Our signature hardwood lump charcoal is great for all grills and smokers, including kamado and ceramic grills. In its natural lump shape, this pure charcoal comes from renewable oak, hickory, maple and walnut hardwoods with no chemicals or additives.

One may also ask, do charcoal briquettes have chemicals? All charcoal is made of the same thing: wood burned with little oxygen so that all thats left is essentially carbon. But makers of lump charcoal claim its superior because of its purity — it contains no additives like regular briquettes or lighter fluid like instant-light ones.

Also question is, is Royal Oak charcoal any good?

The charcoal burns for a long time with a low amount of ash production. It is widely available and is reasonably priced. All in all a very nice product and it gets our Highly Recommended rating.

Which brand of charcoal is best?

Here are the best charcoals we tested ranked, in order.

Jealous Devil Lump Charcoal. Kingsford Original Briquettes. Fogo Super Premium. Royal Oak Briquettes. Weber 100 Percent Hardwood Briquettes. Carbon de Coco Briquettes. Cowboy Brand Lump Charcoal. Kingsford Matchlight.