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Who invented the charcoal briquette?



Henry Ford invented the charcoal briquette in 1920 with the help of Thomas Edison. Ford is the man who popularized the gas-powered car in America and invented the assembly line for automobile manufacturing. Ford created the briquette from the wood scraps and sawdust from his car factory. E.G. Kingsford bought the invention and put the charcoal briquette into commercial production.