Tony, How did you guys do in the competition? This was your first wasn't it?<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Tony Hunter:
I have tried lump (royal oak) and for me, it burns to fast and gives me lots of temperature spikes. Now I know some of you never have any problems with lump but for some reason I have a hard time with smokerings using lump. When I use kingsford (even as newbie) I had no problems at all! There is a good deal of ash but it never interferes with my burn because the ash falls through to the bottom of the smoker. I dont worry about the amount of ash because I buy 50 gallon trash bags!
Also, with Kingsford, my temperatures are always stable and reliable. Lump has me check the WSM regulary, as opposed to Kingsford where I get a steady temp and go watch a movie or two or even just go to bed!
This past weekend at the Madison, IN Ribberfest contest, our team used Humphrey lump and Wicked Good. They both burn well, but Wicked Good burns more like Kingsford. But as before, the smokering on my briskets were not there - which means, in my case, it was burning too hot too fast because the meat was put on the smoker right out of the ice box.
Anyway, I like Wicked Good lump but I am sticking with Kingsford. I do buy royal oak lump but I only use it for lighting my minion method burns which are Kingsford.
Tony </div></BLOCKQUOTE>