Ford's contribution to backyard barbecuing was the invention of the charcoal briquet.

She knew, and it had burned like a charcoal briquet right beneath her sternum.

Her attention was suddenly arrested by a face above the small steady flame of a briquet.

The small dragon sniffed at the coal and pushed one briquet tentatively around with her nose.

Out of the corner of his eye he caught the flash of a man's "briquet" lighting a cigarette.

Another pinch of charcoal was added and the process repeated until the mold was filled, when the briquet was forced out.

Another new product set to debut in fiscal 2010 is a Kingsford charcoal briquet that is easier to light and heats up faster.

I strike my briquet, and there is a Boche's face all frozen and earthy and dead and greeny-white in the flame from my briquet.

At another time, I had a briquetting machine for briquetting iron ore.

Those that had no matches struck their briquets, and these burned with a tiny yellow flame.

People immediately began using charcoal briquets for industrial purposes, but backyard grills weren't readily available yet.

These charcoal briquets burned more consistently and more evenly than randomly sized and shaped lumps of charcoal.

For quick lighting, use a chimney starter with crumpled newspaper in the bottom and briquets or charcoal above.

Now, chew up a couple of the briquets. Buttons and Sally waited to see what Sara would do.

'The briquets are the self-lighting kind - just drop a match and stand back.

The finding of cheaper binders for use in briquetting friable coals not suited for coking purposes;