out a bit of string is not great content. You can clearly see all bags were complete and untampered with by how they pour out & the fact of dust that was left. I was not paid by any of these companies, I don’t recommend a single supplier. This was me giving my viewers information. I would encourage to buy any of the brands featured in the video & see for yourself
You make a good point. And the last two bags you shown is giving me the temptation to go and buy a bag and see but as far as my experience with coal goes two bags of the same brand sitting on the same shelf can be completely different. In another video that Weber lump would you had was seriously bad almost dust but I've had Weber lump wood bags that are very good.
Great video, definitely gonna get some of the kent cherry charcoal, as its pretty local to me 👍
Thanks Mark, its is really good stuff, burns super clean & great variety of charcoal you can get. Cheers Al
Great video Al and thanks for featuring House of Charcoal. It’s so important to get the message out there that British Charcoal is some of the best you can buy and can’t be beaten for flavour, purity and sustainability!
Hi James that’s not a problem. It’s great to see someone giving producers a single place to sell their charcoal & like you said it’s fantastic quality & adds great flavours. All the best Al
Great video, Al. 😊
Thank you, appreciate it. Al
Great video & loads of helpful information 👍
Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
Thank you for the review on UK made charcoal, raised awareness of whats out there locally. I just cant justify £50+ per bag to run my offset smoker. I rather buy local seasoned wood in bulk. For reference, I can get roughly 750kg of oak (also cut to size) for £420. £1.70/kg. I might use these bags on a kettle or small bbq or during one off cooks using a specific flavour like cherry wood. Anyway, great vid thank you
Thanks for watching & the comment. I 100% agree with you. I do exactly as you said I run my offset on wood & use good quality lump wood charcoal when using my other BBQ’s. I have always said I count both wood & charcoal as an ingredient so using the right stuff to use matters. Cheers Al
Love Logs Apple Wood Charcoal is amazing, it’s produced from the Cider orchard’s from Hereford. Love Logs are amazing to buy from. They have excellent customer care and keep you updated on your order. Just remember when you buy excellent quality British Charcoal it’s not just a fuel but and ingredient to your food that blows others away.
I have to say I found them to be really good, nicely packaged and I 100% agree good quality charcoal adds flavour to your cook. All the charcoal burnt really nice & cleanly & really hot 👍🏻
Thanks so much Colin!!!! ❤🔥
Thanks for the feature Al 😍🔥
Not a problem, fantastic charcoal & really liked what you guys were doing on the environmental front 👍🏻👍🏻
Brilliant video 👍
Thanks 👍
Seeing that they're all natural lump charcoals, I'm inclined to believe they're all quality. Some briquettes are decent but most are worse than propane. But as far as I know, mesquite is not grown in Britain and in my humble opinion there is no better bbq heat source than natural lump mesquite charcoal. Especially for beef. So all high quality, yeah I'll believe that. Best in the world? I'll have to give it a taste sometime... :)
Cheers for the comments and really interesting points. You are correct Mesquite doesn't grow naturally in the UK and It would be really interesting to use charcoal made from it. I know the logs give a stronger flavour when used in an offset but is there any well known brands
@@BigAlsBBQ I usually buy Sonora Trade Co. It's fairly inexpensive and widely available in my local supermarkets (Southern California, maybe nationwide), usually only about $10 for 15 lbs which I think translates to just shy of 7 kilos for about 8 or 9 GBP. The raw wood is also widely available and quite a bit stronger in flavor. I use the charcoal in my Weber kettle grill (don't own an offset) without any additional flavor wood. I burn a small fire on one side, meats on the other. I would describe it as being subtly citrus-y with just a little bit of a spicy bite. Maybe almost kind of a cilantro note. Cooking a tri-tip over it seasoned simply with salt, pepper, paprika, and touch of coriander, and choking the fire to take 45-60 minute to reach a medium rare is some of the grubs I can make.
Wow that sounds amazing, I was starting salivate just reading your description 😂. I have had a look and cant find any in the UK but I have a friend who imports a lot of pits from the US so I might see if he can grab me a few bags. Thank you for the recommendation. Al
@@BigAlsBBQ Gladly. Little things like this leave with utter marvel for the modern age. :D
Lump Charcoal is the GOAT of all charcoals
Totally agree 👍🏻
I like briquettes for slow Smokes so you can snake it
that is the nice thing about briquettes is the consistent heat & length they last but you have to get all natural & very good quality ones to stop bad taste & tonnes of ash. Al
@BigAlsBBQ don't suppose you ha e a vid on briquettes?
No not currently but I may do one later in the year if people are interested in that
the bag wasopen already, obviously you sorted out the crap bits already
No the bags were opened ready to go as watching me pull out a bit of string is not great content. You can clearly see all bags were complete and untampered with by how they pour out & the fact of dust that was left. I was not paid by any of these companies, I don’t recommend a single supplier. This was me giving my viewers information. I would encourage to buy any of the brands featured in the video & see for yourself
You make a good point. And the last two bags you shown is giving me the temptation to go and buy a bag and see but as far as my experience with coal goes two bags of the same brand sitting on the same shelf can be completely different. In another video that Weber lump would you had was seriously bad almost dust but I've had Weber lump wood bags that are very good.
@@Badmana0 you are 100% right. Go check out the Weber charcoal video I posted on Thursday 👍🏻