EN 1860-2:2023

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2023
Naprave, trdna goriva in naprave za vžiganje žara - 2. del: Lesno oglje in briketi
lesnega oglja za žar - Zahteve in preskusne metode
Appliances, solid fuels and firelighters for barbecuing - Part 2: Barbecue charcoal and
barbecue charcoal briquettes - Requirements and test methods
Geräte, feste Brennstoffe und Anzündhilfen zum Grillen - Teil 2: Grill-Holzkohle und Grill-
Holzkohlebriketts - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
Appareils, combustibles solides et allume-feu pour la cuisson au barbecue - Partie 2 :
Charbon de bois et briquettes de charbon de bois pour barbecue - Exigences et
méthodes d’essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 1860-2:2023
ICS:
75.160.10 Trda goriva Solid fuels
97.040.20 Štedilniki, delovni pulti, Cooking ranges, working
pečice in podobni aparati tables, ovens and similar
appliances
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 1860-2
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
June 2023
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 75.160.10 Supersedes EN 1860-2:2005
English Version
Appliances, solid fuels and firelighters for barbecuing -
Part 2: Barbecue charcoal and barbecue charcoal
briquettes - Requirements and test methods
Appareils, combustibles solides et allume-feu pour la Geräte, feste Brennstoffe und Anzündhilfen zum Grillen
cuisson au barbecue - Partie 2 : Charbon de bois et - Teil 2: Grill-Holzkohle und Grill-Holzkohlebriketts -
briquettes de charbon de bois pour barbecue - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
Exigences et méthodes d'essai
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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Requirements . 9
4.1 Requirements for barbecue charcoal . 9
4.1.1 Fixed carbon . 9
4.1.2 Ash content . 9
4.1.3 Total moisture . 9
4.1.4 Granulation . 9
4.2 Requirements for barbecue charcoal briquettes . 10
4.2.1 Fixed carbon . 10
4.2.2 Ash content . 10
4.2.3 Total moisture . 10
4.2.4 Granulation . 10
4.2.5 Binder . 10
4.3 Requirements for impregnated barbecue charcoal and impregnated barbecue
charcoal briquettes . 11
4.4 Inadmissible additions . 11
4.4.1 Foreign substances . 11
4.4.2 Microscopic analysis . 11
4.4.3 Chemical burning sustainers . 11
5 Sampling . 11
5.1 Sampling for granulometry . 11
5.2 Sampling for testing ash, moisture, volatile and microscopic analyses . 11
6 Test methods . 12
6.1 Fixed carbon . 12
6.2 Volatiles . 12
6.3 Ash content . 12
6.4 Total moisture . 12
6.5 Inadmissible additions . 12
6.6 Granulometry . 13
6.7 Determination of impregnant content . 13
6.8 Test report . 13
7 Marking . 13
7.1 Consumer communication on the packaging of barbecue charcoal and barbecue
charcoal briquettes . 14
7.2 Consumer communication on packaging of impregnated barbecue charcoal or
barbecue charcoal briquettes . 14
7.2.1 Consumer instructions on “just light the bag” products . 14
7.2.2 Consumer instructions on “just light the charcoal” products . 15
Annex A (informative) Determination of the volume of barbecue charcoal . 18
A.1 General . 18
A.2 Principle . 18
A.3 Appliances . 18
A.4 Sampling . 18
A.5 Method of operation . 18
A.6 Result of determination . 18
Annex B (normative) Determination of moisture content for impregnated barbecue
charcoal and for impregnated barbecue charcoal briquettes . 19
B.1 General . 19
B.2 Principle . 19
B.3 Reagents . 19
B.4 Apparatus . 19
B.5 Preparation of sample . 20
B.6 Procedure . 20
B.6.1 Calibration of apparatus . 20
B.6.2 Test portion . 21
B.6.3 Determination. 21
B.7 Expression of results . 21
B.8 Precision of the method . 22
B.8.1 Repeatability . 22
B.8.2 Reproducibility . 22
B.9 Test report . 22
Bibliography . 23
European foreword
This document (EN 1860-2:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 281 “Appliances,
solid fuels and firelighters for barbecuing”, the secretariat of which is held by UNE.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2023, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by June 2024.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 1860-2:2005.
a) the Introduction has been removed;
b) Clause 1, Scope, has been updated – the second and the third paragraphs have been added;
c) Clause 2, Normative references, has been updated;
d) Clause 3, Terms and definitions, has been revised and new terms were added;
e) Clause 4, Requirements, has been revised and partly reorganised, so that
— requirements on impregnated barbecue charcoal and impregnated barbecue charcoal briquettes
are now specified in 4.3;
— specifications on granulation now differentiate between barbecue charcoal, table grill charcoal
and restaurant charcoal;
— the section on volatiles has been removed;
— requirements regarding bulk density have been removed;
— requirements on inadmissible additions have been revised and clarified;
f) Clause 5, Sampling, has been revised and shortened;
g) Clause 6, Test methods, has been revised and shortened;
h) Clause 7, Marking, has been revised, a note referring to the CLP-Regulation (Regulation (EC)
No 1272/2008) and Figure 1 has been added;
i) Annex A has been changed from normative to informative and A.7 (Inspection certificate) has been
removed.
A list of all parts in the EN 1860 series, published under the general title Appliances, solid fuels and
firelighters for barbecuing, can be found on the CEN website.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
1 Scope
This document specifies the requirements and test methods for barbecue charcoal and barbecue charcoal
briquettes for use in barbecue appliances.
This document is intended to reduce the risks which can occur during and through barbecuing with solid
fuels.
Barbecue charcoal in accordance with this document refers to the solid remainder of dry distillation of
wood or other vegetable matter.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 1860-3:2023, Appliances, solid fuels and firelighters for barbecuing — Part 3: Firelighters for igniting
solid fuels for use in barbecues and grill applications — Requirements and test methods
ISO 562, Hard coal and coke — Determination of volatile matter
ISO 589, Hard coal — Determination of total moisture
ISO 975, Brown coals and lignites — Determination of yield of benzene-soluble extract — Semi-automatic
method
ISO 1171, Solid mineral fuels — Determination of ash
ISO 1953, Hard coal — Size analysis by sieving
ISO 3310-2, Test sieves — Technical requirements and testing — Part 2: Test sieves of perforated metal
plate
ISO 7404-2, Methods for the petrographic analysis of coals — Part 2: Methods of preparing coal samples
ISO 7404-3, Methods for the petrographic analysis of coals — Part 3: Method of determining maceral group
composition
ISO 13909-4:2016, Hard coal and coke — Mechanical sampling — Part 4: Coal — Preparation of test
samples
ISO 18283:2022, Coal and coke — Manual sampling
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
barbecue charcoal
solid remainder of carbonization of wood or other vegetable matter that does not spit or spark
abnormally when burning and has not been artificially chemically treated or artificially chemically
prepared whereby the main constituent is carbon and the ash content is minimal
3.2
table grill charcoal
barbecue charcoal with a granulation adapted to the use in small grills
Note 1 to entry: For granulation of table grill charcoal see 4.1.4.2.
3.3
restaurant charcoal
barbecue charcoal with a granulation adapted to the use in large barbecues and professional applications
Note 1 to entry: For granulation of restaurant charcoal see 4.1.4.3.
3.4
barbecue charcoal briquette
compressed barbecue charcoal particles with a food-compatible binder or without a binder
3.5
impregnated barbecue charcoal
barbecue charcoal prepared for ignition by adding a liquid, thickened liquid or gel firelighter
3.6
impregnated barbecue charcoal briquette
barbecue charcoal briquettes prepared for ignition by adding a solid, liquid, thickened liquid or gel
firelighter
3.7
solid firelighter
solid substance or preparation to be used to ignite solid barbecue fuels in barbecue and grill appliances,
that is readily ignitable by the application of a naked flame
[SOURCE: EN 1860-3:2023, 3.1]
3.8
liquid firelighter
liquid substance or preparation to be used to ignite solid barbecue fuel used in barbecue and grill
appliances when supported on a solid substrate, which is readily ignitable by the application of a naked
flame
[SOURCE: EN 1860-3:2023, 3.2]
3.9
thickened liquid firelighter
thickened liquid substance or preparation to be used to ignite solid barbecue fuel used in barbecue and
grill appliances when supported on a solid substrate, which is readily ignitable by the application of a
naked flame
[SOURCE: EN 1860-3:2023, 3.3]
3.10
gel firelighter
gel substance or preparation to be used to ignite solid barbecue fuel used in barbecue and grill appliances
when supported on a solid substrate, which is readily ignitable by the application of a naked flame
[SOURCE: EN 1860-3:2023, 3.4]
3.11
fixed carbon
carbon remaining after the removal of volatile matter and ash from barbecue charcoal or barbecue
charcoal briquettes on dry basis
3.12
volatile matter
loss in mass less that due to moisture, when barbecue charcoal or barbecue charcoal briquettes is heated
out of contact with air under specific conditions
Note 1 to entry: The specific conditions are described in 6.2.
3.13
ash
solid residue after combustion of barbecue charcoal or barbecue charcoal briquettes
3.14
total moisture
water contained in the barbecue charcoal and the
barbecue charcoal briquettes which is driven off at 105 °C
3.15
total moisture
water contained in the
impregnated barbecue charcoal and the impregnated barbecue charcoal briquettes which is removed by
distillation with toluene
3.16
granulation
fraction of the particle size distribution as specified with reference to one or more screens with specified
sizes
Note 1 to entry: Expressed as mass fraction in percent of the barbecue charcoal.
3.17
binder
product which when added to barbecue charcoal particles holds these together in a permanent solid mass
3.18
chemical burning sustainer
chemical added as agent to sustain burning after ignition
3.19
repeatability
results of duplicate determinations, carried out at different times in the same laboratory by the same
operator using the same apparatus on duplicate samples taken from the same gross sample at the last
stage of sample preparation
3.20
reproducibility
results of duplicate determinations, carried out in each of two different laboratories on representative
portions taken from the same gross sample at the last stage of sample preparation
4 Requirements
4.1 Requirements for barbecue charcoal
4.1.1 Fixed carbon
The fixed carbon of barbecue charcoal on dry basis shall be calculated in accordance with 6.1 and shall
be at least 75 % by mass.
4.1.2 Ash content
The ash content of barbecue charcoal on dry basis shall be tested in accordance with 6.3 and shall not
exceed 8 % by mass.
4.1.3 Total moisture
The total moisture content of barbecue charcoal shall be tested in accordance with 6.4 and shall not
exceed 8 % by mass.
4.1.4 Granulation
4.1.4.1 Barbecue charcoal
When analysed in accordance with 6.6, the particle size of the barbecue charcoal shall meet the following
criteria:
— not larger than 150 mm;
— at least 80 % by total mass shall be larger than 20 mm with not more than 10 % by total mass shall
be larger than 80 mm;
— less than 20 % by total mass may be 20 mm or smaller with not more than 7 % by total mass may be
smaller than
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