So I got into kettle cooking with charcoal about 3 years ago after about 3 years of pellet cooking. Missed the smell of charcoal. I would buy a two pack of KBB and it was great. Then the big box stores would have their usual sales and like many here, I stocked up. It seems at that point the odor when starting the coals seemed a bit off. About that time there was a thread here with people complaining about the smell and wondering if Kingsford changed their formula. So then I started trying Weber and B&B. I would still use KBB for quicker cooks. I then decided to give a bag of Kingsford Professional a shot. That had a much more pleasant smell at start up. So I decided when I finished up all the KBB I would switch to Professional when Costco had it on sale.
So now I have been using Professional for my usual rotation of cooks the last month or so (except for long cooks, I use Weber). Maybe it's just me, but it seems like Professional doesn't really last or perform any better than KBB. I just did Vortex wings for the first time with Professional last night. I used a heaping large chimney and by the time the top coals began to ash, I dumped them into the Vortex and it only filled the Vortex up to about a little over half full. I normally used KBB for wings and could swear it would fill the Vortex almost all the way to the top. It's almost as if Kingsford came up with a cheaper formula for KBB and then just re-labeled the original KBB as Professional. It was a pretty short period of time when I first started with KBB, but I could swear it smelled a lot better then than it does now. Anyone else notice this?
So now I have been using Professional for my usual rotation of cooks the last month or so (except for long cooks, I use Weber). Maybe it's just me, but it seems like Professional doesn't really last or perform any better than KBB. I just did Vortex wings for the first time with Professional last night. I used a heaping large chimney and by the time the top coals began to ash, I dumped them into the Vortex and it only filled the Vortex up to about a little over half full. I normally used KBB for wings and could swear it would fill the Vortex almost all the way to the top. It's almost as if Kingsford came up with a cheaper formula for KBB and then just re-labeled the original KBB as Professional. It was a pretty short period of time when I first started with KBB, but I could swear it smelled a lot better then than it does now. Anyone else notice this?
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