I started smoking only 3 months ago.
I’ve been using Royal Oak hardwood lump charcoal from BJ’s wholesale club. Today I opened up a 30 lbs bag and found a rock (left side, 5” x 4” x 3”), many strips of blackened metal, some wood chunks that aren’t blackened, and many very big blackened chunks (middle, 6” x 5” x 3”) (right, 6” x 4” x 2”).
Is this normal????
by sidequest2021
45 Comments
Normally you get more rocks and concrete and maybe some fiberglass insulation…
Apparently my hs pot dealer became a quality control manager at the royal oak charcoal plant.
See if you can find any roaches in there too.
It’s normal for royal oak
Thats but a small stone, wait til you find a trophy sized one.
Yes this is normal for royal oak. It is also why I don’t use royal oak. B&B has been good for me but I’d sooner get just about anything over royal oak after too many bags worse than yours.
No. Usually I find a child’s shoe.
I’ve seen the same thing in Cowboy lump charcoal. Now I avoid it. If stuff like that makes it into the bag then what else gets mixed in there which shouldn’t be?
Royal joke.
I’ve found a lot of bark, rocks and tiny nails. Never a big piece of strap.
The new Crackerjack box.
How is royal oak still a thing? Why do people buy this shit?
I’m a fan of jealous devil chunx
You ever see Jaws when they cut open the random shark’s stomach in the beginning? Every bag is like that.
I’ve started paying up for the Fogo XL and will never look back.
Basically, last bag had a big wad of fiberglass I didn’t find until after the smoke and a couple of metal bands. 🙃
You won the jackpot. I never found a tape measure in any of my bags of cement chunks.
Made the switch from RO to Cowboy, then Cowboy went downhill, switched to Blues Hog and have had zero issues.
Stamped tounge and groove Wood flooring in mine. Stopped buying years ago.
Royal oak = Common trash
Oh yeah royal oak is a mystery grab bag of sorts. Could be rocks or bolts you need for that next project.
Royal oak used to be decent, but as of late, I noticed debris like that in the bags. I switched over to B & B natural Oak a few years ago now and haven’t looked back. It’s more expensive, but it is a better lump charcoal, in my opinion.
Last time I purchased Royal Oak it had a 2×4 it it and looked to be trim pieces. No I stick with the better
Switch to Jealous Devil lump, it’s amazing.
I also use B & B briquettes
I got a bag that was mostly old Christmas trees and obviously not hardwood so I haven’t bought it since.
I’ve bought RO 3 times. After buying my first smoker, I was undecided on briquettes and lump charcoal. Saw a good deal on RO, same as in your picture. It was perfectly fine. Second bag, 2×4, incomplete burn. The stamped serial number still visible. Okay, shit happens. Rest of the bag kind of fine, but a lot of tiny chips. Third bag, fucking Pink Panther insulation in the bag. I totally believe they get their materials from the garbage dump piles in front of new home builds. Each purchase was actually from a different store too. Never buying there stuff again. I’ve been sticking with B&B lump charcoal.
I find rubber tire chunks in there all the time
Where’s the banana for scale? How big are the chunks? There’s nothing for scale. Put a banana in the picture for scale, please.
Most of it’s normal but I’ve never seen a tape measure come out of one before
You got a free tape measure!
Royal Oak is garbage. Now you know why it is so cheap. Mostly construction garbage. I don’t know how they get away with selling rocks and metal as lump charcoal.
Royal oak and Cowboy Charcoal are no go.
I just had a black JBL earphone case come out of my bag into the charcoal chimney.
Royal oak is only good for bonfires
I bought royal oak one time and said never again. There were six decent sized pieces of concrete in my bag and I decided their QC was absolute dog shit and I won’t support that.
no. normally there is a pink dildo in bags I buy.
Dude. I’ve found brake calipers, pallet wood, rocks, pressure treated wood in cowboy charcoal 😩
At 1 time, they were good or decent. Then they went around the country, buying up and shutting down all the smaller regional charcoal companies. Now, since they own them all, they can put out trash products for a cheaper price and expect people to still buy them. But people are paying attention and are buying B&B , Fogo, and its beginning to hurt royal oak.
No, there’s normally more trash.
Royal Oak is trash. I have used it for the last few years in the Kamado Joe. Quality has severely declined. Doesn’t cook well. Last time I used it there was a legit baseboard trim board
I’m not buying anymore. Last bag was nearly all small pieces and gravel
I thought I was crazy when I kept finding rocks in the ashes of my grill. Now I know why.
Yep seems about right for Royal Oak.
I have never found a tape measure. That other stuff is normal for Royal Oak, though.
I had a single leather glove in a bag once
Stop buying Royal Oak you guys.
It’s been like this for years and they don’t seem to care.
Keep buying it and eventually you’ll get a 10mm socket.