The quality of coconut charcoal briquettes matters for a great grilling or shisha experience. Good briquettes burn hot, produce less ash, last longer, and make your food or shisha taste better. But there may be some questions about “Do coconut charcoal briquettes that are mixed with wood/sawdust have different quality?” It is better if we deep dive into this and analyze it more with a simple explanation and detailed analytics.
Do coconut briquettes mixed with sawdust have different qualities?
The short answer is yes because coconut is the best material for charcoals, and when it’s mixed with sawdust, the quality of the briquettes will also be much more likely to be decreased. The coconut charcoal briquettes can contain a little smoke and also contain a little smell/ODOR. And this is not just for coconut briquettes with sawdust, but also with other materials such as vegetables, bamboo, and other things. The good analogy is like this: imagine you want to buy a Ferrari, and then the Ferrari machine/body is combined with a Nissan Ultima machine/body. Of course, the quality will be decreased.
Do even 5% of sawdust can affect the coconut briquettes?
Yes, it can, but it will not give a significantly different result from the coconut briquettes. This is commonly used for importers who want to import this product, and with a combination of just 5%, it can reduce the charcoal price. For the quality, it can affect factors such as the calorie, but most of it, such as moisture and burning time, will be the same and do not have a significant difference. Smoke can come a little, and also the smell of the wood. Same as before, the analogy, if you want to buy a Ferrari but with a 5% combination of body parts of a Nissan Ultima, it can have an effect, but a minor one.
Are coconut briquettes that are mixed with sawdust worth it?
It depends because some markets value quality the most, and some markets value the cheapest price. The question is, what does your market value the most? Many people who prioritize quality mostly come from Europe and Asia, and the Middle East, which is one of the most productive coconut briquette users, prioritizes a cheap price.
So, coconut briquettes mixed with sawdust can be a consideration for you if your market chooses price as their number 1 value. While it is not recommended for you if your market sees the best quality as their preference.
But it needs to be noted that in the Middle East, they also value quality as their number 2. This means that your products must also have good quality, and the best is to choose 95% coconut briquettes and 5% sawdust. If you use more than that, the quality will be much lower and more visible, and that can make the market see you as a low/cheap business. This is not good if you want to compete with your big giant competitors.
Beware of fake and scam suppliers
This is something important; fake suppliers or scam suppliers do not just mean lying suppliers that do not sell coconut briquettes, take your money, and run, but it also refers to scam suppliers who lower their quality. They can produce and give you a lower quality that is not related to your order.
When you order 100% coconut charcoal from them, and they produce a 95% coconut with 5% sawdust without you even knowing. Or when you order 95% and 5%, they can produce 90% coconut and 10% sawdust.
This will not be good for you and can destroy your business. The best way to mitigate this is by visiting the factory, observing the supplier, establishing a trustable relationship with each other, and, of course, asking for their guarantee. Not just a guarantee by words, but also a guarantee by a letter.
Quality failure is the majority fear for importers, especially for those who are already in the charcoal business for a long time. Some of them purchase products, but then the quality does not meet their standards, or they do not get the exact product quality from when they do a sample.
If you are worried about this, then a Product guarantee is the solution. If the product does not meet your standard, then with a product guarantee, the supplier has a required sanction on whether to replace the products or give you a refund.
If the supplier runs, then you can report it to the authorities to be followed up. With a product guarantee, everything will be secure and safe.
Product guarantees can be created in quality settlement contracts. It can be an agreement for quality standards.
It can also be a sanction if the supplier has a decrease in quality, such as having more moisture, more ash content, less calorie, etc.
This will make your product quality consistent. Because the supplier will have to do routine quality control to check their specifications.
In Littlebriquette, we can do this sale contract agreement, and a professional supplier will not be scared to agree with this agreement proposal.
We also have a “Product Guarantee Letter” that means we already have a product guarantee policy that you can see before we make the quality settlement contract.
You can agree or disagree with our letter, and if we, as both parties, already discussed and agreed on what the discussion is, then we will write the agreement for the quality settlement after you make the first payment.
Many suppliers just make the quality settlement without the need for you to be involved, but with us, we can prepare our quality guarantee agreement before the sales contract has been made. And the agreement will be written if the first payment has been sent.
However, we share our “Product Guarantee Letter” only with serious customers, as it’s not available for free.
If you order coconut charcoal briquettes from us and they don’t meet the promised specifications, we’ll either replace them or give you a refund.
