Barbecue Charcoal and Barbecue Charcoal Briquettes

Document the high-quality standard of barbecue charcoal and barbecue charcoal briquettes with our certification

Consumers are increasingly keen not only to find out what foods come on their barbecue, they also make a conscious choice for inspected barbecue charcoal and barbecue charcoal briquettes. With the DIN-Geprüft mark of conformity, you demonstrably document the quality of your products and show that your barbecue charcoal and barbecue charcoal briquettes meet all health and technical requirements.

We test and certify your barbecue charcoal and barbecue charcoal briquettes according to the European standard DIN EN 1860-2. With positive test results, you obtain the right to use the DIN-Geprüft symbol for your products.

For the recognized mark of quality DINplus additional requirements for premium quality are assessed. This mark verifies that your products have a particularly high carbon content and thus an excellent igniting and burning performance, and a low ash content.

You want to document the high quality of your barbecue charcoal and barbecue charcoal briquettes with our quality marks DIN-Geprüft and DINplus? Contact our experts now!

Increase your customers' confidence in the high-quality standard of your barbecue products. With our neutral quality marks, DIN-Geprüft and DINplus, you ensure a clear differentiation in your competitive environment and provide your customers with decision support and orientation.

We test your charcoal products according to the European standard DIN EN 1860-2 "Appliances, solid fuels and firelighters for barbecuing - Part 2: Barbecue charcoal and barbecue charcoal briquettes - Requirements and test methods". Quality criteria include:

• Safe to use on impregnated barbecue charcoal and barbecue charcoal briquettes
• Exclusion of foreign substances e.g. wood preservatives, paints, pitch, bitumen, glass, slags, rust, metal fragments
• Consumer information and warnings on the packaging

For the awarding of the quality mark DINplus for premium quality which proves an excellent igniting and burning performance and a low ash content, the following additional tests are conducted according to the certification program:

• Very low ash content
  Barbecue charcoal: max. 4% (wf)
  Barbecue charcoal briquettes: max. 15% (wf)
• Extra high carbon content
  Barbecue charcoal: min. 80% (wf)
  Barbecue charcoal briquettes: min. 65% (wf)
• Labeling of the packaging (checklist with further information)

The testing and certification is performed in the following steps:

• Initial testing of your products
• Preparation of the test report
• Application for certification by submitting the required documents
  (application for certification, current test report and, if applicable, proof of current certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001) and documents in accordance with European legislation on hazard and safety instructions
• Conformity assessment
• Issuance of certification with two-year validity after a positive evaluation result
• Annual self-monitoring by the certificate holder and submission of the test report to DIN CERTCO (information on self-monitoring can be found in the certification program (PDF, 187 KB) under point 6)
• Monitoring test by DIN CERTCO (performed twice)

Our experienced experts document the high quality of your product with the testing of your barbecue charcoal and barbecue charcoal briquettes and awarding of the independent quality marks, DIN-Geprüft and DINplus. The award offers your customers a valuable aid to decision-making and is internationally recognized in the fuel industry. Your certificate, with all relevant data and documents, is accessible daily in our database.

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