Tip for Cobb owners- bargain fuel / cobblestones called lokkii

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lokkii
The usual cobblestone ones are around £10 for 6, these are £1.99 for 6 so proper bargain!
These lokkii ones are on an official Cobb website with a picture of a Cobb on the packet so I thought they would be ok. Tried them out recently and they seemed much easier to light than cobblestones but otherwise pretty much the same.
So I have stocked up , time to go camping!

Thanks for the tip!

Particularly timely because Lakeland are no longer stocking cobblestones because they are awaiting some UK approval thing.

australian heat beads are fab for things that need longer cooking like roasts. Take longer to heat up than a cobblestone and more fire but using nine we roasted a chicken, griddled veggie, warmed crumble and they were still hot and could have done more. Easier to light as well, we had one of the dodgy almost completely non flammable cobblestones last year hence trying the heat beads.

Liking the heat beads tip - that might be the answer to my roasting problems...

The lokkii things are great though. They take longer to be able to cook on (about 15 to 20 mins compared to the cobblestones) and generate a lot more smoke in the process but then work just as well.

I love a bargain!

We used the lokkii ones this summer and I agree with the reviews, easier to light, takes a bit longer to get smoke free but IMO lasts a little bit longer too At 35p a go, much more usuable for every day. We used our cobb a lot more this summer. I will be popping back to get more stock.