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Barbecuing can be a great deal of fun, but key to its success is in choosing the right kind of fuel. In the UK, the two most widely used fuels for cooking over open fires are charcoal, and charcoal briquettes…So which fuel should you choose? Let’s first take a look at briquettes and see what they have to offer. Charcoal briquettes are a manufactured by-product of wood that’s then mixed with additives. Briquettes are widely used as they burn and smoulder for a very long time. But they are very far from being a ‘natural’ product and contain a number of chemical additives, and this is one of the main reasons that briquettes are not widely used by professional cooks and chiefs. The second most popular source of fuel is traditional charcoal. Charcoal is essentially carbon in its purest form, meaning that it’s a much more natural fuel than briquettes and features no chemical additives. Though it burns for a shorter duration than briquettes, it provides more heat, and a nicer aroma and ...