Natural Lava Rocks for Fire Pit | 7 Lb. Bag of Fire Pit Lava Rocks | 1 Pack

What can you say about lava rock for a grill? Well, the stuff just works, probably like any other lava rock. No moving parts either! lol I used it for my Masterbuilt vertical smoker based on another reviewer's recommendation to help diffuse the heat from the flame. It seems to work fine for that purpose. It provides even heat and it can be hosed down after use to clean off some of the drippings. I don't really think that is necessary, but it can be done to clean out say fish drippings before smoking pork ribs. Make sure that you "season" it before your first batch of food. Basicaly just heat it up for 30 minutes over a high flame, then allow it to cool. It's then ready to cook with. This will help purge any bad chemicals/fumes from the rocks.

My father swears by them. He won't grill without them. He believes they are what makes his pork chops so delicious. They do even out the heat while personally I think it was the spices that my mom put on the chops, and he knew how long to good them. I'm not going to argue with a 98-year-old man, especially my dad. They were a good price and even if they weren't they made my dad happy and he was the one doing the grilling.

Our grill didn't actually come with lava rocks. It came with two large iron plates shaped like rows of charcoal briquettes, one plate on each side of the grill. They rusted thru, but while I could find the parts listed online, they were no longer available. The rest of the grill worked just fine, so I was looking for a way to save it. Bought a Universal Lava Rock Grate & this bag of lava rocks. Couldn't find any info online to tell me how much lava rock to order. This 7# bag was enough to cover a 11 1/2 " X 23" grate completely, with a few tiny pieces left over. I discovered you can't just dump the bag in, but rather place the large pieces on the areas of the grate with large space between the bars, & then place the smaller pieces in between. There was quite a pile of lava dust left afterwards, about 3 cups worth. So glad I didn't dump the bag out on anything that mattered, or anywhere I couldn't clean up. After converting the grill, I think it works better than it did before - more even heat.

I am not using these for grilling. I wanted them as a substrate for a Vanda orchid. You are not supposed to bury Vanda roots, but rather leave them exposed to air. You put them in slat baskets and the roots grow around the slats, I just wanted something below the plant to keep it up at the top of the slat basket instead of buried inside, and I'd read that lava rocks worked pretty well for this purpose. These are porous, as you'd expect, and thus weigh less than solid rocks of the same size. i like this because the pores capture a bit of water when I spray the plant in the afternoon and then slowly release it to increase the amount of moisture in the air around the plant's roots. The color is basically just what you see in the official product image. These are not particularly bright or colorful. (If you are using them for grilling, I guess that doesn't matter.) There was a little dust in the package, but not much. There weren't any tiny broken pieces on the bottom of the bag, either. These were large, whole rocks, ranging in size from about the size of one golf ball to about the size of two golf balls put together (the shapes are rather irregular, though). There are enough of these in the bag for me to support at least two plants this way. I am not sure how many Vandas I will end up with, but if it is more than two and I need to reorder to have enough rocks, I would definitely buy this same item again.

Rocks look just as in package in terms of nice variety of colors but most come is rather small sizes. In my case it did not work out that well since as I assume most of purchasers they will be used to fill in a gas grill and many just fall down the grill breathing holes. jr

When we bought our new Bar B Que grill in December when they were closing it out. (I like bargains). We didn't notice that the package of Lava Rocks were not there. I tried at Home Depot and Walmart to buy replacement Rocks but it was either the wrong time of the year or they just don't carry them. I went on Ebay and same thing. Checked out Amazon and there they were. I bought them and 4 days later they were delivered. We used the grill that night and have used it at least once a week since. We have it on the covered deck so we can just step outside and be ready in no time and let me tell you the steaks are better from the Bar B than from a kitchen stove. Thank You again

We have a very small barbecue. It's 15 X 22 inches. The bag of lave rock is specifically for use in the old style gas barbecues. The lava rock goes on a grate above the gas burner. This sits below the cooking grate. The tines of the lave grate are spaced about 1 inch apart. In this bag I had 5 rocks about the size of a baseball along with about 1/3 of the bag that was 1/4 to 3/4 of an inch which is useless, because they fall through the grate. I had to break up the large rocks with a hammer to use them. I had to use old rock I had kept to fill the grate, otherwise I would have to use both bags. For the price charged, this is poor quality.

How does one review stones. Well, to fully review this product I think I need to elaborate that they are hard rock-like objects that you're willing to pay money for. However their true value comes in when you break them up into smaller rocks and place them in a fire pit especially a propane fire pit and for that they work awesome.

It’s red and black so I sorted it by colour but it’s great in my fresh water tank!

as advertised

It's lava rock! What's not to like? Great price and arrived in 2 days. I'm using it for crafting and it's been exactly what I needed.

Item was as described. Happy with my purchase!!

Dissatisfied