The Perfect BBQ Fuels!

The perfect barbecue starts with the right fuel.

The secret to a successful barbecue is understanding what heat you will get from your fuel, how to light it and how long you can expect it to keep producing heat to cook on.   As for the choice of which Zip fuel to use - only you can decide!

What is the difference between lumpwod charcoal and charcoal briquettes?

Lumpwood Charcoal

When producing our charcoal, a blend of hardwoods, like ebony and mesquite, is fired in a kiln - this drives out water making it lightweight and easier to light. The resulting charcoal is then sieved and smaller pieces are removed (either for use in poorer quality charcoals or in the manufacturer of briquettes). Good quality charcoal, like ours, comes from the large pieces - commonly known as ‘Restaurant Grade', we only take the best!

Advantages of Zip's Lumpwood Charcoal are:

• 100 % pure and natural
• Reaches optimum cooking temperature sooner than briquettes
• Burns cleaner than briquettes

Our 100% natural restaurant grade charcoal is perfect for a stress-free barbecue, start cooking sooner and cook for longer with great results every time.

The hardwood blend will complement and enhance the natural flavours of your barbecued food. What's more our charcoal is double sieved for purity so there is less dust or small shards than any charcoal we've found - so you use everything in the bag!

When you have finished cooking, because Zip lumpwood charcoal leaves less ash, cleaning up is easier too!

Charcoal Briquettes 

These are neat rounded blocks formed by the compression of particles and smaller pieces of charcoal. During the compression stage many suppliers add fillers or chemicals to the briquettes, so they can save using less of more expensive charcoal. We don't! Our briquettes are 100% natural and have only charcoal and a natural food binder to make sure they keep their shape.

In general, compared to lumpwood:

• Their uniform shape and size make cooking easier
• They give a more consistent, evenly distributed heat
• Longer cooking time - briquettes stay hotter for longer

Our 100% natural hardwood briquettes are perfect for a stress-free barbecue, burning hotter with a consistent, evenly distributed heat you'll get great results every time.

With no artificial additives, chemicals or fillers our hardwood blend impart a mild smoky aroma, which will complement and enhance the natural flavours of your barbecued food.

When you have finished cooking, because Zip hardwood briquettes leave less ash, cleaning up is easier too!

Plus all our charcoal is Ethically Sourced 

No live trees are felled to produce our charcoal. Our harvesters prune and coppice the trees. The trees that are chosen are very resilient and grow very rapidly.
We are also working in conjunction with Trees for the Future - planting a tree a minute. Click on the logo to find out more.