Kingsford to Change the Original Formula for Jan 2010

[Mike Weiss]

Originally posted by Rusty:
I WAS buying nothing but 100% hardwood charcoal brands until the magical $6 coupon appeared. This allowed me to buy a 18 lb. bag of Kingsford for $1.50. At that price, I learned to love Kingsford. I don't care what the formula is

I have over 50 bags in my garage now!

Rusty. Where is this mysterious coupon. I've herd of it and traveled near and far and no luck. Can you guide me in the right direction?

 

[Jeff_B]

Here it is for you Mike.

Kingsford Coupon

 

[Mike Weiss]

Originally posted by Pat Smith:
I heard Derrick Riches on The BBQ Central Show podcast recently (not sure which date because I download from Itunes and then listen to them on my iPod) and he mentioned this.

The grooves and the "K" in the briquette will be deeper and yes, the bag weights will change - they will go down BUT you're supposed 'to get the same cooking time' as the old sized bag.

I can't get my hands around that. Still, I use K a lot for smoking because it is plentiful, consistent and relatively cheap. I tend toward lump for my grilling.

I'm sure like a lot of others, I'll grumble a bit, then go on looking for the best price (probably still at Sam's).

Pat

Thanks Pat. I have now started doing the same. That is a great show. I find myself glued to my speakers. Just one more fix for my addiction!

 

[Mike Weiss]

Originally posted by Jeff_B:
Here it is for you Mike.

Kingsford Coupon

Awesome. I have tried for quit some time. The links never worked, then I realized I only had Adobe 7.0. Updated and now it shows up. Thanks again.

 

[David-B]

i prefer kingsford for loooong cooks

 

[Bob Correll]

Here's more info on the new improved "improved"
7.5% lighter K briqs:
http://bbq.about.com/b/2010/01...mproved-charcoal.htm

Could it be that the Clorox CO. furnished last years killer coupon to "clean out" the old inventory?
Naw, I personally think it was just a SNAFU that ended up costing them mucho dinero.

 

[Chris Mason]

Due to more wood char, the new formula produces less ash, which means less waste going to the landfill.

Less ash sounds good.

 

[George Curtis]

remains to be seen if its all real or realy all hooey.

 

[Dean Miller]

My walmart is carrying it already but only with the Hickory flavor. I tried it the other night and in my opinion it produced more ash. Maybe due to the Hickory flavoring?? Has any one else tried it? My original post is below. http://tvwbb.infopop.cc/eve/fo...80069052/m/605105014

Thanks

Dean Miller

 

[Clint]

Stay away from the flavor added briquettes & use real wood. The added flavor tastes synthetic to me.

 

[Chris Brines]

I used the 'new' K for the first time last night, and it seems to burn quite a bit hotter than the 'old' K.

Anyone else experience this?

 

[Bob Correll]

Patio Daddio has a review on the new-new stuff:
http://www.patiodaddiobbq.com/...gsford-charcoal.html

 

[George Curtis]

price went up though. if ya get it on sale then ok. i'm not a fan.

 

[R. Hanson ("Rondo")]

Hey Bob ..interesting review...I used some with the hickory in it earlier today & that review supported my impressions of the new stuff

I like it...less smoke, more heat, longer burn, less ash, a little slower ta light...I think it's a pleasant improvement...while not earth shattering, I'd say it's several baby steps in the right direction

 

[George Curtis]

amazing that k has used a lot of $$$$$$ in r&d to just get back to the real original stuff. a lot more $$$$$ and we might get the original stuff back. thats the stuff that no one had any problems with in the first place. course the price has doubled in the mean time.

 

[Chuck Simon]

course the price has doubled in the mean time.

I was at Wally World last Friday and they had 18 lb bags for $7.50. I thought that was expensive. I asked a friend of mine that worked there if the price will come down for the summer. He said he doesn't think so. Don't you think $7.50 for an 18 lb bag is kind of steep?

 

[George Curtis]

its over 8.00 at my store and i see it over 10.00 at others. so it behooves any one to buy up when there is a decent sale.

 

[Warwick B (Waz)]

Originally posted by Pat Smith:

The grooves and the "K" in the briquette will be deeper and yes, the bag weights will change - they will go down BUT you're supposed 'to get the same cooking time' as the old sized bag.

The PatioDaddio review shows a difference in temperature but the duration seems to be only minimally better. So will I really use less new K vs old K for any of my cooks? My other concern is that my measure for cooking time is based on the "chimney" of original K

A full chimney of the new stuff should be too much compared to a chimney of the old stuff (according to K) and by weight is more expensive than the old because there's less new stuff in a bag. So the cynic in me says that K did this not only to save money on coal as mentioned by one reviewer but to sell more bags of (more expensive) new charcoal because some people will continue to use the chimney-multiple measure of charcoal for a cook because that's what in use on the sites.

Waz

 

[Brad W]

Originally posted by Chuck Simon:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">course the price has doubled in the mean time.

I was at Wally World last Friday and they had 18 lb bags for $7.50. I thought that was expensive. I asked a friend of mine that worked there if the price will come down for the summer. He said he doesn't think so. Don't you think $7.50 for an 18 lb bag is kind of steep? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

It was $7.50 at our Wallyworld all last year, still is. Our store just got in a pallet of the new stuff, stuck it behind the pallet of old stuff and no price yet.