Big K Chilla-Grilla Restaurant Grade Lumpwood Charcoal 12kg

Big K Chilla-Grilla Restaurant Grade Lumpwood Charcoal – 12kg

Chilla-Grilla is the charcoal Big K supply to restaurant kitchens, bagged at 12kg for people who cook outdoors often enough to get through it. Big K cut it from an invasive bush species in Namibia, so the raw material is a by-product of land clearance rather than a felled forest, and the bags carry full FSC chain-of-custody certification.

It is pure wood charcoal with nothing added — no binders, no accelerants — so the only flavour reaching the food is wood smoke. Big K rate it four out of five for heat output and four out of five for ease of lighting, and reckon on up to two hours of cooking time from a load.

Performance & Benefits

• 12kg bag of restaurant-grade lumpwood, the grade Big K supply to professional kitchens.
• Rated 4 out of 5 by Big K for heat output — hot enough for searing steak and for high-heat pizza work.
• Rated 4 out of 5 for ease of lighting: ready to cook within about 30 minutes.
• Up to two hours of cooking time from one load, so a long cook does not need constant topping up.
• Natural wood smoke flavour, with no chemicals, binders or accelerants added.
• FSC certified with full chain of custody; the wood comes from an invasive bush species cleared in Namibia.

Suitable For

• Kettle barbecues, kamados, open grills and built-in barbecue pits.
• Searing, direct grilling and high-temperature pizza ovens.
• Anyone who barbecues regularly and would rather buy 12kg than a run of small bags.
• Cooks who want wood smoke flavour rather than the smell of lighter fluid.
• Not an instant-light product — it needs firelighters and half an hour. If you want to light and cook straight away, Homefire Instant Light Lumpwood Charcoal is the one to reach for.

How to Use

• Build a base layer of charcoal in the barbecue, sit three or four firelighters in it and light them.
• Cover the lit firelighters with more charcoal, stacked into a loose pyramid.
• Leave it about 15 minutes, then rake the coals out into an even bed.
• Give it a further 5 to 10 minutes, until the coals are grey-ashed over, then start cooking.
• Close the lid and vents to smother what is left, and reuse the unburnt lumps next time.

Specification

• Weight 12kg. Big K product code RCH12FSC.
• 100% natural lumpwood charcoal; no binders, chemicals or accelerants.
• FSC certified with full chain-of-custody certification.
• Heat output 4/5 and ease of lighting 4/5 on Big K’s own scale; up to 2 hours cooking time.
• Big K publish no lump size range and no ash figure for this grade, so neither is stated here.

Care & Caution

• Charcoal gives off carbon monoxide as it burns, and goes on doing so while it cools. Never light it or cool it indoors, in a tent, awning, garage or any other enclosed space.
• Barbecue lids, grills and bowls get extremely hot. Keep children and animals well clear of a lit barbecue.
• Do not use petrol, methylated spirits or other flammable liquids to start or revive it.
• Douse spent coals with water, or leave them to go cold in the barbecue, before disposal — ash can stay hot for many hours.