one or more other figures to produce embodiments that are not explicitly illustrated or described the combinations of features illustrated provide representative embodiments for typical applications various combinations and modifications of the features consistent with the teachings of this disclosure however could be desired for particular applications or implementations it should be understood that any references in the present disclosure to u201c upper u201d u201c lower u201d u201c top u201d u201c bottom u201d u201c side u201d and u201c upward u201d are meant as not to be limiting but rather exemplary relative to other parts of the assembly for example a base with sidewalls extending upwardly to a top surface is not meant to be limited to such an arrangement and can be understood to encompass embodiments in which the assembly is inverted such that the sidewalls extend downwardly to a surface below the base referring to fig1 and 2 a packaged charcoal briquette assembly or apparatus 10 is illustrated the apparatus 10 is a flammable handheld container of charcoal that is suitable for an outdoor charcoal grill the apparatus 10 is sized such that it can be placed into a bowl of a charcoal grill unit after placing into the grill the apparatus 10 is designed such that it may be ignited to burn quickly and cleanly so that the grill is readily available to cook food when using the apparatus 10 users do not have to directly handle charcoal briquettes keeping their hands and clothing clean details of the charcoal briquette apparatus 10 are described below according to embodiments of the present invention the apparatus 10 includes a shell 12 that defines a cavity therein the shell 12 may be made of cardboard paper or other suitable material that.