Peoples Wood Generic Charcoal nakedwhiz.com       Home       Lump Review Index       Quick Stats Date Of Review: March, 2004 Date Of Latest Update: December, 2005 Purchased From: Donated by Charlie Breen Date Purchased: March, 2004 Price: $8.95 Weight: 20 pounds Burn Time: Ash Production: Type of Wood: Unknown, but probably oak and hickory. Strange Material?: None Scrap Lumber Pieces?: None Smell: The expected hardwood smoke smell. Country of Origin: USA Quick Links Other Information: Click Here Unusual Or Unique Statements: Click Here Statements From The Bag: Click Here Lighting Instructions: Click Here Photos of Contents: Click Here Other Photos: Click Here Photo of UPC Code: Click Here Contact Information: Click Here Rate And Comment On This Charcoal: Click Here Commentary NOTE: This charcoal is no longer carried by People's Woods. It has been replaced by their "Nature's Own Chunk Charcoal" and you can find a review of this new charcoal here on the Lump Charcoal Database. This charcoal was sent to us by Charlie Breen who picked it up at Peoples Wood. (See contact information below.) It isn't listed on their website, but you should be able to call them and ask them about it. Charlie was told that this charcoal is made by a company named Malloy (or sounds like it) and comes from either Tennesee or Kentucky. Since there is no brand name on the bag, we are calling this "Peoples Generic" for now. The bag of charcoal we received seems to have a pretty good distribution of sizes. Lots of large and medium pieces and not to great an amount of chips and dust. We haven't been weighing the chips and dust up until we thought to do it for the review previous to this one, so we don't have a scale to go on for comparison, but as you can see, the sorted picture shows that the amount is not excessive compared to many other brands. The dust/chips weighed 2 pounds 3.5 ounces, or about 11 percent. Ash production was low, but boy, were we surprised by the burn time. This charcoal is not dense. In fact, the volume of 6 pounds of this charcoal was greater than the volume of 6 pounds of Cowboy. So we expected it to burn hot and fast. Well, it did burn hot, but boy did it burn slow! The three pound sample we burned had a high burntime compared to other brands we have tested. We were so surprised, that we repeated the burn test with similar results. So this rather destroys the myth that dense always equals long-burning. The charcoal was easy to light, 2.5 sheets of newspaper in our chimney starter test. It had a pleasant smell that you would expect from American hardwoods. If you can buy this charcoal from Peoples Woods locally, it's a bargain at $8.95 for 20 pounds. Even if you have to order your charcoal online, this would be a great choice. We give this charcoal our Recommended rating. 12/03/05 UPDATE: The mystery has been solved. People's Woods have been bought by A. J. Martin, Inc. and they are indeed open for business. To the left is the rating that our readers have given this charcoal. If you have used this charcoal and would like to rate it and leave your comments, Click Here To view reader ratings of all brands, Click Here. Other Information None. Unusual or Unique Statements None. Statements From The Bag "100% Pure Hardwood Lump Charcoal" Lighting Instructions None. Photos Of Contents This is the contents of the bag. Those are 1 inch squares on the measuring bar. Here is a closer view. Here are the larger pieces we found in the bag. Here are the contents of the bag sorted into large, medium, small, and too small/chips/dust. Other Photos This is how the bags arrived. Photo of UPC Code Here is a photo of the UPC code on the bag: Contact Information People's Woods have been bought by A. J. Martin. This charcoal is no longer available, but has been replaced by Nature's Own Chunk Charwood. See our review on the Lump Charcoal Database. A. J. Martin, Inc. (800) 443-6450 www.naturesownonline.com