Looking at the website the price is very comparable. But Weber is a little more. I remember when I bought them thinking Weber was cheaper. I don't recall however if these online prices are exactly the same as what I saw in store.
Yeah, but as I mentioned if you got to Home Depot, Target or other places KBB is a lot cheaper there. So the other guys were right. Weber is considerably more expensive.
rwalters, I'll see if I can help. I just used Weber for the first time this weekend for some slow cooked bacon and beef jerky. I used them because I don't like how much the KBB smokes when igniting. I found the Weber briquettes seemingly burn longer which made it a little easier for me to go low and slow. For now, I'm going to use Weber for smoking and KBB for grilling. Where I am, Weber is significantly more expensive than KBB. Like jgreen said, Weber is approx. $1 per pound while KBB is half that.
Looking at the website the price is very comparable. But Weber is a little more. I remember when I bought them thinking Weber was cheaper. I don't recall however if these online prices are exactly the same as what I saw in store.
rwalters, I'll see if I can help. I just used Weber for the first time this weekend for some slow cooked bacon and beef jerky. I used them because I don't like how much the KBB smokes when igniting. I found the Weber briquettes seemingly burn longer which made it a little easier for me to go low and slow. For now, I'm going to use Weber for smoking and KBB for grilling. Where I am, Weber is significantly more expensive than KBB. Like jgreen said, Weber is approx. $1 per pound while KBB is half that.
Thanks! Curious...have you ever tried a good quality lump charcoal with your SnS? Just ordered a couple of bags (black bag, which is smaller/medium sized chunks) of FOGO lump to add to my small charcoal stash. But, I'm gonna definitely pick up some Weber briquettes to see how I like them. I am not a huge fan of KBB.
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I use KBB because most of my cooks are low-n-slow, so I wanted to start off my experience with the SnS using the recommended fuel. Since I have KBB for the low-n-slow cooks, I just use it for grilling also. I had some old lump (RO, I think) that I tried in the SnS that didn't work as well for me. I might try Kingsford Professional for grilling later, but I've got no experience with it yet.
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The way I see it for me is buy KBB when it goes on sale 50% off on USA summer holidays (Mem Day, 4th, Labor Day), then there is nothing that can hold a candle to its predictability, availability and ease of use for the price. If you're paying full price there's more options in that range to play with. I've tried most of them near me and I stick with KBB.
I'm in the same boat. My local grocery store sells some weird brand of lump that actually is pretty nice. Every other retailer in this area sells Cowboy or RO for lump and pretty much only Kingsford (various iterations) for briquettes. As a result, I find KBB to easily be the best value and my only gripe with it is the amount of ash it creates.
I use KBB because most of my cooks are low-n-slow, so I wanted to start off my experience with the SnS using the recommended fuel. Since I have KBB for the low-n-slow cooks, I just use it for grilling also. I had some old lump (RO, I think) that I tried in the SnS that didn't work as well for me. I might try Kingsford Professional for grilling later, but I've got no experience with it yet.
Thanks for your input! You mentioned that lump did not work well for you... in what way? Curious.
The uneven sizes made it hard to judge burn times and control temperature -- could just be that I had old lump charcoal that I shouldn't have been using. While the SnS basket is reasonably big, it is constricted so that there were probably areas underneath the large lumps that there was very little fuel, but I couldn't see the gaps with the smaller pieces filling in on top.
Agreed, JeffJ , that's what led me to make the switch. I'll still stock lump for some applications. But I got sick of losing temp early in my long cooks. Switching to briquettes instantly solved my problem.
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