Here's my review, such as it is, of Camp Chef Charwood Hickory pellets...
The Camp Chef Charwood pellets are available in both hickory and cherry blends. I have not tried the cherry.
I've done about 7 cooks with these pellets, but only the first few were 100% charwood, as you will read below. I can't remember everything I cooked, but it's included chicken breasts (skinless), chicken drumsticks, pork sirloin, beef steaks (smoke prior to reverse sear), chicken and vegetable kabobs, turkey polish sausage, and beef hot dogs.
As you can see in the picture, the pellets have the appearance of charcoal, and they will make your hands all black, but there is no charcoal aroma when they burn, and as Ross77 mentioned, only a hint of charcoal flavor, which I created a new term for - "charcoalesque".
The flavor was OK, but I found I really missed the traditional pellet grill smokiness and flavor, as I found there was much less of that versus normal wood pellets. So, I had the bright idea of mixing the charwood pellets about half and half with normal pellets (I used Camp Chef Competition Blend). That brought back the traditional pellet flavor, but the charcoalesque flavor became undetectable by my palate, so it wasn't really worth it.
My final verdict: Pass. They burn fine, there is the charcoalesque flavor hints, but at the cost of other flavors. Plus, they are messy, making your hands black on contact. I've been very happy with Camp Chef pellets in general (which I can get at a local ranch supply store), but I likely won't be buying the charwood pellets again.
The picture shows the charwood pellets alongside Camp Chef Comp Blend. I didn't take pictures of any of the food results because the meat looks exactly like it would when cooking with regular pellets.
