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The high quality of Heat Beads® BBQ Briquettes is because of the unique raw materials base used - a blend of hardwood charcoal and mineral carbon.
The mineral carbon is made by carbonising brown coal sourced from the La Trobe Valley near Melbourne, Australia at high temperatures to remove the volatile matter to give a high quality carbon with low impurities.
The coal has first been dried in a cogeneration plant using waste stream from a nearby power plant.
The coal is then heated to around 900°C in an oxygen free environment in a process known as 'carbonisation'. This heating process results in a high purity carbon called char, which produces a long-burning and high quality product. No external process energy is required.
The charcoal is the leftover fines from the production of high quality Eucalyptus hardwood lump charcoal, and would otherwise be waste.
Australian Char then implements its unique production process to blend and press (briquette) the char, charcoal and other ingredients into a superior barbecue fuel, tailored to the specific needs of the barbecuing public.
