Humphrey Charcoal nakedwhiz.com       Home       Lump Review Index       Quick Stats Date Of Review: May, 2004 Purchased From: Donated by Woodoggies Date Purchased: May, 2004 Price: $9.79 for 20 pounds Weight: 10 pounds Burn Time: Ash Production: Type of Wood: Unknown, but probably oak and hickory. Strange Material?: None Scrap Lumber Pieces?: None Smell: The expected hardwood smoke smell. Country of Origin: USA Quick Links Other Information: Click Here Unusual Or Unique Statements: Click Here Statements From The Bag: Click Here Lighting Instructions: Click Here Photos of Contents: Click Here Other Photos: Click Here Photo of UPC Code: Click Here Contact Information: Click Here Rate And Comment On This Charcoal: Click Here Commentary This charcoal was sent to us by Woodoggies. First off, we found this interesting little tidbit about Humphrey charcoal: "Humphrey Charcoal is a processer of hardwood charcoal serving the Industrial, Residential and Commercial sectors. Due to DEP regulations, the charcoal is manufactured in Missouri then shipped to the Brookville Plant for processing. Humphrey Charcoal comes in Lump, Granular, Powdered or Briquette forms. Their product can be used in various industrial processes, as well as in commercial restaurants, agricultural products and residential uses." The first thing that struck us about this charcoal was how light it was. It is about the same density as Cowboy charcoal and it burns good and hot like Cowboy. However, it is natural lump charcoal just like you find with Royal Oak and other hardwood charcoals. We found no scrap in the bag. The size distribution of the charcoal was towards the smaller end of the scale, but approximately 10 percent of the bag was chips and dust which is about average for American hardwood charcoals. The lump was fairly easy to light, requiring only 2.5 sheets of newpaper in our chimney starter test. It burned with the typical hardwood charcoal smoke smell and it burned with a clean smell all through our test burn. When we burned it with the vents wide open it burned towards the hotter end of what we can achieve with our small Egg. The amount of ash produced was lower than average, and the burn time was high compared to other brands. We give this lump our Recommended rating. To the left is the rating that our readers have given this charcoal. If you have used this charcoal and would like to rate it and leave your comments, Click Here To view reader ratings of all brands, Click Here. Other Information None. Unusual or Unique Statements None. Statements From The Bag "Made From 100% Pure Hardwood", "Natural Lump Charcoal" Lighting Instructions None. Photos Of Contents This is the contents of the bag. Those are 1 inch squares on the measuring bar. Here is a closer view. Here are the larger pieces we found in the bag. Here are the contents of the bag sorted into large, medium, small, and too small/chips/dust. Other Photos None. Photo of UPC Code Here is a photo of the UPC code on the bag: Contact Information Humphrey Charcoal Corporation P.O. Box 440 Brookville, PA    15825 (814) 849-2302 humphreycharcoalcorp@alltel.net