Hi All,
Charcoal for grilling has had additives to change its performance and should never be eaten. Binders are used to make it stick together. One binder is boron and this could be in toxic doses if consumed.
Charcoal can be bought at health food stores, pharmacies, over the counter sections at places like Wal-mart, Target & so on. Charcoal can also be made with some trouble. Most of the oxygen is removed during the charing process not allowing the carbon to combust or burn.
We do make our own charcoal and use it in the garden and spread a little on the ground or in shavings. We do not have odor problems(yet), so binding the nitrogen for fertilizer is our main objective.
Back to additives, I'm not sure what kind of additives they use other than binders to make the char stick together & substances to make it burn quicker, better, faster or easier to light.
Sorry, I didn't mean to start a problem.
Jeff
CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
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