Charcoal reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 194 Reddit reviews across 14 subreddits and 25 posts to rank the best Charcoal brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/grilling, r/KamadoJoe, r/Masterbuilt, r/webergrills, r/UKBBQ. Top-rated brands include Jealous Devil (4.5/5), Kingsford (4.0/5), Weber (4.2/5).
Stats
Reviews194
Subreddits14
Posts25
Brands63
Products51
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#1
Jealous Devil
4.5
(24)
"I have since started using Jealous Devil and I am totally satisfied with it."
"I use Jealous Devil for beef and anywhere I need high temps."
"Jealous Devil is my go-to for everything."
"Jealous Devil Or Kamado"
"Jealous Devil is the best charcoal"
"Jealous Devil is the best, by because of the cost Insuually use Kamado Joe brand and it's pretty good"
"Just tried Jealous Devil XL for the first time on the MB 800 and it was awesome!"
"I just bought a couple bags of Jealous Devil after not having any for almost a year. I gotta say… it’s still the best."
"My go to is jealous devil."
"Jealous Devil FTW"
#2
Kingsford
4.0
(25)
"Kingsford Comp burns like the devil"
"Kingsford standard charcoal for any high heat cook… this is the way"
"I mix Kingsford and apple wood chunks together. Love it!"
"Your kingsford briquettes will do just fine"
"Whatever Kingsford is at Sam’s or Costco when I am running low."
"Kingsford Blue briquettes followed close by Royal Oak briquettes."
"The difference between professional vs regular is that it burns longer and hotter."
"Kingsford Blue, it's constant and easily available nearly everywhere."
"I find the best bang for buck is Kingsford."
"I just throw in royal oak classic or kingsford for high temp cooking."
#3
Weber
4.2
(17)
"With a 1000 dollar budget I would go with a weber kettle 26."
"If you're looking for a solid charcoal grill, the Weber Kettle is definitely a classic choice."
"Weber kettle and the char griller acorn Jr are hard to beat."
"The answer will always be Weber Kettle 22” simply based on price, availability, versatility."
"For that money you could get a Weber kettle and a smokey mountain."
"Webber kettle 22” master touch $275."
"For thicker grade insulation spend a bit more and get a Weber Summit Kamado."
"Webber kettle $99 lol."
"I ordered a Wbr Mastr Touch 22" in lime green from home depot today."
"$120"
#4
B&B
4.2
(17)
"B&B Competition Briquettes are my go to for my long low & slow."
"B&B Forever"
"Flavor is incredible that’s added and runs forever it feels like."
"It is flavorful, slow burning, and consistent with its heat output."
"B&B is all I use for long cooks."
"B&B brown bag (oak) for everything."
"B&B only."
"B&B hardwood lump - I can't tell the diff between the various species in their mixes, they all work."
"B&B is consistent and reasonably priced."
"I use B&B mostly because I can get it easily in my area."
#5
FOGO
4.2
(10)
"#FOGOorNoGo."
"I love FOGO and Jealous Devil and recently got a bag of Blues Hog that I was happy with."
"I’ve been making beef a lot more lately and Fogo has been great for us."
"I’m a FOGO fan for long burns."
"I like the flavor of Fogo but my wife thinks it is too smoke flavored."
"I like using fogo, royal oak, and b&b."
"I've been liking Fogo briquettes."
"Wish we could get Fogo or JD in the UK."
"I think with consistency factored in it’s FOGO."
"FOGO is great, Rockwood is my preferred."
#6
Fogo
4.7
(7)
"FOGO Gold bag or Jealous Devil"
"Fogo gold (super premium) for longer, lower cooks."
"Fogo black (premium) for shorter, hotter cooks."
"Fogo Super Premium and Jealous Devil only for me"
"Personally I use Fogo, the yellow bag."
"I use Fogo Super Premium and add wood chunks depending on what flavor profile I’m looking for."
"I like the Fogo black bag for direct."
#7
Royal Oak
3.7
(7)
"Royal oak is good."
"Royal Oak"
"I just throw in royal oak classic or kingsford for high temp cooking."
"Royal Oak hardwood wood lump is all I use."
"Royal Oak lump."
"No love for the red bag Royal Oak at HD? It's hit or miss with lump size but less rocks than in previous years."
"Royal oak lump is my usual tho it burns hot and a little quick."
#8
Lump Charcoal
4.0
(6)
"I like lump because it starts quicker and usually doesn't have any weird flavors."
"It is a great amendment and buy what you can afford."
"Lump Charcoal is piece of cake to use, it gets a bad rap because most folks try to use it like briquettes."
"That’s my preferred."
"I mostly use lump to get up to 500F in my kamado in order to sear steaks."
"I like lump charcoal, I do think it burns hotter and longer."
#9
Cowboy
3.7
(6)
"I like that cowboy hardwood."
"Very consistent product and lasts longer for me than a lot of others on the market."
"I just use whatever I have on hand. And that usually kingford blue or cowboy natural briquette."
"I use Cowboy in my 1050."
"I also like Cowboy brand lump."
"Any cheap brand of lump will work."
#10
Charcoal
5.0
(4)
"The best balance I’ve found is using a chimney starter with a few chunks of natural hardwood or even a small handful of newspaper."
"Newspaper and a chimney…"
"I use the paper from the bag of charcoal and a chimney."
"It's pricey but it's the best I've used too. I use the cheap stuff for basic grilling, and this expensive stuff for cooking premium items."
#11
Big Green Egg
4.8
(4)
"Kamado style grill. New or Used L or XL Big Green Egg/Kamado Joe."
"I have a BGE. It’s easy mode perfect bbq."
"Big Green Egg. It does everything you just said you want and has a lifetime warranty."
"A green egg off FB marketplace."
#12
Big K
4.3
(4)
"Big K is the best I've used."
"I get big K restaurant grade when I see it."
"The general consensus is usually Big K from garden centres."
"This decent lumpwood works for me."
#13
PK
4.7
(3)
"Super easy to use."
"You cannot beat a PK Grill."
"I'm a big fan of my original PK grill."
#14
Coco Urth
3.7
(3)
"Coco urth or coco brico are my go to."
"Currently using this."
"Cocourth. Titanium cubes are better."
#15
Green Olive
5.0
(2)
"I really rate these guys. High quality lump wood charcoal https://greenolivefirewood.co.uk/"
"Green olive is brilliant. Easily the best I have used."
#16
Heat Beads
4.5
(2)
"I use Australian Heat Beads BBQ Briquettes. They are great!"
"Briquettes I've been using heat beads which are very good."
#17
Kamado Joe
4.5
(2)
"I love my kamado and they can easily be gotten for less than 1k."
"I got it from Home Depot, they were running a pretty good sale."
#18
Spider
4.0
(2)
"I've been eyeing the Huntsman for a long time."
"I really like the features of the Spider Huntsman."
#19
KJ
4.0
(2)
"I’ve had the best results with KJ Big Block."
"KJ's Big Block is available and it's good."
#20
Costco
4.0
(2)
"Costco charcoal!"
"I got some really great briquettes from Costco."
#21
El Diablo
3.0
(2)
"I used the El Diablo brand at Costco Business Center for burgers."
"If you have a Costco around, you can sometimes find the El Diablo brand charcoal there."
#22
Kingsford Briquettes
3.0
(2)
"For s’mores you really can’t go wrong with standard briquettes."
"I haven’t bought briquettes in many, many years because they’re too problematic."
#23
Wiese Charcoal
5.0
(1)
"Wiese Charcoal is top class!"
#24
Green Olive Firewood Charcoal
5.0
(1)
"First time using these as recommended here."
#25
Fire and Flame
5.0
(1)
"Super love fish. Been using a lot of Fire and Flame."
#26
Prime 6
5.0
(1)
"I have used prime 6 in karu 16. Piece of cake to light if you have a grill gun."
#27
Masterbuilt
5.0
(1)
"Can’t say enough good things about my masterbuilt gravity series."
#28
Hasty Bake
5.0
(1)
"My vote--Hasty Bake."
#29
Oklahoma Joe's Ryder DLX
5.0
(1)
"Not a charcoal grill, but I'd suggest the Oklahoma Joe's Ryder DLX pellet grill."
#30
Kamado Joe Classic
5.0
(1)
"Kamado Joe classic."
#31
Weber Performer Deluxe
5.0
(1)
"For $1,000, you can get a Weber Performer Deluxe and some doodads."
#32
PK Grill
5.0
(1)
"I can’t justify to the domestic supervisor for another…. But if another happened to show up in my back yard…. It would be a PK Grill."
#33
Leorange
5.0
(1)
"Leorange is my #1 right now"
#34
Jumbo Charcoal
5.0
(1)
"Jumbo Charcoal is the best I've ever used."
#35
Mangrove Wood
5.0
(1)
"I’d strongly suggest getting mangrove wood (kayu bakau) charcoal from Shopee that’s a better medium for BBQ."
#36
Homefire Charcoal
4.0
(1)
"Might be worth a look, saw this on another thread."
#37
Thaan
4.0
(1)
"I use this, it takes longer to light but I use a heating element which works much better than a chimney imo."
#38
Al Fakher
4.0
(1)
"Try Al Fakher, theyre pretty good."
#39
Myron Mixon
4.0
(1)
"Home Depot throws Myron Mixon on a deep discount sale once or twice a year."
#40
Gidgeewood
4.0
(1)
"Lump charcoal only, specifically gidgeewood."
#41
Slow N Sear
4.0
(1)
"Slow n sear kettle is good but you want a ceramic grill I’m guessing."
#42
Char-Griller
4.0
(1)
"I love my Char-Griller Gravity 980."
#43
Post Oak
4.0
(1)
"Order a box of post oak chunks."
#44
Metro Chef
4.0
(1)
"In Germany I suggest Metro Chef Professionell."
#45
Barrel Grills
4.0
(1)
"I like the barrel grills super easy to use."
#46
Char Griller
4.0
(1)
"Char Griller with the side smoker is great. I’ve had one for over 15yrs."
#47
PK 300AF
4.0
(1)
"I recently converted from a Weber Kettle to a PK 300AF."
#48
PK 300
4.0
(1)
"PK 300 or 360 from Amazon will come in at under your price point."
#49
Char-Griller Akorn
4.0
(1)
"Honestly the Char-Griller Akorn IMO is the best starter grill."
#50
Homefire
4.0
(1)
"I personally have used Homefire restaurant charcoal for years."
#51
oga-tan
4.0
(1)
"I personally use it as my go-to for regular grilling. I prefer it to briquettes."
#52
binchotan style eucalyptus
4.0
(1)
"A good binchotan alternative is binchotan style eucalyptus charcoal, it performs well and is half the cost of traditional binchotan."
#53
B&B Oak
4.0
(1)
"2nd bag (which I’m still using) is B&B Oak, and the food I’ve cooked with that tastes much better to us."
#54
B&B Char Logs
4.0
(1)
#55
Fire Sense
4.0
(1)
"For my homies who cant shell more than 50 bucks but love a good steak, Fire Sense BBQ Grill is highly, highly recommended."
#56
Alderline
4.0
(1)
"I use alderline lumpwood, bought off amazon."
#57
Grill Fanatics Maruba
3.0
(1)
"I use LUMP. for brand I haven't found one that works the best for me."
#58
Meathead
3.0
(1)
"It’ll either be the best bag of charcoal I’ve ever come across."
#59
Frontier
3.0
(1)
"I buy whatever I get the most of for the least amount of money, which atm is usually frontier at BJs."
#60
JD
3.0
(1)
"JD is good but not FOGO good."
#61
Weber Kettle
3.0
(1)
"I'll be god damned if I spend 1k on a charcoal grill when I can cook on a cheap weber kettle."
#62
B&B Charcoal
3.0
(1)
"I noticed at Costco in Edmonton there were bags of a brand called 'Extra' Charcoal."
#63
Weber Jumbo Joe
2.0
(1)
"I would avoid the Webber 'Jumbo Joe' from Walmart."
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