Review - Royal Oak 100% Charcoal Pellets

[@ElSenorBbq]

For those looking for these pellets, they are in the description. They are pretty hard to find currently and I was lucky enough to have them locally but the link has been provided.

[@jacobbowling6247]

Jayc/Kroger

[@wheelch0ck]

So what was that crack you heard? Is the porcelain coating fine?

[@ElSenorBbq]

@wheelch0ck I'm not sure. It really sounded like a grate cracking but can't find the crack. It was something because it was pretty loud.

[@bschilldadlife3033]

The sear slo-mo and music on point 🔥🔥🔥👊👊👊

[@ElSenorBbq]

Haha I definitely had to give it that extra vibe to it.

[@UABFWSS]

Best of the charcoal pellets. Tried all the others and am actually impressed with these. Mix with my preferred pellets.

[@ElSenorBbq]

I mix them with lumberjack oak and does great! Fantastic for searing though!

[@maze1914]

Just got a bag yesterday and cooking some food on it today. These boys do run hot and I love they give off alot of smoke. Definitely gave me charcoal vibes

[@ElSenorBbq]

Yessir! Enjoy!

[@windvale]

Wow ! You really nailed that steak ! Perfect ! Very helpful video to guys like me that Traeger pretty much everything. Great job !

[@ElSenorBbq]

Thank you! I certainly appreciate it! We have more pellet reviews and will continue to do more!

[@578sundriedAZ]

I live in the desert and I can only use charcoal pellets by the cupful not per bag. The tempeture outside added with the charcoal pellet per bag will over cook any meat or poultry.

[@ElSenorBbq]

It can definitely get up there and overcook it if you aren't careful. I know when I use it, I got to be real careful with it. Cheers!

[@Texas_G_Longhorns]

Hell yea bro! Great video and hell yea to HEB! Love from South Texas!

[@danashay]

Woof. That LOOKED hot. Very nice feature set on your grill! That fire might work better for cast iron searing, I'm gonna try that. Great video, great equipment. You have a new subscriber!

[@ElSenorBbq]

Thank you, I certainly appreciate it!

[@texasgunslinger5751]

1k All Day. Lovin the videos.

[@ElSenorBbq]

Thanks man, I certainly appreciate it!!

[@Drewcooks24]

Great video. Hope your grill is alright from all the heat. I also live in Texas. I love heb and all their seasonings

[@ElSenorBbq]

I think it is, the heat from the fire off of these pellets may have cracked a grate. Haven't thoroughly checked it but it was loud enough that I can't say nothing happened.

[@MrCubansurfer]

Houston Texas 🤠🤠💪💪💪🔥🔥🔥

[@snapnpiksallthetime7672]

I actually took my grille apart because I wasn't getting any smoke, thought it was my heat probe, I guess I found out the hard way, that these pellets do not smoke, but they are the best tasting pellets made today

[@davidthebean284]

HEB brand anything is Awesome. Usually their products are geared towards Texans. My Favorite store. Killer video bro keep them coming

[@ElSenorBbq]

Hell yeah! Thanks my man!

[@ifranksultan]

Thats a really really good looking. Please make another video with similar steaks

[@dalmavs34]

hell yeah bro. I do the same thing, being in the Mansfield area, HEB, and extra pepper on everything lol what I heard is also good, mix it 50/50 with a pecan or post oak pellet.

[@ElSenorBbq]

Yessir!

[@bensmith136842]

I used 50/50 charcoal and Hickory mixed to together = Awsomeness

[@ElSenorBbq]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@robertcabello3124]

Have you used smoke setting with 50/50 mix? if so how does it taste?

[@Jordanfiend361]

Great video bro. Been waiting on this review Bro. It’s harder on the auger for the bigger pellets. I sift mine and go through the big ones and break them in half. Def help the auger out.

[@ElSenorBbq]

They are certainly different for sure. I was in front of the smoker prepping when I started hearing the crackling and breaking of the pellets through the auger. Definitely through me in for a loop!

[@Rickster208]

Amazing video dude. Love the slowmo

[@ElSenorBbq]

Thank you! Burnt my hand in the process but just had to get the right shot lmao!

[@Idkwhyihaveachannel]

“That’s just the Texas thing to do!” Love it

[@ElSenorBbq]

Yessir!

[@0oJAMBIo0]

cool theme dude! Where did you find it?

[@snapnpiksallthetime7672]

The auger sound i am getting to from these pellets, like a grinding sound I was thinking its my auger

[@ElSenorBbq]

They do crack pretty hard

[@BackyardWarrior]

Congrats on the 1K brother 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽hard work pays off 💪💪💪keep them coming and God bless👍👍

[@ElSenorBbq]

Thanks my man! I'm sharing your videos to spread the word out too!

[@BackyardWarrior]

@@ElSenorBbq 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@fiosfiend]

We're about to finally get an HEB in the DFW area, can't wait!

[@ElSenorBbq]

Outstanding!

[@johnlewis6196]

That’s the best steak I’ve seen someone cook on a grill. I just got a pellet grill. Can’t wait to try to get mine just like that.

[@ElSenorBbq]

Oh yeah! Just becareful with them because they do run hot! Cheers!

[@gregorymoore1210]

I bought these yesterday and looking to try them on my Coyote. I can go 650f on direct sear so let’s see if I hit the 700s…. Good vid

[@soota6083]

Did you ever find this out?

[@MetalDetectingwithRandy1]

Question why do you have your vent cap up so high? What does that do for the smaker?

[@ElSenorBbq]

Convection. You shut it down too much and it wont have proper convection to light the pellets, too high and it can't feed pellets fast enough to stay at a consistent temp. Personally I do about 2 fingers width and that seems to be working well for me.

[@jon316love9]

I have the 850 and never used these royal oak pellets. But dannng that flame was insane ! I wanna try these out

[@ElSenorBbq]

Be careful with them. They get super hot!! I'd do 350 on it instead of the highest setting and you should be good!

[@johnnymarcy4904]

I just got the 850 and these pellets have you tried them yet if so how did it work

[@jon316love9]

@@johnnymarcy4904 I have since, ya pay a little more but they are well worth it!

[@johnnymarcy4904]

@Jon316 Love cool I am about out of the apple blend pellets gonna give these ago any issues on high Temps over 350

[@jon316love9]

@@johnnymarcy4904 I use these for grilling steaks. I’ve had no problems using them

[@ericmolina6091]

Man wish I woukdve saw this before doing my tomahawk. Thanks! I got chuck eyes to do this week now!

[@ElSenorBbq]

You'll enjoy it! They really do burn hot so be careful going high up in temps.

[@chesterdalski2939]

Did you ever find out what happened to the grill? Any damage?

[@ElSenorBbq]

I checked the grates real quick because it started raining and hasn't stopped but I didn't see any signs of cracks but I know something happened because it sounded incredibly loud and it was hard enough that the grate moved so something happened. I'll keep you posted!

[@miketee2471]

I had the same thing happen I put a plancha on mine and I was making taco meat and it popped but it was the metal plancha and it warped and took its form back weird experience

[@phelandlucas7184]

Hi. I was curious how the Charc Pellet would be at a low temp and then sou vide. If I get the charcoal taste with the ease of pellet and SV then I wouldn't have to buy a ceramic or gravity fed. Side Note: I noticed Pit Boss now has a gas and pellet which would be ideal if these gave you an almost charcoal taste? Thoughts? Thanks

[@ElSenorBbq]

I'm not sure, I haven't tried that combo personally. I would think it might do very well but once you hit it in the sous vide, the smoke flavor intensifies a bit more. I'm not sure how that'll work out with charcoal pellets but I would start with a blend to see how you like it.

[@texascrossbowdude636]

Have you tried a mix of charcoal pellets with one of the wood varieties to get a special flavor?

[@ElSenorBbq]

I used it with lumberjack 100% oak and got color and some flavor to it. I think these are better for just smoke and sear not for a long term smoke.

[@texascrossbowdude636]

@@ElSenorBbq cool thx for your reply. What did you do with your failed 1150

[@5.0trucka7]

King Luis!

[@christopher6487]

whats up dude! what's the reason why you put the temp probe shield back on the grill? did you see it didn't make any differences or were there problems you ran into? Also before searing you said " let's build up the fire", at what temp on the grill did you start searing? I haven't had nice flames like the ones you had for this video while trying to sear some of my cooks. Thanks!

[@ElSenorBbq]

What's up Chris? When Pit Boss finally came out with an updated firmware, they told me to put the entire smoker back to stock because that's how they did their testing so I did and haven't had an issue with it. When you open the sear plate, you don't automatically get a large fire so you have to give the auger time to feed pellets into the burn pot. Almost all pellets I've used takes quite a bit of time for them to build a decent fire, these pellets on the other hand though, builds it very quick and very hot. Way hotter than I had anticipated. I hope that helps!

[@christopher6487]

@@ElSenorBbq Yes it does thank you sir! keep up the good work.

[@ky0611]

I wonder if these would give a nice bark for brisket ?

[@ElSenorBbq]

It does and I tried it but had to mix in some lumberjack oak in order for it to have any kind of smoke flavor.

[@rogerbuck1782]

Worked 17 years at Royal Oak at the White City Oregon plant. One day management from head office in Georgia came out and shut the plant down. Royal Oak products are now made in China and South America. They have ingredients in it that we couldn’t even have here in the US. Not good. I will never buy any Royal Oak products.

[@ElSenorBbq]

That is very unfortunate to hear. As an OIF veteran, I try and buy American when I can. Unfortunately almost everything is made overseas so it's pretty difficult to choose certain items that you can afford that are American. That's why when I decided to buy my offset smoker, I went 100% American with Lone Star Grillz.

[@joeburros4878]

Hmm thnx for info I guess royal oak was cancel cuture to American jobs thnx I will never buy these

[@900stx7]

There website says they have 16 plants in the USA, and there lump charcoal is made in the USA.

[@badhabit2889]

Came here to see the review about this royal oak charcoal pellet, i was about to buy and try it out and maybe replacement for my regular wood pellets, good thing i saw this thank you, im sticking with my regular wood pellets

[@ColdStoneRacing]

Boohoo

[@oso8595]

Will these be good for smoking

[@ElSenorBbq]

Not really. I did a video that ended up being a flop. There was no flavor in the brisket I did with them solely. I had to mix it with oak pellets to get any kind of flavor. Personally, I'd use them only for reverse searing. Give it some good smoke and then let them get really hot to sear it. Hope this helps!!!

[@92greenebeen]

almost charcoal flavor?? well thats good! Hmmmm.. get the cheap pit boss charcoal pellets from walmart in the hopper and use the royal oak charcoal pellets in a smoke tube.. BAM!! I bet you'll be on the money!! 😉😉

[@ElSenorBbq]

I've had the cheap pit boss pellets but they aren't fully charred all the way through. What I mean by that is you can break it apart and it looks like a normal pellet. These are 100% charred all the way through. Last week I used these pellets exclusively for a brisket smoke. There was a very large mix in results, some good, some very bad, I'm doing another brisket and posting up this weekend about all my findings.

[@henrywright4633]

I had no idea people actually seek out charcoal flavor when pellets made using wood so easy. 🤷

[@ElSenorBbq]

Some folks like the combination of flavors when using a kamado or a weber kettle where you mix wood chunks with charcoal and it has it's own flavor profile. These burn pretty hot so they are great for searing if you are having trouble getting your temps up as well.

[@BrightmoRo]

Maaaaan it's still bleeding

[@ElSenorBbq]

Thats the best part bro!

[@BrightmoRo]

@@ElSenorBbq I can only do well done not burnt 😂

[@mikhailvershinin2292]

❤

[@scicopathic1332]

That is a lil too raw for me

[@KerryJackson-b2d]

I SMOKED HAMBURGERS TURNED OUT GOOD

[@KerryJackson-b2d]

I smoked hamburgers turned out good

[@MarceloRamos-zp2jo]

the disrespect on the picanha... that hurts... dont take out the fat, and all you need is sea salt/ rock salt...

[@LizPostres]

GREAT VIDEO 💣💣💣 WOW LOOKS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS 💯 💯💯💯💯💯😋

[@Todd.T]

I get those for free after an auger fire.

[@ElSenorBbq]

An auger fire? Like the fire worked its way back from the auger into the hopper?

[@Todd.T]

@@ElSenorBbq Yep. The smoke starts coming out through the pile of pellets in the hopper. Dust will cause it. That's why you don't dump the last of the pellets into the hopper. Scoop with a slotted spoon. If I thought the auger was on fire, I'd open the lid and turn up the temperatures so the grill speeds up the pellet feed because it thinks the temps are low and it needs more pellets.

[@thomaswoody9073]

Your finished cook looks burnt on the outside and red ass raw on the inside, you can keep it!!!

[@ElSenorBbq]

Idk if you understand what cooking to temp and finishing it off by searing is but ok. People like A1 sauce on steaks too, something I never understood but to each their own.

[@thomaswoody9073]

Hell Bells cook it in whatever way that makes you happy, just go ahead and chew on some overdone bark with meat sushi inside then!!! I'll damn sure pass on what you like. By the way, WTF are you talking bout "rubber strip steak"? It is always lightly reversed seared (non tree bark-like) medium on the inside Ribeye only for me!!!

[@thomaswoody9073]

Must be awesome for you to have that magical mind-warping brain of yours that has the self-proclaimed ability to identify how a person you don't know diddly damn squat bout behaves in a restaurant. Ever thought bout taking your talent to Vegas or the local VFW? Up here in my neck of the woods our local VFW would love to see your performance, but be prepared we are a rough crowd that doesn't put up with stupid very well. LMAO!!!

[@thomaswoody9073]

By the way, after my stent in the Marine Corps, I worked 25 years in the oil patch in TX and LA. Ate lots of brisket with bark but NEVER had brisket served to me that was meat sushi on the inside. Sounds like you have some fetish with whatever the F_ _k you have done or do in the shower. Surprised your magical mind did not forsee that I spent many a yr in TX! Could be that magical mind-warping talent you claim is not so magical!!!

[@UniversalMind-10]

Bloody mess🤮🤢

[@honestnewsnet]

How much does this grill cost?

[@ElSenorBbq]

Last I checked was about 700 bucks through Lowes.

[@honestnewsnet]

@@ElSenorBbq which model do you have? Is it gas and pellet?

[@ElSenorBbq]

@@honestnewsnet 1150 Pro Series Pellet.

[@gizzyguzzi]

WTH? Picanha? Never heard of it! Came for the pellets, but leaving wanting to find that cut.

[@ElSenorBbq]

Bro it's so good. It's a very very very good cut of steak. 100%.