Big Green Egg Natural Lump Charcoal is a premium product with major advantages over ordinary charcoal briquettes. Our superior natural lump charcoal is made from 100% domestic oak and hickory wood, and contains no by-products, chemical fillers or petroleum additives. Natural lump charcoal imparts a great flavor to foods with no chemical aftertaste ... you definitely will experience the difference.Natural Lump Charcoal burns efficiently and produces very little ash - one pound of natural lump charcoal produces the equivalent heat of two pounds of briquettes! Lump charcoal is also incredibly convenient ... it lights quickly, heats to cooking temperature in as little as 10 minutes, and burns hotter than briquettes for perfect results.