Time to stock up on half price Heat Beads ($1.60/kg) at Coles.
I haven't had any luck with delivery for these in the past but worth a try if you're not close to a store.
Worth asking for stock out the back if they don't have any on the shelf.
1/2 Price: Heat Beads Original BBQ Briquettes 4kg $6.25 @ Coles
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OzBragain on 19/03/2025 - 16:59 coles.com.au (1079 clicks)
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just in time for Eid
Happy Eid!
I read this as beats original. Back to headphone shopping now
Thanks OP.
Got some for my Oklahoma Joe's Longhorn reverse flow smoker
Here hoping and waiting for Bunnings price match!
Bunnings have price matched I prefer the bigger bags from Bunnings myself, and they usually have more stock.
Thanks. I ordered click and collect along with some lamb chops. Let’s see. Bbq tomorrow hopefully
Prefer lumpwood but since the jumbuck bags went to 20 bucks i may have to pivot
Thanks OP, ordered 12. Let's see if they'll deliver since they had an option to "substitute the item" if they don't have the item in stock…
Bought 2, heaps at my local Coles. I find these good for low and slow in the Weber using snake method with a couple of chunks of smoking wood. They are not as uniform in size as the Weber brand briquettes, but they burn well and produce less ash than the Weber brand briquettes.
They say you need to wait for the bricks to turn white before putting meat on to avoid the kero outer "flavor '.
How do you do this with the snake method?
Snake method is only lighting one or two briquettes gradually, so you don't end up with any dirty smoke from it.
Huh? Food is exposed to identical amounts of smoke, just over a longer period?
@tunzafun001: It is a very widely used method. I have never heard of anyone complaining of kero flavour. I have used this many times myself without any kero flavour.
Easy-Lite are the Heat Beads that smell of kero, the other varieties are fine for making a snake
Ok, cheers.
But all black beads have that distinct taste.
Or are we saying, don't worry about letting them turn white, they will have that taste anyway.
@tunzafun001: I cook with Heat Beads/Weber/Redheads briquettes a few times a week, I never use easy light and never notice any kero flavour.
Different varieties of briquettes have different flavours which are all different to lump which is different again to burning down hardwood and cooking over the coals (my personal favourite).
Aussie lump is different to the mangrove rubbish being imported and sold cheap.
If I'm grilling then I'll let all the briquettes light before starting to cook but that's more about heat than smoke.
Snake or minion for a slow cook and only 10 - 20% are lit at the start of the cook.
Just get out there and experiment, make some mistakes and have a laugh. It's more of an art than a science
I cook with the original heat beads at least once a week and have never had a kero flavour. The original heat beads do not include an accelerant. They are designed to burn clean and impart no chemical flavours to the food being cooked. They are made from char (mineralised carbon), salt (which acts as an oxidizing agent), sand (filler used to provide thermal mass) and a natural starch binder (most likely made from corn or wheat). By waiting for the Heat Beads to turn white, you ensure that they are at the ideal temperature and condition for cooking. But the snake method only requires the first few briquettes to be white because it is a low and slow method and the others will turn white as the snake burns so you get a consistent low temperature.
Prefer lumpwood but at this price hard to beat!
Horses for courses. Lump wood lights faster, reaches cooking temperature more quickly and is great for hot and fast cooks or searing. Also imparts a more smoky flavour. Briquettes burn longer and maintain a steady temperature, so are better for low and slow cooks and smoking. You can also mix both to combine their benefits.
Store in description please