in the crook of the right elbow while the thumb bears against right side 14 of cartridge 10 this allows for a stable maintenance of the position of the cartridge while also allowing the cartridge to be shaken to untangle the hardwood charcoal contained within cartridge 10 in the case of a left handed person this configuration may be mirrored in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention the ratio of the sum of the height 18 and width 20 to the depth 16 of the cartridge should be in the range between 1 and 2 preferably in the range between 1 25 and 1 95 and most preferably in the range between 1 7 and 1 8 moreover for smaller persons it has been discovered that the ratio of the sum of the height 18 and width 20 to the depth 16 of the cartridge is advantageously in the range between 1 2 and 1 7 keeping these parameters within the above specification represents an optimal compromise between control comfort and the provision of a sufficient quantity of hardwood charcoal in a cartridge further in accordance with the invention it has been discovered that for the dispensing of hardwood charcoal a particularly preferred hardwood charcoal dispensing.