Kingsford

Kingsford Charcoal was born from Ford's wood scraps

Sam recounts that Kingsford Charcoal originated from Ford's car manufacturing: the company burned wood in its ovens and packed the leftover charcoal and wood scraps into a sellable product, turning waste into a multi-billion-dollar business.

“And so what they did when they had these ovens is they would put wood into an oven, burn it, and then what's left over is like charcoal. And they would pack it together really tightly and then they would pack up, pack together really tightly all their extra wood scraps and created charcoal. And that's where Kingford Charcoal came out of.”