1.   Although lump hardwood charcoal costs considerably more than briquettes, it is more efficient and so ends up costing about the same per use.

2.   But natural lump hardwood charcoal, which contains no additives or fillers, is especially desirable for fast-cooking foods like fish and burgers.

3.   Even the flavor of hardwood charcoal is subtle.

4.   For live-fire cooking, lump hardwood charcoal is re-emerging as an alternative, after being eclipsed by briquettes for decades.

5.   For optimum heat, he added a few chunks of hardwood charcoal.

6.   Hardwood charcoal contains no additives or fillers.

7.   Hardwood charcoal lights more readily and can be regulated more easily because it is almost pure carbon.

8.   In grill with a cover, prepare a medium-hot fire, preferably with natural hardwood charcoal, for direct-heat cooking.

9.   Lump hardwood charcoal, however, is considerably more expensive than briquettes.

10.   The difference between expensive lump hardwood charcoal and briquettes is the extra fillers and lighting compounds that are added to the cheaper briquettes.