Cobb heat beads

This is the info on the Cobb (.au) website. Made from coconut shells, apparently.

http://www.cobb.com.au/cobble-stones.asp

Hi Brian,
We tried a Cobblestone for the first time on the weekend and it was very effective, lasting 2 hours 50 minutes. But when you compare the price of a 5Kg packet of the ordinary beads costing about $6 [or 68 cents to cook a roast], it makes Cobblestone expensive at $2.15 per heat bead.
Cheers,

In my experience a quality head bead such as the Heatbeads© brand gives a consistent result and most recipes you will see, have cooking times based on this level of performance.

I'm not criticising the new "Cobble Stone" product, but it works out considerably more expensive than the Heatbeads© product available in almost all supermarkets. The Heatbeads© product in turn is more expensive than cheaper "generic" brands, but the latters' inferior performance is also an issue to consider.

Now, having said all this, I must try this new product, as the quick "ignition time" appears attractive.

Also, lasting three hours each, you can certainly do a roast, then whack a desert of some kind on while you are eating your main course. Something like a Bread and Butter pudding for instance:-))

Bill.

On a different (but related) topic, I notice Rays Outdoors are currently advertising a Cobb Premium cooker for $180, which is considerably cheaper than the normal RRP of $234.90.

Bill.

I agree with Abraxxas. they are expensive if you use your cobb weekly. A few weeks back, coles had heatbeads brand at $7.95
and their own brand on the shelf for $5.95 so gave 'em a try... 3 firestarters, 10 beads (they are smaller) and 25min later they weren't lit. So 5 min on high gas ring they are glowing. Lamb on. Another 20min and noticed no usual spit and crackle...they were out. Now only good to add 3-4 to top up with 6-8 Heatbeads.