😎EASY FAST CHARCOAL MAKING🔥

a quick and easy method for making grilling and biochar charcoal

[@nathanhester9572]

Can pressure treated wood or roof decking used, since osb material is pressure treated I think. How can you tell what plywood is okay?

[@whatareuduing]

@@nathanhester9572 great question and all I can say is I won't use any plywood especially pressure treated because of the toxins that are released when burning. Maybe I might use ply as the fuel wood if I had to but never PT. My charcoal wood is all natural selected because different woods have different flavors for grilling but as long as it's clean hardwood,any kind is good for biochar in soil building. I hope this answers your question. Burning PT is dangerous to your health. ✌️

[@redfields5070]

So, you're going to burn perfectly good hardwood to turn other perfectly good hardwood into charcoal? Both burn and cook food just as well. What's the benefit?

[@whatareuduing]

@@redfields5070 I have abundant free wood of high quality unlike most. I use select wood for grilling, any hardwood for bio char for garden soil building and I use skid and pallet wood for fuel.

[@randythomas3478]

Nice! I poked a hole in center of inner top barrel. Holes around bottom like you did on both barrels. That top hole I poked, I kept covered with brick until tornado time. Gases whirled flame from that hole! Great video!

[@whatareuduing]

@@randythomas3478 whatever you are using your charcoal for, isn't it great to make it yourself?👍

[@raymondjmcclain]

I use a slightly more simplfied method turning my smaller galvanized garbage can upside down in the larger barrel, allowing the escaping wood gas to assist the charcoal create itself. I have to fill the outer barrel a couple of times with branches and twigs but the additional gas heat completes the job in under 2 hours and I just let the outer barrel burn unrestricted until it's out. I tried all the sand and such my first time but seemed unnecessary after my inversed barrel application.

[@whatareuduing]

Your method is a great idea but be careful when you use galvanized metal with heat, it gives off poisonous levels of zinc when hot enough and can affect your product as well

[@charlespage9473]

Well done! Even better still is what I saw a woman do. The simpler the better! The "crucible" barrel had no lid; it had holes punched into the bottom; it was place inside the "kiln" barrel when on it's side. The barrels were then stood upright & the crucible centered. The fuel was ignited through a vent hole. Note: Another video had just one hole [perhaps, say, make 3] - if this was at the centre, you can stack fuel on top.

[@whatareuduing]

Thanks for the info,if I can make it even easier that's great 👍

[@tewabechtessoduresso9796]

Think you for sharing. Please. Be careful because it's near by the trees.

[@whatareuduing]

Thanks for your concern 😊

[@douglasmcleod7481]

why take the time and effort to snuff the fire at the end . why not just leave it ?

[@whatareuduing]

Because it will leave you with more carbon. If you don't,the end product is like fluff and burns up to fast especially when grilling.

[@CheckMateWins]

So fast, that the video is only 30 minutes.

[@whatareuduing]

​@@CheckMateWins 🥦

[@double5bbq]

What is a good source for the inner barrel? I have been looking high and low for two months with no joy. I don’t want to pay $250+ for a new one.

[@whatareuduing]

I get them for free at work,it's one of my perks. I know garages sometimes have them and auto parts stores and recycling operations get them, I hope this helps it's all I can think of . I didn't know you had to pay 250$ for a new one that's crazy.

[@smartwatchonpluto]

I could be wrong but would a steel stew pot or pressure cooker without the handles or metal ones and open the valve?

[@whatareuduing]

@@smartwatchonpluto sure it would as long as you vent, but the point I make in the video is to exhaust the combustibles from the bottom to decrease the burn time and reduce your fuel wood. The key is a quick hot burn with maximum oxygen starve on inner burn, I hope this answers your question.

[@organogardener9210]

@@whatareuduing thank you for sharing this video. What do you use for the inner barrel?

[@whatareuduing]

@@organogardener9210 I use a 20 gal steel barrel which can be found if you look around ,garages,chain outlets,but make sure it's clean of paint or oil. I just put wood in them and have a fire to burn any contaminants. Thanks for your comment 👍