I average 2/3rds bag of Kingsford a week. It equates to 31 bags so far this year.
57 cents a pound nowadays. Way up from the 25 cents a pound 4 years ago.
My charcoal use was WAY down this year. It was such a rainy summer I never got a chance to do a long low and slow cook. Was gasser or SV and sear on the gasser or cooking on Pellet Cooker.
Gear includes: Char-Griller's Grand Champ off set stick burner/smoker, SnS Kamado Deluxe, Weber 22, PBC, Victory gasser, Victory 36 griddle, Smoke Hollow electric smoker. ThermoWorks Thermapen Mk4, Smoke, Signals, and RFX4, Meater+, SNS-500, roti fits 22 n gasser, Emeril countertop TO, InkBird Sous Vide, Potane Vac/Sealer. Fire&Ice griddle/cooler ensemble.
3-pkg of Collapsible Prep Tubs
Junior, Original, Xtra Lg. SS D. Norcross
Complete set (Tx PJ!) Wusthof Knives n block.
Dalstrong:
Phantom Series Paring knife
Shogun SeriesX 6" Chef knife
Gladiator Series 12"Cleaver knife
Just got into charcoal Dec ‘21 (PBC)
fav is brisky. Love Turkey on PBC. also Turkey in the glass,(any nice bourbon)
Bud has always been my barley pop.
Been smoking a handful of years, just got serious in the last two or three years. Thanks to AR n @glemn picked up an SnS Kamado for appx 1/3 price of new. I dont think he used it twice. Love AR! keep calm n smoke on! Miss you Bonesy.
Not sure how much charcoal we go through a year, afraid to know!! .. However we grill 3 to 4 times a week pretty much year round. My PK360 is just outside the door, well lit and under the sunsetter awning! Perhaps I should start tracking for 2024. One caveat, I have a small Weber 1200 gasser which I fire up for most of our seafood dinners and chicken thighs and the like. One advantage?, Our 10 year old Jenn-air oven/range is practically new!
John "JR"
Minnesota/ United States of America
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I would say my usage is down overall, but that is more because I have been using logs instead of charcoal. The KBQ has been getting more play than ever.
Most of my charcoal cooking happens in my MB1050, which does seem to be pretty efficient. I can easily shut it down when I'm done cooking. I can't put a number on it, but it seems like a long time since I last bought charcoal, and I haven't had much of a stash in the shed for the past couple of years.
Not sure how much I’ve gone through but it’s been a lot. With my kids away at college much of the time a lot of my cooks are in the Smokey Joe, Jumbo Joe and 14” WSM. None of those cookers burn a lot of charcoal. Also I do keep those in the garage (big rigs are on the patio) so I can move them to the edge of the garage and grill during winter up here in Michigan.
I get wood delivered by the 1/4 Cord ...three deliveries in 2023. 3 major cooks before my next order
We do use some (but not much ) for the outdoor fireplace
1 now have 2 racks form Woodland Directs (5 footers) and that seems to be good!. I order when I have less than a half rack remaining. I think the delivery guy drops off a very generous 1/4 - more like 1/3
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