Great point about some brands of lump is too sooty for chicken. Near all the Mejico stuff black it up some...also to include B&B which is supposed to be made in Tejas. Must be run by yankees is all I can figger out on that deal. For serious charcoal cooking of dead chickens nothing can top Ozark Oak..from Yellville, Arkansas. It's actually in Snow..but Yellville apparently looks catchier in print. Most likely hard to find for folks in Sunny CA. Big Dave and his small son Big Brad won a bunch of money on chicken using the regular old Kingsford Mesquite Flavor briquettes.