Rockwood Lump Charcoal 20# Bag
100% Missouri Hardwood - Mostly oak & hickory, and occasionally some maple, pecan, and/or cherry

Kilned to 80-85% carbon on average, producing a very neutral smoke, high BTU/#, and low ash.  It is extremely responsive to oxygen changes.

#1 consumer ranked lump charcoal on "The Naked Whiz" Hardwood Charcoal Database for 9+ years

Martha Stewart's "Test Kitchen Pick" for charcoal - July 2017

Made from renewable and recycled resources--not a single tree is harvested to make Rockwood, it's only the slabs too knotty or warped to be made into lumber

Our bag is 100% natural kraft paper with soy based ink. It can be safely recyclable, composted, or burned to help light the charcoal.
 
Rockwood Is Real
When it comes to good barbecue, simple is best. Our premium lump charcoal, smoking woods and other barbecue essentials are all-natural and made in Missouri. At Rockwood, you can count on real wood and real, hearty flavors.
 
Premium Rockwood Charcoal Brings the Heat
Grilling? Turn up the heat. Rockwood premium all-natural lump charcoal lights quickly and burns clean for better control and better flavor.
 
Made from Missouri oak, hickory, maple and pecan
Sourced exclusively from timber milling operations
Contains no chemicals, filler, binders or additives
Burns longer, cleaner and more consistently than other charcoal
Named best overall lump charcoal in 2021 by NBC Select
 
PREMIUM QUALITY
ALL NATURAL
MADE IN MISSOURI
 
About Rockwood Lump Charcoal
WHY IS ROCKWOOD LUMP CHARCOAL BETTER THAN OTHER LUMP BRANDS?
Rockwood comes exclusively from Missouri hardwood–mainly oak & hickory, but can contain some pecan, cherry, and/or maple. Other brands use foreign woods and flooring/molding scrap, which contain can softwoods and resins.
Rockwood is carefully handled and stacked to ensure the large chunks of charcoal remain intact. It’s also properly dried, kilned, and cooled to remove all tars that could produce undesirable smoke.
 
And Rockwood is environmentally friendly. From the charcoal production, to the bag, to the waste, we keep our product and our process green.
 
WHERE DOES ROCKWOOD LUMP CHARCOAL COME FROM?
Rockwood is 100% from Missouri. Our charcoal comes from hardwood left over from timber milling operations in the Ozarks and Mark Twain National Forest. Our charcoal is dried, kilned, and packaged in southern Missouri and carefully transported to our two warehouses in St. Louis County, Missouri.
 
IS ROCKWOOD LUMP CHARCOAL “ORGANIC”?
Our charcoal is all-natural. It is made from 100% Missouri hardwood trees growing in the wild. It contains zero chemicals, fertilizers, or pesticides. We could legally say it is “organic”; however, it would misrepresent the product and corrupt the word itself.
“Organic” gets thrown around a lot now, but there are strict USDA regulations when and where you can use it in terms of food and beverage labeling. Typically, it’s used to show the product was “organically farmed” under the regulations of 7 CFR Part 205–free of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, etc. It is also used, but not as regulated, to label textiles and personal hygiene products.
 
First off, our charcoal not “farmed”–it comes from trees growing naturally in the forest. Furthermore, our charcoal is not consumed, nor worn on or applied to a person’s body. For these reasons, we have chosen not to debase the word “organic” by using it to describe a fuel.
 
We fully support the organic movement 100% by keeping it natural. We definitely can say that certified organic products taste the best when prepared over all-natural lump charcoal!
 
IS ROCKWOOD INVOLVED IN ANY FUNDRAISING OR CHARITY EFFORTS?
Rockwood donates charcoal to charity barbecues and directly to disaster recovery and rescue efforts where gas and electricity may not be available. Many charities sell our charcoal at fundraising barbecues and keep the profits.