Originally Posted by
corky
I find that since Kingsford changed their formula a couple years ago, their briquettes burn too hot and too fast...I used to get a much longer heat from them without adding coals...now they burn down way too quickly. I use hardwood chunks when I want super high heat but I would prefer the briquettes to burn slower so maybe those extrusion things aren't for me.
The company claims a 10 hour smoking time and 5 hours of grillin' from a 10kg box. I'd be very surprised if I couldn't get substantially longer on a smoke than 10 hours. (I usually use mostly briquettes when I smoke, just because I use wood to flavour so why waste good charcoal.)
https://firebrandbbq.com.au/product/...-bbq-charcoal/