The Bincho Grill Binchotan Charcoal 11 lbs – Premium Japanese Grill Style Hardwood, 95% Carbon, Smokeless High-Heat, Long Burn for Yakitori, Reusable

Used this once with our grill. Worked great and have a lot left over!

You will want a charcoal chimney to help start. Awesome charcoal. Once lit it burns long and hot.

I'd been using the thaan charcoal for a while now which is inexpensive and works ok. However the bricks are not reusable and I hated wasting the product. These are definitely an investment, but you're going to get a consistent burn, and the pieces can be used over and over again until they are truly spent. I think in the long run you can end up saving money using these as opposed to single use thaan style charcoal.

On a price per pound basis, this is a good alternative to the higher grades of Japanese binchotan. I didn't have a way to measure the heat, but I don't believe it got as hot as the more expensive grades, which was not a problem. People still loved the food and I'll buy another box. There was a bit of popping on some of the sticks, which probably indicates a bit of moisture in some of the pieces. There was very little smoking once the coals got hot and there was no foul odor. The charcoal was a mix of sizes, ranging from small scraps about the size of a pinkie finger to larger chunks of about 7" long x 3" diameter. In summary, this is a perfectly acceptable alternative to the oak tree Japanese binchotan. I think I may experiment by adding a bit more than with the Japanese product and will be more aggressive about rotating hot coals. I'll update my review after using the next box.

After a trip to Japan I needed that Japanese charcoal to relive their delicious BBQ. This is good, super hardwood charcoal. A constant heat source is needed to use them properly.

Overpriced for the quality. Its hard to light which is expected it doesnt stay lit. Once you get it lit it burns up way faster than it should and the pieces are not uniform size. You get logs and chunks and sticks. If you want binchotan pay the 300 bucks for the real Japanese stuff.

Worth it. Took a gallon size bag of this camping and the charcoal lasted nearly five hours. A little goes a really long way. The sound when you knock them together is like glass tinkling. Very dense, heavy, and easy to light in a chimney. I'm definitely purchasing again.

This is a must when you need a very hot grill to sear things like a steak. It's hard to believe how hot it gets and it would burn for a very long time. Fortunbatly Bincho Grills has a great stainless canister that snuffs out the charcoal very quickly so I'll likely get several uses of each piece of the Binchotan Charcoal.

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