The Clorox Company

Jeffery P Caddell

James D Mitchell

Kelly M Burke

Max F Eckert

Robert C Doster

Michael L Himmelfarb

Towanda W Yancy

Samuel J Mitchell

A solid fuel briquet, such as a charcoal briquet for cooking, which displays selected ignition and burn characteristics over a variety of shapes and compositions, as well as a method for forming such a briquet, are provided. The briquet is defined by an ignition phase of less than about 18 minutes, preferably less than about 15 minutes and a burn phase of greater than about 35 minutes, preferably 40 minutes and most preferably 45 minutes, with respect to any desired briquet shape. The briquet is made by predensifying a coal portion of the briquet into pellets. The pellets are then blended with wood char and any other optional ingredients and compacted into briquets. The resulting briquet contains dense coal regions, surrounded by regions of char and any adjunct briquet ingredients.

Dense core charcoal briquet

Charcoal briquet

Growing community of inventors

Livermore, CA, United States of America

Jeffery P Caddell