by Pecker » 03 Jul 2012, 09:21
I know they get a bad press (often for some fairly illogical reasons) but I think Weber briquettes do a very good job.
They get hot - Heat Beads may get hotter, but Webers get hot enough to burn anything if you get it wrong, which is more than hot enough.
They are very long lasting. People usually say (for example) that they've had to replenish briquettes when doing beer can chicken, but I've never had to do this, even when cooking a very large chicken - maybe 2.5kg+.
They're not as cheap as supermarket brands, but can be had a little cheaper than Heat Beads. The offer isn't on at the moment, but I got 3 x 10kg bags from GardenXL through Amazon Marketplace. It was £13.49 per 10kg bag, with free postage if you ordered 3 or more bags.
Unfortunately that's not up at Amazon UK at the moment.
Steve W