Can someone tell me which brand of charcoal the pros use in barbecue contests?
Frank Boyer– Many of the teams at MIM use “Holland” brand charcoal. ============== Patty Burke-Shelby– Hickory Specialties, in Tennessee, makes “Nature Glo”, “Wildfire”, “Holland”, and “Kroger” brands of charcoal briquettes. They are pure hickory charcoal briquettes with corn starch being the only additive. I would not compare it to “Royal Oak”. To me Royal Oak falls in the category of Kingsford, it also leaves a bad after-smell when burning. We (Tower Rock BBQ Team) use the Nature Glo and the Kroger brands. We used to use the Holland brand until we called the company and found out that Kroger and Nature Glo were the same.
