kingsford

My grandfather made me a beautiful wooden model of Kingsford Smith's biplane the Southern Cross, complete with spinning propeller.

Try catching a cab from Sydney Kingsford Smith airport into the city during peak hour.

Rework gives the physical example of Ford Motor Company starting Kingsford Charcoal to make something useful out of wood pulp waste.

They even started Kingsford charcoal to use the hard wood scraps left over from car manufacturing that they grew on their own timerland.

I'm disappointed the article neglects to mention the use of actual coal in Kingsford briquettes.

Maybe if someone else sees this you can add Kingsford charcoal.

To add some context to this, I met a woman a few years back who worked in marketing for Kingsford Charcoal.

Although interestingly, Kingsford charcoal is related to the Ford motor company.

Australia saw Charles Kingsford Smith just about a year later do a similar (if not more impressive) feat across the Pacific, and many other aviation achievements.

They already dominated their space, and I could totally see Kingsford blowing six or seven figures USD on Twitter advertising, just in case.

A lot of intersection and road upgrades (and new roads) are starting to add separated bike paths too, like the overhauled Kingsford Smith Drive that finished recently.

I’m switching to lump charcoal when my kingsford runs out.

An aside, but if you like grilling with charcoal, chunk "natural" charcoal produces a hotter fire than briquettes like Kingsford.

> "Kingsford Charcoal is made from charred soft and hardwoods such as pine, spruce, hickory, oak and others depending on which regional manufacturing plant it comes from.

Key quote: "Research and patent literature show that when charcoal briquettes are produced using an organic binder such as anthracite, the binder is present in quantities of between approximately 2 and 8% by weight." And "coal, anthracite" is clearly listed as the third most common ingredient in the safety sheet for Kingsford Charcoal Briquettes, after charcoal and ashes.

Kingsford had something like 94% USA marketshare at the time, but they still spent millions on marketing.

Take Kingsford, for example, probably the single most popular brand of briquettes at Home Depot.

Kingsford Charcoal* tried this but it backfired - mainly b/c there were other alternative charcoal companies that didn't raise their prices.