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Wouldn't a reusable one be better? I'm not sure about this...

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I prefer real, 100% wood charcoal - and it's surprisingly light compared to the nasty charcoal with lighter fluid and who knows what else in it. This looks like more junk for the landfills.

According to their website, the product is only available in a few states. Winn Dixie is who carries it in Florida. I'll see if I can find one, check it out and let everyone know if I get a nice grilled burger or an overpriced frisbee.

Isn't the point of grilling to alter the taste of the food? And isn't the "funny aftertaste" smoke?

I think I'll be sticking with my 100% natural lump charcoal. Remember, burning wood is a 0 sum carbon game. You're only releasing the same amount of carbon that the wood absorbed in the first place.

The BioFuel that the site speaks about (complete with a picture of a field of corn) is likely grown with the help of petroleum fertilizer. Isn't wood the original BioFuel? The one that needs little alteration to make it efficiently burnable?

Thanks, but no thanks.

You might as well cook inside on an electric grill if youre not using chunk charcoal to cook with outside.

Well, I think it's an interesting idea. If that's the grill top that goes with it behind the disk's box, then it would be great for those of us who do not have a grill and only grill out a couple times a year. I do not have a patio, so buying a "real" grill is pointless to me.

Sarahrae - What aspect of this makes it eco-friendly? It isn't reuseable, right? I really don't see the earth friendly connection... but I suspect I might have overlooked some key point. :-)

watch out. this is GREEN WASHING

Yeah I think I'll stick to 100% natural lump charcoal as well. If I were worried about charcoal I'd just get a gas grill instead of this. But personally I don't really see the point of grilling unless you're going to use charcoal. Spatchcocked chicken just doesn't taste as good if you don't use it.

I do a bit of grilling and you can't beat a good Charcoal grill. That being said, this looks like a great idea for campers. Having an available source of heat for food is a must sometimes and getting wet wood to ignite is a slight pain. For $5 a pop, not a bad deal either. Might have to investigate this further... :-) This blog ROX!

I've used this before, and it works GREAT! I had never grilled anything on my own before but this seemed like it would make it very easy...and it did! I totally recommend this for people living in apartments or campers, etc. I would tell anyone interested to try it!!

Um, but grilling over the charcoal is actually what makes it taste good ... why bother otherwise?

Charcoal is also natural and renewable. Besides, there's no such thing as "solid ethanol." What they have here is something like sterno, the blue-flamed cans you see under chafing dishes. I.e., denatured ethanol jello.

I'm with xieta, this just looks like more stuff to throw out.

special disk so cool


I will cook with charcoal grill