The word pencil comes from the latin ‘pencillus’ that means little tail and originally referred to a small brush used for working in ink during the medieval times. Our modern pencils earnt this name by having a wooden pencil and a small pointed tip like a tiny brush, or ‘pencillus’, would have. Description: The Weber Smokey Joe charcoal is a replacement part for the grate which the charcoals sit on at the bottom of the barbecue kettle not the grate on which the food on sits at the top of the kettle. Did you know that as well as being BBQ fanatics, we're also big football fans! Rest assured that the Read More > It should come as no surprise that we've tried and tested a lot of wings here at WOWBBQ HQ over the years Read More > The Picanha Steak has become more readily available recently - no wonder, this piece of meat is fantastically Read More >

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The first appearance of graphite encased in wood dates from around 1565, close to the time natural graphite was first discovered in Cumbria. Other natural sources exist in Siberia, Germany and in the USA. However graphite is now artificially produced by heating cokes (another carbon allotrope) at high temperatures.

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How is Graphite Made?