Marienburg Organic Restaurant Grade Lumpwood BBQ Charcoal for Barbecues and Pizza Ovens, 30L

It is a very good coal, easy to light up, no assistance and doesn’t make much smoke. Only issue it burns quick.

I've moved from supermarket smoking spitting cheap coal to proper charcoal that lights with a sheet of paper and produces no smoke. The problem is this type of charcoal likes to be on an open BBQ and needs a bit of a jiggle to remove and ash and open the coal to fresh air.The charcoal from a local source used sycamore, which is superb if you like to keep moving it about, lots of ash, no smoke and no spitting. I tried alderline, good but the same as the local stuff. Plenty of huge pieces.The marienburg is slightly better than the other two if you use a kettle and cook with the lid on. It doesn't ash up as much. It does however spit a bit more. Not as bad a supermarket stuff though. If cooking with the lid on, a few kicks to the BBQ legs every 10 mins is good enough. Burn time is acceptable and adding more coal during cooking soon add extra hear. It is ready to cook on in 10 minutes or so. This stuff is very light. Ignore any comments about the weight. You get a big bag full. It chinks beautifully when lit. Way better than charcoal briquettes!

Overall it was good, easy to light up, no special smell. But I was a bit surprised with the weight when I received it which was very light in such a big bag. The charcoal inside is quite broken into small pieces. This is good to light up but not good for lasting. I expect it can last for the whole BBQ but not. It burnt up quite fast into ash. Other than this, it's good.

Happy with the purchase, no smokeless in the room when we had BBQ.

Why did you choose this product over others?:such small pieces of the coals. The worst bbq coal ever. For a small bbq I’ve used over half a bag!!! That’s ridiculous. Even b&q lump coal lasts longer. Absolutely rubbish. don’t buy it.

Worked a treat, easy to light and burns for ages

It's normal lump wood charcoal. It's OK, BUT £17 for 4 KG! It's Expensive!

Two stars because it lights easily enough and reaches a good temp, but it does not maintain heat and goes out when only half burned. Threw half my bag away in the end and went back to other premium lump wood charcoals that all perform much better.