Saturday, July 26, 2025
The Kingsford Company was formed by Henry Ford and E.G. Kingsford during the early 1920s. Charcoal was developed from Ford Motor Company’s factory waste wood scrap. The Kingsford Company was formed when E.G. Kingsford, a relative of Ford’s, brokered the site selection for Ford’s new charcoal manufacturing plant. The company, originally called Ford Charcoal, was renamed in E.G.’s honor.
Good charcoal, buy it by the pallet but only the Professional one. The original is terrible, it smells weird & has coal dust in it & I don't like the taste it puts on the food.
ReplyDeleteI've begun to notice that there is a lot of powder on the regular Kingsford and that there is a fair bit of smoke while it catches....more than there used to be I think. Does the professional work as well in long grilling/smoking? I'm thinking charcoal snake for brisket or pork butt. Thanks. Steve_in_Ottawa
DeleteLump charcoal is the way to go, Steve. Buy it or YouTube has tons of videos on how to make it.
DeleteInteresting tidbit, CW.
ReplyDeleteThis was just one example. Henry Ford was an absolute fanatic about not letting anything be wasted. He had a whole department for recycling scrap lumber at the plant. Figured out a way to turn coal ash into concrete much much more.
ReplyDeleteHis book "Today and Tomorrow" would make the most ardent Greenepeacer blush with inadequacy.
Henry Ford also invented the famous Toyota Production System and Lean Manufacturing when Toyoda was still a textile company before WWI.