I've been saving all my half burnt briquettes for years now and used to use them to get my stickburner going.
These days since I don't burn sticks they tend to pile up a bit.
Today I was down to the last 10 or so fresh briquettes and had to add 3/4 of a chimney full to cook some yardbird drums.
First thing I notice is much less smoke on initial fire up and then that the heat output was hotter than it would otherwise have been.
They also seemed to be less sensitive to air door adjustments and held steady temp even as they burned down to nubs.
They burned out faster than the new ones but the quality of the hot coals was outstanding.
I guess I know what I'm going to be doing with the rest of them.
These days since I don't burn sticks they tend to pile up a bit.
Today I was down to the last 10 or so fresh briquettes and had to add 3/4 of a chimney full to cook some yardbird drums.
First thing I notice is much less smoke on initial fire up and then that the heat output was hotter than it would otherwise have been.
They also seemed to be less sensitive to air door adjustments and held steady temp even as they burned down to nubs.
They burned out faster than the new ones but the quality of the hot coals was outstanding.
I guess I know what I'm going to be doing with the rest of them.