Congratulations! You’re moving up in the world, kid. You’ll typically want to use 25-50% less lump charcoal if you’re used to briquette, and 15-25% less if you’re used to other types of lump. Jealous Devil burns significantly hotter than other fuels as well – so watch your thermometer the first time you fire it up.

We disagree with lighter fluid at a soul-deep level. Just don’t. Please. Light our charcoals with an active starter (MAP/propane torch or Looflighter), or in a charcoal chimney with a few wax cubes or similar types of starters. Started correctly, these should be at a cook-ready state within 15 minutes. For Blox, we strongly advise using a bed of high quality kindling underneath and using a torch. Started correctly, Blox should be lit end-to-end and produce little visible smoke within 20 minutes. If it looks like a stick of burning incense or you’re having trouble keeping it lit, use a hotter and/or longer-lasting starter.

Hell yes! Jealous Devil is equally awesome for open grills and low-oxygen smoker environments. Use it everywhere from tabletop Weber Smokey Joes to Big Green Eggs to truck-sized offset smokers or backyard pizza ovens. You can use it alone (it’s great, really) or in combination with your favorite wood for more complex flavor combinations.

They use this type of charcoal to fuel metal forges. It’ll be plenty toasty for your pizza. Our lump charcoal exceeded 1100F max temps in independent testing.

This is perhaps our most commonly asked and most impossible to answer question. Weather, grill type, storage, and other factors play a huge role in your fuel’s performance. What we can say is that we’ve had multiple reports of our charcoal lasting 4+ hours in open grills and up to 20+ hours in smokers/kamados. A pro chef cooked a whole pig over 5 hours in a Caja China smoker with approximately 30lbs of charcoal (less than 1 bag). Especially if you’re new to BBQ (but even if you’re not), we recommend you keep a log of your cooks to ensure reliability.