Big Green Egg Brazilian Lump Charcoal nakedwhiz.com       Home       Lump Review Index       Quick Stats Date Of Review: July,2021 Purchased From: Ace Hardware Date Purchased: July, 2021 Price: $25.99 Advertised Weight: 17.5 pounds Type of Wood: Eucalyptus Strange Material: None Scrap Lumber: None Smell: Moderately strong wood smoke Country of Origin: Brazil Key Performance Indicators Chips and Dust: Lighting: Max Temperature: Burn Time: Ash Production: Quick Links Other Information: Click Here Statements From The Bag: Click Here Lighting Instructions: Click Here Safety Instructions: Click Here Unusual Or Unique Statements: 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 Locating Big Green Egg's Brazilian Eucalyptus Lump Charcoal proved to be a bit challenging, but we finally located a stash at Triangle Ace Hardware just off NC54 in Durham, North Carolina. As an aside, this dealer had one of the more extensive arrays of Big Green Egg merchandise that we have come across. If you are in the area and need something Big Green Egg, pay them a visit. (By the way, they don't know us from Adam and weren't aware who was poking around. We just thought we'd pass on the fact that they are quite well stocked.) So we grabbed a bag and hurried home to do this review. This charcoal is not the first charcoal made from eucalyptus that we have reviewed, but it is not a common wood for charcoal making in the US. Some folks mistakenly think that the wood of the eucalyptus tree smells like the oil found in the leaves and nuts of the eucalyptus tree, but it does not. It turns out that eucalyptus is a great wood for charcoal, as you will see. This charcoal comes to us from Brazil, so we have provided you with a map to the right. So, how did it do? Well, when we dumped it out for sorting and inspection, we found a charcoal with no scrap, no funny items, and no uncarbonized wood. We found a charcoal with a very nice size distribution. No monster logs, but over 83% of the bag was large and medium sized pieces. A relatively small amount of small sized pieces and a very small amount of chips and dust. The 3.7% by weight of chips and dust was Very Low compared to other brands. Large 7.6 pounds 40.6% Medium 8.0 pounds 42.9% Small 2.4 pounds 12.8% Chips/Dust 0.7 pounds 3.7% Total 18.7 pounds Moving on to our lighting test, Big Green Egg Brazilian lump took 4.5 sheets of newspaper to get a fire going in a chimney starter. This is Average compared to other brands. The smoke is moderately strong wood smoke. There was no sparking or popping when the wood was burning in the chimney. From there we go to our maximum temperature test. This charcoal burned at a scorching 1102°F which ranks it Very High compared to all brands. Again there was no sparking or popping while the charcoal was coming up to temperature and the fire spread quite fast. Next up are the burn time and ash production tests. This charcoal burned quite a long time and ranked High compared to other brands. When lighting the charcoal with a MAP/Pro torch, there was very little sparking and no popping. Of course, regardless of our results, always exercise caution when using a torch of any type to light lump charcoal. Finally, the charcoal produced relatively little ash ranking it Very Low compared to other brands. So there you have it. Big Green Egg Brazilian Eucalyptus lump charcoal. A little hard to start, but once it gets going the fire spreads fast and burns very hot. It burns a long time and leaves very little ash. Combine that with the excellent distribution of sizes with very little waste in the bottom of the bag, we give it our Highly 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 Statements From The Bag "100% Premium Lump Charcoal", "The Ultimate Cooking Experience®", "Natural Brazilian Hardwood", "Experience the Brazilian Steakhouse Flavor of Eucalyptus Hardwood", "All Natural", "Made in Brazil" "Big Green Egg Natural Lump Charcoal is an ultra-premium, natural product made only from select hardwoods. Unlike some other popular charcoals and briquettes, this 100% natural product contains no fillers, nitrates, chemicals, coal, limestone, treated wood or petroleum products of any kind. Demand the best for your Big Green Egg — and for the Ultimate Cooking Experience!® You will definitely taste the difference!" Lighting Instructions "Lighting instructions for the Big Green Egg Open dome lid, metal top and lower draft door completely. Fill fire box with charcoal. Place one or two Big Green Egg SpeediLight® Natural Charcoal Starters into the charcoal and light carefully. After approximately 10 minutes, or when several coals are burning, close the dome, leaving the top vent cap and lower draft door opened. If using an electric or butane charcoal starter, follow the manufacturer's directions then remove the lighter and close the dome, leaving the top vent cap and lower draft door opened. When the external temperature gauge indicates the desired cooking temperature, reduce the airflow by adjusting the top vent cap and the lower draft door. For lighting instructions, recipes and more visit BigGreenEgg.com" Safety Instructions None Unusual or Unique Statements None The Ruler Used In The Following Photographs We use the following ruler in the photographs which follow. The black and white segments are 1 inch long. The upper scale is in inches, while the lower scale is in centimeters. The distance between the centers of the two targets is precisely 9 inches. Photos Of Contents This photo is an overall view of the contents of the bag. 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 Contact Information Big Green Egg 3786 DeKalb Technology Parkway Atlanta, GA  30340 Phone: 800-793-2292 Email: Customer-Support@BigGreenEgg.com Web: www.biggreenegg.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/BigGreenEgg