Big Green Egg Charcoal & Starters

It depends on what you cook. Oak & Hickory gives a classic, balanced wood flavour for brisket, pork shoulder, beef ribs and steak.

Canadian Maple is the mildest Big Green Egg charcoal. It suits seafood, vegetables, pork, poultry and pizza, where strong smoke would overpower the food. Both come in 8 kg bags of 100% natural hardwood, so plenty of Egg owners keep a bag of each.

Yes. The Egg burns any good natural lump charcoal, including the other natural lump charcoal we stock.

Avoid briquettes and anything with binders, fillers or lighter fluid. Briquettes make far more ash, which blocks the airflow the Egg relies on for temperature control, and chemicals can leave flavours in the ceramic.

It depends on your Egg size, cooking temperature and how long you cook. A Large Egg doing weekend cooks typically gets several sessions from a bag. Long low and slow cooks and high-heat pizza nights use more.

Charcoal left in the Egg after a cook can be relit next time, so a bag goes further than you might expect.

SpeediLight Sticks suit most owners. Each 12 cm stick lights several pieces of charcoal at once. Nestle one into the charcoal, light it and leave the dome open for 10 to 15 minutes. A pack has 20 sticks.

The EGGniter suits regular cooks. It is a refillable butane torch with a built-in air blower that typically builds a ready-to-cook fire in 4 to 5 minutes, with no starters to buy. Butane is sold separately.

Fill the firebox with lump charcoal, open the bottom draft door and the top vent fully, then light it with a SpeediLight Stick or the EGGniter. Never use lighter fluid or chemical firelighters, which go against Big Green Egg's guidelines and can affect your Egg's warranty.

Once the charcoal is glowing, close the dome and close the vents down step by step until the Egg holds your target temperature.

Yes. At the end of a cook, close the bottom draft door and top vent fully. The fire goes out and the leftover lump stays in the firebox. Next time, stir it to shake the ash through, top up with fresh charcoal and light as normal.

Clear the ash every few cooks, or sooner if the Egg is slow to come up to temperature. Built-up ash blocks the airflow holes. Wait until the Egg is completely cold, then use the Big Green Egg ash tool to rake ash through the fire grate and out through the draft door.

Yes. We deliver across Sydney metro. Regional and interstate delivery is by quote, so call 0434 010 411 or contact us and we will tell you what freight costs before you order. You can also pick up from our Wetherill Park showroom.

Most of our Big Green Egg bundles include a bag of Big Green Egg lump charcoal (Oak & Hickory or Canadian Maple, depending on stock) and SpeediLight starters. Each bundle page lists exactly what is included. When you run low, reorder the same charcoal and starters here.

Charcoal and SpeediLight starters are consumables, so no warranty term applies to them. If a bag or box arrives damaged, call us on 0434 010 411 and we will sort it out. Warranty terms for the Egg itself are on the Big Green Egg range page and each Egg product page.

BBQ Republic is an Official Big Green Egg Platinum Dealer with a showroom in Wetherill Park. Buy online for delivery, or call 0434 010 411 to check stock and arrange pickup. While you are here, see the full Big Green Egg range and Big Green Egg accessories.