Looks like Paul's found himself a new BBQ toy to play with:
I saw it and said what the heck. I am always interested in new Barbeque products. The website http://lokkii.com/ says it is organic.(Whoopdiedoo). I think Mesquite charcoal is the same. I ordered a six pack. The shipping ended up the same as the product.I had a Corned Beef Brisket and some Beef Ribs. I rubbed them with Survival Spice™ and started cooking it with one brick. I wanted to cook low and slow. When you first light these suckers it smells like pine. Maybe that is there secret ingredient. Once it is lit the smell goes away. I had to light a second log after an hour. They claim it will cook for two hours. I had it in a Weber Kettle.
What do I think?. Can you trust a product from China? Do you want to pay shipping? I give it a thumbs down.!! I would only recommend it you were backpacking because of the convience. It had a Pine smell when you lit it. I do not trust that this was an organic lighting system. There was some chemicals. The only plus I found was convience.
Now to the Highlights of the Dinner. Corned Beef and Beef Ribs rubbed with Survival Spice. Creamed Corn with Bacon (A&B Market,Bend Or,) Tomatoe with Pt.Reyes Blue Cheese, and a whole lot of Lovvin!!!!! Peace, Paul.
I wonder if that smell was resins they probably add as a binder, to keep it from falling apart during shippping. Interesting idea, if wonder if they're selling a lot of them? It is a great idea for campers, and people using public grills that don't want to haul around a bag of charcoal. Chile said that they're about 4 1/2" across.
Man, those ribs look good enough to eat!!! Ribs + Survival Spice® = good times.
I read your comments on Lokkii.I BBQ 2-3 times a week,I am always interested to try new cooking fuels.Lokkii ,I used 2 bricks in my weber .They cook great.The pine smell ,I did not find the smell unpleasent in any way and the smell dissapeared as soon asI lit the brick ,I much prefer the smell of Lokkii to the smell of say Kingsford Ready to lite they smell like petrol.I do not agree with your comments about binder and chemicals,I have now used the Lokkii 5-6 times and it is a great product, and your comment re they are from China what has that got to do with a great product.Give me a loKii over a Kingsford any day.
Hi Jake-
You have to use some kind of binder, otherwise you just have powder, it wasn't a slur at all. And I agree that all of the Match Light type of products I've tried have igniters that frequently are not burned off by the time they're ready to use. Nasty stuff, indeed.
Thanks for stopping by!