<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Josh Lessard:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Bob Sample:
Geez I'm almost feeling guilty using only about 2 chimneys of unlit lump with 6 lit on my kettle to cook a 10lb butt. I don't think I could afford to use a WSM with our charcoal prices in Canada. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Are our charcoal prices in Canada a lot higher than in the US? I paid about $1/lb for Maple Leaf briquettes at RONA. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Just to start, regardless of price question. You can re-use, relight lump. No matter how much you use at the end of the cook shut all vents and close things down to let the fire go out. Next day or whenever pick out the leftover and throw in a pail and use them for your next cook/s.
Low ash of lump makes this easy.
As far as pricing in Canada - Have no clue. But when I get back up there I'm going to try to bring back some Maple Leaf. Just to avoid the shipping costs and the high retail on it here at "per bag" pricing.
In Canada - do they not have wholesale opportunity? In this are there no what we call in the US, roller mills or feed mills that are typically found in rural or semi rural areas?
These places here sell into the farming semi-commerical businesses but are also open to the public.
Lump charcoal is used a lot for blacksmithing, metalworking, farming, restaurants as a fuel for varous purposes. These insitutions will sell you at wholesale prices if you are buying say 10 bags or so. It is significant as you are buying at first point of bulk delivery.
The other thing is - can you find someone that can buy from the given producer in Canada, say a pallet load and agree to all meet at a given spot and split it up? Seen that done here.
I have also seen where folks agree to order a pallet or more and have it delivered to a commercial location (could be a place where you work), parking lot. It's a drop ship.
Just some ideas.
I once bought, my favorite (Humphrey's) in the same town as the company. I simply went to a local grocery store and they were selling it for $7.90 bag. Loaded up 10 bags
BTW - Humphrey's is no longer produced in PA for quite some time. It is made in the midwest and shipped to them by rail car loads. If I arrived at there location with a truck I could have loaded up a couple pallets, for purposes of example.
So Maple Leaf or other Canadian brand - I would suggest some creative method of working a bulk purchase rather than paying single bag retail pricing. It's worth the effort.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Bob Sample:
Geez I'm almost feeling guilty using only about 2 chimneys of unlit lump with 6 lit on my kettle to cook a 10lb butt. I don't think I could afford to use a WSM with our charcoal prices in Canada. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Are our charcoal prices in Canada a lot higher than in the US? I paid about $1/lb for Maple Leaf briquettes at RONA. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Just to start, regardless of price question. You can re-use, relight lump. No matter how much you use at the end of the cook shut all vents and close things down to let the fire go out. Next day or whenever pick out the leftover and throw in a pail and use them for your next cook/s.
Low ash of lump makes this easy.
As far as pricing in Canada - Have no clue. But when I get back up there I'm going to try to bring back some Maple Leaf. Just to avoid the shipping costs and the high retail on it here at "per bag" pricing.
In Canada - do they not have wholesale opportunity? In this are there no what we call in the US, roller mills or feed mills that are typically found in rural or semi rural areas?
These places here sell into the farming semi-commerical businesses but are also open to the public.
Lump charcoal is used a lot for blacksmithing, metalworking, farming, restaurants as a fuel for varous purposes. These insitutions will sell you at wholesale prices if you are buying say 10 bags or so. It is significant as you are buying at first point of bulk delivery.
The other thing is - can you find someone that can buy from the given producer in Canada, say a pallet load and agree to all meet at a given spot and split it up? Seen that done here.
I have also seen where folks agree to order a pallet or more and have it delivered to a commercial location (could be a place where you work), parking lot. It's a drop ship.
Just some ideas.
I once bought, my favorite (Humphrey's) in the same town as the company. I simply went to a local grocery store and they were selling it for $7.90 bag. Loaded up 10 bags
So Maple Leaf or other Canadian brand - I would suggest some creative method of working a bulk purchase rather than paying single bag retail pricing. It's worth the effort.
