wesley_thompson•12d agoProlific Poster

Just changed my mind about lump charcoal after talking to a pitmaster in Kansas City

I always thought briquettes were better for consistency, but I ran into a guy named Dave at Joe's KC BBQ last summer. He showed me how he uses FOGO lump for his offset smoker and explained the higher heat output cuts his cook times by 20 minutes per rack of ribs. Has anyone else tried switching and noticed a real difference in flavor?

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claire_butler112d ago

The higher heat output cuts his cook times by 20 minutes per rack of ribs" - that's exactly what I noticed too! I switched to lump last year after a buddy at a comp showed me his setup. My briquette cooks always felt like they took forever, but with lump I'm shaving off 15-20 minutes easy on a full rack. Plus the flavor is just cleaner, no chemical aftertaste. I'll never go back to briquettes for low and slow, it's totally different.

jessica_miller12d ago

Hang on, 20 minutes? My briquette cooks take like 6 hours for a rack of spare ribs. Shaving off 20 minutes is barely noticeable in the grand scheme. And the chemical aftertaste thing, I've never really tasted that with decent briquettes. Maybe you were using the cheap lighter fluid or something, not the charcoal.