Regular BBQ Coals?

[ElPasha]

Hi,

This is my first post on this forum but I've been reading it for a
while now.  I just wanted to know if you guys think its ok to use
regular BBQ charcoal rather than the fancy self-light ones?  I
bought a 5kg bag of BBQ charcoal for £2 and have used it a couple of
times.  It seems to work fine though its harder to light.  Do
you think this type of coal would impart any negative taste to the
mu'assal or have any other negative effects?  I mean pricewise its
amazing, for the same price I could only buy about 20 paltry self-light
coals - this lot should last me for years!

Thanks.

[yashman19]

I highly recommend against this. Whenever you go to a BBQ and stand down-wind from the fire, haven't you ever gotten teary-eyed from the fumes of the coals, or choked on that noxious smell of smoke? I don't even want to think about all the chemicals which coat the coals on those things.
I will tell you this though. My friend has used BBQ briquetts with his hookah, but said that he lit the coals and let them fully ash and turn grey, then shake the ash off, and then use it with his hookah. He says as long as you burn off all the outter black coating that its fine.
I think just paying a few bucks more for natural coals will save your lungs a bit longer rather than using BBQ coals.

[Kofod]

BBQ coals contains inpurities like sulfur and additives like cherosane.
Natural coals will be better for you at a still cheap pricescale.

[cypress]

I have went to a Lebonesse Restaraunt and they use bbq coals and it
dont seem to add a bad flavor. I asked the owner about it and its some
sort of chemical free charcoal.  As far as impurities, in American
standard there should not be any harmfull imputities because we are
cooking with them. If you must use them stay away from the smoke
flavored ones and the self lights.  But your best bet is to use
the ones specifically made for hookah smoking. 

[Azygous]

say hello to carbon monoxide

[wyteboy]

you can get SERIOUS carbon monoxide poisoning from using bbq charcoals...DO NOT USE THEM!!!!!!!

[Rapmaster]

Carbon Monoxide = tasteless and odorless, just remember that

[NERV]

are we talking BBQ briquettes, or natural wood?, briquettes, avoid at
all costs, full of chemicals and all sorts of nastys, but they are
natural wood BBQ coals too, howveer i doubt any of then would taste
good, different wodos bur differently, i assume lemonwood and olivewood
were chosen for cleaner tasteless burning, i tried oak coals once, they
worked well enough but they defintely added a bit of a flavor, which
actually wasnt that bad but you deifnitely cudnt use those coals with
just any flavor

[mushrat]

I was at an SCA event in Miss. with a fire pit, drummers, and belly dancers, was walking up to the fire and reaching in with my tongs to pull out coals....
clearly wasn't thinking about the type of wood...coulda been bad...musta been the mead.

[RuarriP]

BBQ coals indoors = nasty, smelly, choking mess. 

I ran out of coals last year and tried BBQ briquets, worst experience ever. 

If you read the side panel of a BBQ coal bag is says that the coals
shouls never be used indoors because of the risk of asphixiation. 
So don't play Arabian Roulette with your shisha pipe.


BTW I don't think that they should be used for outdoor hookah smoking either, for the same reasons

[NERV]

[quote name='RuarriP']BBQ coals indoors = nasty, smelly, choking mess.   

I ran out of coals last year and tried BBQ briquets, worst experience ever.   

If you read the side panel of a BBQ coal bag is says that the coals
shouls never be used indoors because of the risk of asphixiation. 
So don't play Arabian Roulette with your shisha pipe.  


BTW I don't think that they should be used for outdoor hookah smoking either, for the same reasons
 [/quote]

well they are reffering to the use of BBQing which would require at
least 20-40 coals,  using it in a hookah is like 3 coals, u wont
die if theyre wood coals its the same as natural hookah coals just
bigger and different type of wood

[ElPasha]

Ok thanks guys, you seriously scared the c**p outta me, from now on I'm
just gonna use the self light coals made for hookahs.  I don't
think I'll be having any BBQ's this summer either, I mean some of the
impurities/chemicals must get into the food right?

Anyways thanks for the advice!