I'm the envy of male guests when they see this charcoal. Many of them don't even know that you can get something other than briquets. Might just be my imagination but it seems to burn hotter than briquets. Works well with chimney lighting, and the sparks flying off the top for the first 10 minute or so is like a mini fireworks show - good time for a beer.

I have bought several bags of this charcoal and loved it, but this bag is awful. The pieces are huge and impart an off, acrid flavor to food. I am using in a big green egg. I ruined a $30 prime steak last night. I will be very reticent about buying this again.

UPDATE 9/1/2107
Fogo customer service contacted me and offered to ship a replacement bag to try. I'm happy to say the new bag arrived this week and it is back to usual Fogo standards. The lump is normal size and there were no off flavors at all. The burgers were outstanding. I'm looking forward to a Labor Day brisket cook.

Fogo saved a customer.

So far my favorite lump charcoal. These can get hot, when I start them in the Rapid Fire, but burn the perfect temp for my side by side. The pieces are generally larger in size, and with just a few pieces I can run long controlled even temp burns. Smoke is good and not overwhelming, but with the addition of a few sticks flavor can be adjusted very easily. I only wish this were available year round. I find it hard to get a hold of if I run out in the late winter/early spring.

The bag is huge, the pieces are large, and I was able to light it easily. I am very satisfied with this purchase. I'm used to using rinky dinky little charcoal pieces, so you can imagine my surprise when I opened the bad and pulled out an entire piece of a tree branch! The charcoal imparts a nice flavor as well, it seemed more subtle than the other charcoal I've used.

Yes!! This giant bag of top grade charcoal arrived promptly on my door step and I could barely wait to get the grill going! Although it took a bit of strength to get it out back, I was elated while imagining the effort it would have taken to carry from a store, to a vehicle, etc. I purchase lump charcoal for my big green egg grill at various stores (fresh market, schnucks, local butchers) and am usually pretty satisfied, but this is on a new level as far as size and the ability to burn for long periods of time. Plus, when you take into consideration the lbs per $, Fogo charcoal is a real winner!! This lump charcoal is ON POINT and the fact that it was delivered right to me made it even sweeter of a deal! I hope I'm not the only one who gets this excited over charcoal!!