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charcoal rake

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a small market ($48K/yr) — charcoal rake doesn't clear our bar today.

Market/yr

$48K

Growth (1y)

+193.4%

Products

23

Brands

17

was 17 a year ago

Sellers

32

Price range

$10.14–$28.35

Returns

1.8%

Rating

4.5★

45/100

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Scored 45/100 across market size, growth, competition, quality gap, and returns.

Market sizeGrowthCompetitionQuality gapReturns
Market size
2
×0.30
Growth
76
×0.30
Competition
46
×0.20
Quality gap
43
×0.10
Returns
85
×0.10

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 102 weeks — +193.4% year over year.
1K713Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26Jul '24Nov '24Mar '25Jul '25Nov '25Mar '26

Seasonality

Monthly demand index across the year — 1.00 is average.

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Competition

20%Kingsford
  • Kingsford20%
  • Weber16%
  • Grilliance13%
  • DAKEPOLE7%
  • Vankey7%
  • OLIGAI7%
  • Other (11 brands)30%

The top 5 products take 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them. 17 brands and 32 sellers compete here.

Brands

17 flat

was 17 a year ago

Sellers

32

Top 5 brand share

63%

#ProductBrandPriceRatingReviewsClick shareTrend

Product shelf

All 23 tracked products in this niche.

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Quality-Overall26%

“Excellent quality charcoal tongs”

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%

“Works as advertised”

Strength11%

“Sturdy”

Grilling9%

“A practical tool that works exactly as expected for grill maintenance”

Design-Overall8%

“I love the design”

Ease Of Use7%

“Good tool”

Size-Overall5%

“good fit for weber”

Weight Light3%

“its not heavy”

Value For Money3%

“Good bang for buck”

Weight Heavy2%

“it is heavy duty”

What buyers complain about

Quality-Overall15%

“Hoping for better but ok. I was hoping for better quality for the cost of it. Feels cheap had trouble getting it to open wide”

Assembly/Installation12%

“Thing became bent as i assembled”

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%

“Item listing was inaccurate”

Strength9%

“Too flimsy for a wood stove”

Heating6%

“the heat has already loosened the welds”

Grilling6%

“works ok the problem with it has a plastic grip handle i use on my woodstove just be careful not to store it by the stove to close plastic melts could cause fire UPDATE add says camp fires bonfires grills nothing about woodstoves thought it was”

Design-Overall6%

“Flawed design”

Material Quality6%

“Cheap material”

Durability6%

“Fell apart in one day”

Defective Material/Parts3%

“bottom parts from coming loose”

Top return reasons

  • Size-Overall41%
  • Defective Material/Parts10%
  • Advertised Vs Actual Product7%
  • Strength6%
  • Quality-Overall6%
  • Value For Money5%
  • Assembly/Installation4%
  • Grilling4%
  • Functionality-Overall3%
  • Durability2%

Data scraped July 9, 2026 · Marketplace baseline: 4.4★ avg rating · $22.74 median price · 2.3% median returns across 14,634 tracked niches.