We did the charcoal thing on the Trans America, but we just bought the small match light charcoal package for one use and bought it late in the day. Three of us were splitting the load and the food and grilled hot dogs and grilled corn on the cob were a nice change of pace. The store we bought the stuff from gave use some sheets of foil and a few pats of butter for the corn. We probably carried the extra stuff less that 20 miles though.