168526 Wed Sep 10 12:56:23 -0700 2003 5 14 Washington DC & Baltimore Area 0 901649 Anyone know where I can find these before all the nice weather is over? Wed Sep 10 12:56:23 -0700 2003 0 ADL 1 901654 Trader Joe's in Rockville had a large stack of bags of hardwood charcoal at the front of the store this morning. Wed Sep 10 13:34:28 -0700 2003 901649 0 Toby 1 901655 Strossneider's Hardware (sp?) in Potomac now sells "The Big Green Egg" brand of lump charcoal that I've read is better than the "Cowboy" brand that you more often find around town. Not sure of prices. Wed Sep 10 13:52:43 -0700 2003 901649 0 Pappy 2 901679 In addition to lump charcoal, Strosnider's in Bethesda usually has hickory, mesquite and fruit wood chips for smoking--apple, peach. they may have hickory chunks, as well. They tend to have product there year round. Costco treats charcoal as a "seasonal" product and discontinues it soon after Labor Day. That reminds me. I gotta get down there and stock up. I barbecue year-round. Wed Sep 10 23:39:02 -0700 2003 901655 0 zora 1 901678 YES Market on Pennsylvania Ave SE - between 7th and 8th Street - has a half dozen BIG bags of hardwood lump charcoal, as of this afternoon. dude Wed Sep 10 22:37:27 -0700 2003 901649 0 dude 1 901744 Try Sutton Place Gourmet on Old Georgetown Rd in Bethesda just outside 495. Thu Sep 11 22:46:13 -0700 2003 901649 0 TedK