Cobb BBQ - Brickettes recalled

[Talulah]

I was in Lakeland earlier to top up with the Cobb Brickettes.
Out of stock.
Not due to demand but because they've all been recalled.
New supplies in ten days or so.
To late for the Street Party on Tuesday.

 

[sarabande]

I went to a shop near Bath yesterday. Bags and bags of charcoal bits for BBQs. All labelled enticingly "Fair Trade" so that you felt good about buying them.

The charcoal was made in Namibia. 6000 miles away !


Away from the BBQ miles issue; I do not understand why people have to buy charcoal at all. Burn wood in a Cobb (I have one) or any other barbecue, and it will turn - mgaically and irrevocably - into charcoal. None of this messing around with charcoal miles and upsetting Webby.

 

[BlueSkyNick]

To late for the Street Party on Tuesday.

If you're talking about the circular Cobblestones, I have one to spare - £20 OK?

 

[lustyd]

I went to a shop near Bath yesterday. Bags and bags of charcoal bits for BBQs. All labelled enticingly "Fair Trade" so that you felt good about buying them.

The charcoal was made in Namibia. 6000 miles away !


Away from the BBQ miles issue; I do not understand why people have to buy charcoal at all. Burn wood in a Cobb (I have one) or any other barbecue, and it will turn - mgaically and irrevocably - into charcoal. None of this messing around with charcoal miles and upsetting Webby.

Charcoal isnt the same as burned wood though. It has quite different characteristics in fact.

 

[Elessar]

I was in Lakeland earlier to top up with the Cobb Brickettes.
Out of stock.
Not due to demand but because they've all been recalled.
New supplies in ten days or so.
To late for the Street Party on Tuesday.

6 ordinary garage briquettes. Job done.

 

[sarabande]

Charcoal isnt the same as burned wood though. It has quite different characteristics in fact.

I'd be very interested to find out how charcoal is different from wood. Please.

 

[Elessar]

I'd be very interested to find out how charcoal is different from wood. Please.

charcoal is the expensive alternative. It doesn't grow on trees you know......

 

[neilf39]

I assume that isn't a wind up question. Normally burnt wood ends up as ash, as does normally burnt charcoal, that is, in the presence of air. Charcoal is different to wood in that it is what is left when wood is 'burnt' in the absence of air and so is not ash and has different burning characteristics to wood as once it is charcoal it is no longer wood

 

[lustyd]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+is+charcoal+different+than+wood

Charcoal burns hotter for longer and gives off much less smoke. It also contains more energy per gram than wood.

 

[lustyd]

once it is charcoal it is no longer wood

Which is the same reason oil burns better than dinosaurs

 

[FairweatherDave]

Why were they recalled?

Any idea why they were recalled? I bought some at the Boat show in Jan and found one a pain to light.... I've started looking for firelighters to speed things up. Not the idea. No doubt I'll need to find the receipt ......

 

[nigelmercier]

Charcoal is different to wood in that it is what is left when wood is 'burnt' in the absence of air ...

I glad you used quotes round "burnt", but agree fully.

 

[sarabande]

please bear in mind that charcoal is what is left after you gently burn approx 75% of a piece of wood.

 

[CoVianna]

Puzzled

I assume that isn't a wind up question. Normally burnt wood ends up as ash, as does normally burnt charcoal, that is, in the presence of air. Charcoal is different to wood in that it is what is left when wood is 'burnt' in the absence of air and so is not ash and has different burning characteristics to wood as once it is charcoal it is no longer wood

This has always puzzled me. How can anything burn without air (oxygen)?

 

[lustyd]

This has always puzzled me. How can anything burn without air (oxygen)?

It doesn't, that's why there are quote marks. Probably a better word would be cook

 

[CoVianna]

It doesn't, that's why there are quote marks. Probably a better word would be cook

Got you. So create a fire, getting it burning then add wood on top and deprieve of air?

 

[lustyd]

Got you. So create a fire, getting it burning then add wood on top and deprieve of air?

I think it's more like put the wood in a pressure cooker and light a fire under it but essentially, yes. From what I've seen it's harder than you imagine.

 

[Croak]

This has always puzzled me. How can anything burn without air (oxygen)?

I make charcoal. I think the phrase is, to burn in restricted air, To remove a lot of the water, volatile acids, tar, etc.

But leave the carbon.

Charcoal still leaves ash, more in percentage weight than wood.

 

[wave runner]

I went to a shop near Bath yesterday. Bags and bags of charcoal bits for BBQs. All labelled enticingly "Fair Trade" so that you felt good about buying them.

The charcoal was made in Namibia. 6000 miles away !


Away from the BBQ miles issue; I do not understand why people have to buy charcoal at all. Burn wood in a Cobb (I have one) or any other barbecue, and it will turn - mgaically and irrevocably - into charcoal. None of this messing around with charcoal miles and upsetting Webby.

that's not true charcoal.
To make charcoal you need to heat wood in a vented enclosure to minimize the oxygen content and it needs to get hot, real hot for a few hours to turn the wood into charcoal.

 

[Talulah]

Managed to use the last of the Cobb Brickettes this weekend despite the weather.
Great street party.
Had a visit from the Mayor.
Some may recognise a nautical theme to the party.

Later on the rain came pouring down and the wind blew. There were moments of collective silence. The spinnaker held though and kept the revellers dry. Huge cheers as another gust blew through shaking off the rain. All done in true British fashion. "Make do and party."