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Originally Posted by Heard
You guys probably already know this, but I read the other day in my local paper that Henry Ford was either the inventor of charcoal or at least the one that made it mainstream.
It had to do with trying to come up with a use for the sawdust/woodchip waste at the Kingsford factory.
Now this could be FAKE NEWS, but I think that is pretty neat if true.
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Here ya go:
https://www.kingsford.com/country/about-us/
Henry liked to go camping with buddies Edison, Firestone, etc which may be one of the reasons he was interested in charcoal. I've seen pix of Ford brand briquets and like most of Ford's products, they were stamped with his script!
