What does Henry Ford have to do with your cookout?

Henry Ford’s search for a wood supplier for his Model T cars led to the invention of charcoal briquets made from extra sawdust and tar, which were sold at dealerships as Ford Charcoal. “The birth of the product was so tied to the Ford Motor Company that before the company took on the Kingsford name in the 1950s after the company was sold, the offering was sold as Ford Charcoal,” Ernie Smith writes.