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News Our Products BETTER BURNING NEWS OUR PRODUCTS P R O D U C T S W E O F F E R FOLLOW US bbcharcoal bbcharcoal bbcharcoal bbcharcoalgear B L O G B&B GEAR STORE A B O U T U S Rooted in the heart of Texas BBQ country, B&B charcoal is a family owned and operated premium cooking fuel company. Since 1961 B&B has prided itself in combining the best possible woods with a tried and trusted process to produce the competitors and expert’s choice for outdoor cooking. With B&B you can be confident that only 100% all-natural products are used, producing a product that consistently burns longer hotter and cleaner O U R P R O D U C T S B&B Charcoal offers a wide variety of products that can make your grilling experience top notch! From our Oak Briquettes to our grilling accessories, we find passion in the making and pride in what goes into the products. We offer 7+ different flavors of wood; allowing you to experiment on the perfect grilling combo for your next outdoor BBQ event!. S O C I A L @ B B C H A R C O A L . C O M 1 - 8 5 5 - B B Q C O A L XLPREMIUM LUMP CHARCOAL 100% NATURAL HARDWOOD WITH NO ADDITIVES OR FILLERS, OUR B&B TEXAS SIZE XL PREMIUM LUMP CHARCOAL IS MADE USING OUR SELECT BLEND OF ARGENTINIAN WHITE QUEBRACHO LUMP CHARCOAL. SIZE 24 lbs. Bag Dimensions 15X7X29 Pairs W E L L W I T H bigmoecason HOW DO YOU PROPERLY STORE CHARCOAL? Once you buy charcoal, you need to store it properly. Charcoal can easily become contaminated in the garage. Place it in an empty trash can or storage bin and close the lid to protect it. Of B&B course, charcoal must be kept completely dry. Damp charcoal Charcoal not only doesn’t burn well, but can grow mold that will produce Briquettes will chrismayne a harsh flavor in the smoker. The different ingredients that are burn hotter, manufactured into the briquettes also make a big difference. If longer, with less your briquettes contain a large amount of starch, sawdust, or ash and more borax they will absorb more moisture from the air and that will reduce their performance and ability to light and burn properly. authentic B&B Charcoal briquettes contains only 100% hardwood (oak, wood smoke hickory) that is exclusively sourced from our hardwood lump flavor. production. No industrial scrap, no outside wood by-products, aatkinsonbbq no chemical accelerates. That means B&B Charcoal briquettes will burn longer, hotter, with less ash and more authentic wood smoke flavor. "Taste the Flavor!" NOT ALL CHARCOAL IS CREATED EQUAL Charcoal briquettes can be composed of a large variety of materials. It is important to know how your fuel source is made because you will soon be consuming the small Phillip Breeden particulates from the briquettes. For example Kingsford charcoal briquettes contains scrap wood by-products, coal, sawdust (fir, ceder, alder), limestone, starch (corn, rice, wheat), sodium nitrate and borax. As these ingredients burn off they are carried up in smoke to your food. B&B Charcoal briquettes contain only 100% hardwood char (oak, hickory) which is held together by a tiny amount of corn starch. B&B Charcoal briquettes contain the least amount of corn starch available on the market. Corn is naturally gluten free which is important to know if you have a gluten allergy. B&B charcoal briquettes are 100 % natural and are made with the highest quality hardwoods that are exclusively sourced from our lump charcoal production. It is perfectly safe to use B&B Charcoal Briquettes in any ceramic smoker like Big Green Egg or Kamado Joe. B&B Charcoal Briquettes have a greater density and contain less air pockets that prevent popping and sparks BOARS NIGHT OUT BOARSNIGHTOUT.COM Past Achievements MBN Overall Team of the Year 2012 & 2013 - Hog Team of the Year 2012 & 2013 -Shoulder Team of the Year 2012& 2013 - Rib Team of the Year 2012 & 2013 - MBN #2 Overall Team of Year 2014 - MBN Invitational Grand Champion 2014 & 2015 - SCA World Champion 2017 - 2nd Place Whole Hog Memphis in May World Championship 2018 - 3rd Place Steak World Food Championship 2018 - Countless Grand Championships, Dozens of Perfect 180s and Several Full Sweeps. World Championship Seasonings Get Yours Today! #WhiteLightning #DoubleGarlicButter #BNOBbqRub SHOP NOW Team Call Outs BREAKTIME BBQ RICK HERNANDEZ Competed this past weekend (7/18) for the first time since March. Cookoff was in Seaton,Tx. Out of 40 teams, we placed 6th chicken, 1st ribs and 5th in brisket which was gonna enough for Grand Champion. B&B Oak Lump Charcoal had our drums running flawlessly. ALL FORKED UP FOR Q DAN BOLES Competed in Cameron Mo. double 1st day Results 6th overall 1st place Brisket.2nd day Reserve Grand, 8th Chicken, 4th Ribs 1st Brisket BURNT BERMUDA BBQ WES PHILLIPS Recently celebrated 5 years in one of his bbq groups. Team Call Outs AMERICAN GRILLERS GROUP MIKE MCELWANEY Mike has walked 3 times in the last 3 Steak Cookoff Association events! 7th in Duluth, GA, 7th in Folkston, GA, and 6th in Orange Park, Fl!! "Whoop whoop!! 3 of my most favorite trophies! Thanks to B&B Charcoal for providing the constant heat that I need to do my best!+ RED WHITE AND BREW BBQ NAKIA WHITE Shed SCA event 1st place rib and won the cage match vs 1st place turkey. B&B Charcoal has partnered up Tribal Fire Grill for an exciting new grill. You now have the opportunity to use one of the best charcoals on the market along with a new diverse portable grill. Please visit tribalfiregrill.com for more information. Use code Nakia at checkout for your discount Barbecue Competitors Alliance (BCA) "I'm more proud that the Barbecue Competitors Alliance (BCA) is still safely holding competitions. BCA realizes how important it is to cooks to be able to come together and visit. They are always practicing safe distancing and modified judging to keep everyone involved safe." Team Call Outs COMIN’ IN HOT BBQ KEITH AND ANGEL TODD Keith Todd and Angel has been catering events every weekend, teaching grilling classes at their family owned Ace Hardware, repping SCA events, & Sunday they had traveled to Philadelphia to film an SCA TV Steak Showdown A shout-out from Keith Todd "Huge congratulations to Angel Todd she also just graduated high school this year . She has been a great up and coming cook and SCA Rep. Angel is currently working with the SCA and our Comin’ in hot bbq. Keep it up dream big the world is yours kiddo." Team Call Outs ROLLIN COAL TONY BONINSEGNA The first episode of Rollin Coal went to the final four as one of CarbonTV most watched episodes! PULLIN PREMIUM BBQ KATHY PULLIN Kathy has been doing many grilling segments with 2 lifestyle shows, San Antonio Living and We are Austin. Also, the stations Kathy works with is working on something special. Be ready to see a 'pilot' episode soon. It will be taped in Oct. Australia DIVINE SWINE BBQ CLINT PATZACK Australian Team Divine Swine BBQ is proud to have joined team B&B Charcoal for the 2020/2021 Season Downunder Be apart of the SCA Australia FB Group MATTHEW STAUNTON SMOKING COALS BARBECUE B&B Ambassador BAILEY AND JAKIE FEASTIE BOYZ BBQ Feastie Boyz BBQ are 2 brothers out to set the KidsQue Nation world on fire. Europe DIVINE SWINE BBQ CLAUDIO LE ROTISSEUR NANI B&B Ambassador TBSP Head Chef/PitmasterWBQA judge trainerSCA judge Founder of Pitbutchers BBQteam Flame teacher Thank you for all the European teams that support us It’s more than just a charcoal business, It’s a FAMILY business It’s Community It’s the reputation that precedes you; It’s the taste that keeps people coming back! A story from a loyal customer reminiscing his experience with B&B from the very beginning “Back in the mid 70’s I moved to Brenham, Tx and started working at Green Grain Co...a feed, seed, wholesale grocery and beer wholesaler. One of the products we sold a lot of was B & B Charcoal..we sold 100’s of bags of B & B a month...both wholesale and retail. I’ll never forget the old man, from B & B, who delivered the big bags to us every couple of weeks. I don’t remember his name. I was told that he owned the company. I think he did everything from burning the wood to cooling to bagging and then delivering. He was always incredibly particular about how we handed his product...he had a specific spot in our warehouse... he would back his pick-up into the warehouse next to his spot and he would hand me the bags one-by-one. We only sold one size...it was a big bag...I thought it was 25lbs/might have been 20lbs...the tops were neatly folded over in a criss-cross pattern and stapled together. He was particularly careful about how we handled his product..very particular...we had to rotate the bags...stack them upright...never lay ‘em flat...always use care and never break-up the delicate charcoal inside. I was always impressed by his devotion to his product...even in something that, at the time, I thought was as unimportant as charcoal.50 years later and a move back to Austin and a Kamado Joe I think I understand.
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