I watched a documentary on charcole. Kingsford charcoal started out by being given away at Ford dealerships back then in the wooden wheel days
Apparently Henry Ford hated any sort of waste. When the wooden wheels were made, there was tons of scrap wood left as waste. Henry had it made into charcole and gave it away to customers at the Ford dealerships. I guess he sort of gets credit for starting the "back yard bbq" back then
Eventually the charcole outfit was sold off and that became Kingsford Charcoal.
Bubba