I got shipping for $9 via DoorDash. I also saw the $150 option but chose instead the $9 option
B and B oak/hickory briquettes?
- Thread starter LouieD
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Closest one is about 15 miles away. Easy enough to get to, but for a $9 delivery charge (6 bags), why not. If I recall ordered late afternoon, delivered next morning
Todd K Wisc
TVWBB Super Fan
Update on the new B&B with letter from Duraflame. Letter sounds like BS. I am thinking they just moved the production to their Cowboy production facility and changed the formula. I am done with them when my last orange bag is gone. Unfortunate, but I don't like what they have done to B&B since buying it.
Its unclear if they were false advertising for years or they changed the "orange bag" contents once before. That letter opens more questions than answers. Are they trying to claim there are 2 different briquet products?
For a long time the bag clearly said "B&B BRIQUETS MADE NATURALLY FROM OAK LUMP CHARCOAL". Notice they were called "Competition Oak Briquets" *Note that these are what Tom used for his test.*
- There is also an answer on their website (still posted) from three years ago that confirms this: " After we process the Oak lump, we take the smaller pieces and form them into our briquettes using a small percentage of corn starch as a binder. There are no minerals, accelerants, sawdust, or chemicals in our briquettes."
Then at some point after the purchase but prior to the new bags with blue on top, they subtly change the bag to say "with Oak". Perhaps they are implying that this is a different product? Shadily launching a new product with nearly identical packaging isn't much better. At this point the wording said "B&B BRIQUETS ARE MADE FROM A PREMIUM BLEND OF OAK & MIXED HARDWOOD".
And now the new bags with blue on top. Competition Charcoal Briquets With Oak & Hickory "B&B BRIQUETS ARE MADE FROM A PREMIUM BLEND OF OAK, HICKORY, & MIXED HARDWOOD"
If you click the link on their website and scroll through the pictures on their product page, it shows the old and new bag interchangeably but not the middle bag: https://www.bbcharcoal.com/competition-oak-briquets
Dustin Dorsey
TVWBB Hall of Fame
I don't even remotely buy the Tom Horseman test. He lit 3 briquettes and that's just one test. There's very little data there. There's a lot of reasons that could have happened. Harder to light doesn't mean anything. Kingsford is probably the easiest charcoal out there to light. Charcoal can also soak up moisture and be harder to light. I haven't tried both, but if I was going to make a video, I might spring for a whole chimney even just a small sized weber one.
Pretty fair- agree on the testing method. I'm more concerned about B&B's answer. If I had to speculate, its fairly likely that the difference between Cowboy charcoal and B&B is now only the price and the "B" stamped on the coals. I plan to compare myself eventually.