How Charcoal is Made

We're taking a look at a medium scale charcoal production operation in Picuris Pueblo in New Mexico. I've always found the charcoal production process fascinating, and it was cool to see it at a production scale.
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[@MarksGoneWicked]

Definitely down for for the growing operation. Curious to see the process of different growers.

[@fitztastico]

I get the sense that he is normally a man of few words until you kept asking so many questions that he finally got in the groove and started volunteering the info 😁

[@PriceTheAvocadoKing]

It was great seeing him open up, and you could tell he was finding joy in sharing what he does towards the end

[@DarthTrilluminati]

He seems real cool

[@Verranas]

That’s the thing, his not asking any questions to the man , its just .. yeah..yep..yep..oh nice.. bad interview, great work from the workers tho!

[@Gargantura]

Madlad start from reviewing tech to reviewing ancient arts

[@res1492]

Madlad????...im a missing something or just getting old??

[@Scott_C]

@@res1492 getting old... It's a newish term for people who do things unexpected or different, often in a way that inspires or is viewed as creative. Source.. I'm in my 40s

[@res1492]

@@Scott_C im in my 40s too..."i must not be hip enough to hang with the homies"....did i get that right??..i heard it in one of those hop hip songs, the ones with swearing in...

[@heroeslore03]

What madlad

[@LastofAvari]

It's great to check out how people are doing in this Native American area. Thanks for covering this, Scotty.

[@kam_iko]

LastofAvari “Indian”. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZmbaZmMhZd5jbM

[@vgernyc]

I have a friend who is Navajo. Thanks for letting me peer a tiny bit into his neck of the woods.

[@stevetk8174]

My 20s I was married to a Navajo, liveid on the Res, lupton az, and in the town of Gallup NM, in my 50s now in Oregon. Most of the ones I remember are all gone now. I really love the Land and the Navajo people and I'm white. Cheers

[@dan8ball22]

Hehe, we can see your enthusiasm from making a new video. Glad you found yet another interesting and informative subject!

[@emmanueljose9258]

This guy is so likeable

[@splash_csc8593]

Wow I had no idea how much of a process this was. What a Great Gentlemen this man was too. Thanks!

[@rajeshtechfreak]

It's amazing how this video fits in! Be it a PCB factory in Shenzhen or making coal in an open field, the maker knows what and why of each step (eg. Air flow, keeping it natural) and this channel beautifully brings out the art in making anything. You're amazing!

[@syamsudiantosutarsa4769]

from strange part to strange material. nice video, remind me of my neighbour who also making charcoal during my childhood.

[@carlosmante]

charcoal a strange material?

[@Konstantinos143]

Nice , very interesting. I worked with similar methods in Northern Greece where I am originally from. Haven't done this in years though. It is a great aspect of keeping bush or forested areas clean from dry and useless biomass so that, if there are fires, the whole system won't burn down and become useless. Please show us the hemp operation too:)

[@derrickscott6795]

8============D~~~~~

[@luhaizhou]

In China: How iPhone is made. Back to US: How charcoal is made.

[@ChrisSPCs]

Equally as primitive.

[@MartijnWismeijer]

Hahahaha you beat me to it. I was thinking exactly the same thing. 🤣

[@mslmsldk]

Next up is "How gravel is made in the USA".

[@ethanwasme4307]

@@ChrisSPCs what a shitty take.

[@hanrykumala171]

Now I know why DT wants to bring factories back to the US.

[@mtslyh]

These guys are fantastic! Make sure they know how much we appreciate them sharing their knowledge. Not just how they do it but all of the other economic details of the process. Fascinating!

[@salutoitoi]

I really like to learn/discover things "as simple" as this, thank you !

[@elonmadetwitterracist]

good to see u healthy and delivering alternative content during this period. keep it up!

[@tiborklein5349]

Man, Cody's looking weird today...

[@Dockhead]

cody's labs?

[@dokidoki1021]

…and he didn't eat it

[@volrath__]

What I love about this is their problem solving, they know the destination with the wood in the crates, don't really know how to get there, so are experimenting and working each problem out along the way. That's what I am in engineering for, the iterative journey solving each problem in turn until you get a desired result! Keep up these videos! I know it isn't 'tech' but the problem solving methods are the same here as a factory in China!

[@marx252]

Not gonna lie, I would LOVE more videos like this. Maybe some kind of metallurgy or engineering or something would be cool. It’s in the same vein as your usual stuff in showing how interesting the parts that make up our modern life are.

[@philipwagner5711]

please show the hemp operation!

[@cinnabarsin4288]

The strange stuff you get up and behind the scenes stuff you'd never think to watch otherwise is great.

[@typxxilps]

please show us that grow operation cause this one was really interesting to watch and people get more interested what to buy and where to buy to get such natural char coal ... instead of chemical treated choal. That understanding makes the buyers interested and willing to pay more for such bag of natural char coal that fires their oven and steak.

[@NAKALYAE7]

and trees will gone faster, no, thanks

[@amnottabs]

@@NAKALYAE7 the guy running the operation explained for minutes from where they got their wood, those trees were gone from the start

[@MistressJakki]

Glad to see your safe and well.... and still finding interesting things to share with us...I’m sure you can find a few more

[@whatchulookinat338]

Easily my favorite content you've produced .... please keep showing more.

[@alpenmerlin]

Great video! Covering the life of the people that offered you to stay with them in times like these is great. Even though this is a technical channel, I would love to see more videos like these. Greetings from Germany! Stay healthy.

[@AllenZrust]

Dude, I really enjoyed this; just genuine people out here, doing their jobs and having natural interaction.

[@Darthwill44]

It’s interesting to see you apply what you learned about exploring and learning about computer technology and using those tactics to explore technology made near where you are now.

[@MikeZ32TT]

Yes please, I would love to see the grow operation.

[@mrvideouploader7]

scotty we love how you provoke conversation and knowledge rather than conflict

[@538wireman]

Not only would I be interested in seeing the Grow operation but also ANY & all jobs that are taking place throughout the Tribe!

[@isaiahrivera5883]

I live in New Mexico! Glad you are here. Make sure to try the food!

[@orochiokada]

Really happy to see you still making videos even if this isn't an ideal situation for any of us. I thought this was a pretty good substitute for your usual technically factory video and I'm looking forward to more stuff. Would love to see you taking things apart/soldering/modding stuff in the future too if that's at all possible.

[@gcKukie]

Its not "how its made" its "how the people make it". Keep the stories coming.

[@technicallyartistic]

Would love to see the hemp operation. I'd love to see more about what reservation and tribe life is like now days.

[@mangdaiskie6879]

Idk why im enjoying watching this video, but it's pretty awesome..

[@Tictacpanter]

Love seeing you interview people Scotty. You've got a skill for getting folks to open up about their work.

[@willardroad]

If I could send a note to the makers you watched and interviewed, it would be that we out here in "the rest of the country" REALLY appreciate the labor that goes in, and the quality that comes out, of the work they do. I live on the opposite side of the country, but would cheerfully pay 3x, 4x, or more to support their work AND have great charcoal for my cooking. Great video. One of the most interesting I have seen in a long time.

[@ClickspaceYT]

Loving the adventures out into the local places

[@Errcyco]

What a neat video. Man watching your phone mods and factory tours... and now this! Badass channel.

[@chrisharveyy]

never stop learning! being humble is the greatest virtue anyone could have! thanks for sharing!!

[@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz1g]

I don't usually comment on videos but I love your videos in the native American community. What a strange and beautiful evolution of this channel.

[@afridi24]

Its really nice of you Scotty, to think outside of the box. These people are never really appreciated for what they do. I think you should do more of these kind of videos. Thanks.

[@muxallopeniot9194]

Great job! I never thought how charcoal was made would be so interesting. You had me watching the whole time. I think you should definitely make a video on the commercial grow operation.

[@Everett-xe3eg]

8:11 me too bud, me too

[@Nikonosequx]

underrated comment

[@manypixel813]

it took me some time to get it

[@Druidus98]

I think you have found your real destination. It’s not technology, not China, it’s people. You do have a real talent to bring people to talk about their craftsmanship.

[@zerodefcts]

This tribe is incredible!!! I could learn so much about sustainability from them!

[@butterfliesandtape]

I used to LOVE watching your home bullt iPhone videos (and associated content) years ago and here I am, back for something completely different and it's you again!! Awesome work, sir. Appreciate your informative and direct style always 🙏🏼

[@alejandrosilvestre5244]

it is great to see you once again running around, thanks for sharing some of the knowledge of the people that took you in, cheers from Mexico

[@Johnny_Kanuk]

That is one hell of an operation. Really cool to watch. If you still have contact with them tell them they could run the return pipe, for the water, about 4 feet under ground before it goes back into the tank. The ground should pull some of the heat out of the water. Have to go that far down in that area since it gets so freaking hot in the summer.

[@steryiosfoyntas8773]

I always wondered how they do it! Amazing video and amazing people. Also I think in my country they use a different method for charcoal so it was even more entertaining seeing other utilisations of the same principle!

[@simeonmihaylov6123]

Scotty you are indeed one of a kind...during tough times like now, you still manage to make interesting videos and show some primitive, but unknown old school tech for many of us... I've enjoyed the video... keep up the good work.

[@Cam.Klingon]

Love this. I’d appreciate you posting more of these kinds.

[@mcostafernando]

"With propane I can taste propane." TASTE THE MEAT NOT THE HEAT I TELL YOU HWAT (Hill, Hank)

[@geogmz8277]

Same character came to my mind. 😅

[@ronaldserrano06]

3:42 "spanish people call it ocote" OCOTE MY MVP, my big dawg, never disappoints when lighting a fire.

[@amansaxena5898]

Codydon : Let me introduce myself 👨‍🏭

[@mandc20022]

I was about to say codyslab has been doing this for years

[@preposterouswalrus1886]

Excellent video. Please do more like these with people from “far out” super interesting and they have a lot of knowledge to share!

[@markpotter6186]

Great change of pace, lots to learn here, who knew even charcoal is technical.

[@aqn1976]

One of the most underrated inventions of the 20th century!!! There is no better way to grill & bbq than over charcoal briquettes ;-) !!!!

[@AllTrueIsHim]

Not only because there is something after Chinese factories that show us how our daily goods are produced but also that you're showing the things we use daily here that are produced here as well, great Scott!, great Scotty.

[@T3chpat]

This is awesome, keeping it interesting, subtle but creative editing style and impressive work, especially since it seems like(?) it's done one the "fly".

[@edkastlie8602]

This was WAY COOL and totally unexpected from you. A very “clean” charcoal production operation!

[@troughle]

Love this type of video, Scotty. Good to see how things are done for generations. A way of life that is lost on most of us, simply amazing.

[@iMadrid11]

I’m actually more interested with these Native-American reservation videos. Not everything that’s made has to be high tech. This method of charcoal production oven is actually unique. Just set up the wood, light it up, seal it with soil, leave & come back tomorrow. I hope he figures out how dry lumber by recycling smoke and getting cold water circulation soon. Scotty you’re an engineer help him out. BTW I hope you do a video about the mushroom farm too.

[@chickenrichard5024]

This was awesome to see. Its little things that I honestly never thought about that I find in your videos that I love seeing. Thank you for your hard work and thank the people involved in helping you show us the interesting projects and journeys you go on!

[@zachward6441]

This man single-handedly inspired me to take apart my iPhone 7. Tip: don't take apart your daily driver, because now I'm spending bank on a Pixel 3xl.

[@bgubs07]

Better than the iPhone 7 anyways

[@texasdeeslinglead2401]

Lol

[@bluedevilinaz]

Thanks for highlighting a cool business that supports the tribes! They could use the earth as a heatsink by burying the tubing down under the surface 5-7 feet and run it underground for a distance to cool the water down without needing to really add any additional infrastructure beyond piping. I would love to see the commercial hemp grow, too!

[@rajeshpappu4734]

I used to see your videos from recent times ,all those videos are quite interesting and learned much about it 👍❣️

[@gustavfranklin]

What a soft spoken cool guy Luther is. You should help him with his thermal equilibrium problem, I'm pretty sure a simple heat sink would be a fun thing to build!

[@crashpoke]

Hey just wanted to say I like this content during the SIP. Even tho it's not your usual content I truly appreciate you trying! Miss your old content but am sticking with ya through your channel evolution!

[@JoTheVeteran]

Also, seems my suggestion went through. I asked you to visit local factories. I'm so glad you do that. I'd like to see some big American factories, like foundries, or mines, or oil rigs, if you can go there of course, when you get out of quarantine. That's very interesting stuff!

[@StrangeParts]

Yes, I'd love to do that once the virus is under control.

[@MartijnWismeijer]

Are there still factories in the USA? All my gadgets and electronic equipment comes from China nowadays. 😂🤣 My last Dell server, made in China, my last ipad, made in China, my last IBM Laptop was a Lenovo in disguise. Nowadays I purchase Xiaomi phones, Lenovo phones and tablets. There is no such thing as 'made in America' any longer. Unless it's of course charcoal.

[@Scott_C]

Would love to have a tour of an American electronics factory. And the story of how you found it. It's struggles with the CE market.

[@JoTheVeteran]

@@MartijnWismeijer there's got to be some left!

[@Dockhead]

@@MartijnWismeijer weirdly america still produces a lot of factory machinery or parts for such. i used to work in a factory in the UK that all its parts were sourced from america. well i think the biggest supply of copper comes from the US, which is sold off to china for production of said items you listed 😂 its a fucked up world, china owns and produces everything. heck i found out 25% of real estate value and sale and business in the US is from Chinese owners/buyers.

[@mikeczerniak3331]

Not sure if you'll read this but I love your videos from China and what not and all the cool tech stuff you see but as a New Mexican it's awesome seeing you in the state and promoting a local business. That's awesome man!

[@bloodwolf4823]

Fantastic video & information, thanks! I was explaining to someone the difference between briquette & lump wood and how they're made, this popped up on my feed as a perfect accompaniment to my discussion 👍

[@jasonv31]

Love the new content... Really interesting!

[@audreyzac4890]

Thank you for this. I'm actually looking for ideas for a side project related to excessive resources like this in my country, mainly at my state. Might have a look into this subject. I appreciate it so much! 🙏

[@flashgames1273]

Awesome! you need your discovery channel show!

[@charlieb9502]

Glad to see you getting content out and you are well.

[@barrettdent405]

Some real ingenuity and effort going on there. Really interesting fellow too.

[@RandomActsOfMusic1]

I really enjoyed this episode. so different, but also good.

[@gblueslover8807]

That's a very cool guy to explain the process like that...Very nice 😎

[@XziledBlog]

Thanks a lot from all those great barbeques

[@mattgraham1398]

Fascinating. thank you for the perspective!

[@dotcomdudee]

Thank you Luther and Nate!

[@rodolfozacarias2900]

Curiosity of how things are done. Great job, Scott.

[@GeckoOnTheWall]

Great idea with little equipment, thanks for showing us Scotty 👍🏻

[@sintaxera]

Loved this. Thanks to everyone involved

[@oliverbagley]

Really enjoyed this video

[@beamweapons]

This was surprisingly interesting. He kept pointing at stuff that you never looked at with the camera though.

[@cohall46]

Very interesting and informative. There are probably a lot of interesting activities or businesses where you are that your followers would like to see.

[@theglobalgentlemen1694]

This guy is so chill

[@geinko]

Scotty thank you for sharing the world with us

[@TheEnixSquared]

Weird that I was just wondering about this a few days ago when I was grilling

[@sahinyalgun767]

now add headphone jack to a charcoal

[@artwins1057]

iPhone or charcoal, your videos are always informative 🥰

[@AndrewWorkshop]

This was really interesting.

[@markmanz8897]

It would be great to see the "grow operation" as well as, i'm sure, anything else that we "wouldn't be expecting" to see on the reservation. I love how you have "taken what you know" and adapted it to other things. Getting an inside look into what happens on reservations is something, i'm guessing, that would interest a lot of people. I'd be curious as to "the next step" in the charcoal operation, too. I'm guessing they don't have a multi-million-dollar press like the "big guys" do.

[@alanmoberly64]

Keep finding interesting things to video. You make all of your videos fun to watch.

[@seeminglyRANDOM88]

I really like the mixed content on the channel. I originally subscribed for the electronics projects but stuff like this is really interesting. Thank you.

[@fooiz1742]

Good too see you back with new stuff 🙂take care of you. Good too see you doing better then this season started.

[@portmanteau9314]

Great video, everything about it was just, pleasant.

[@jamess1787]

Would like to see the next part. As the others are saying: continue working on this segment!

[@wallywally3738]

Man, I oddly enjoy listening to this dude explain stuff

[@ritual301]

Chalk me up for being interested in the grow ops. For both the shroom and hemp grows. Thanks man and hope you're staying safe!

[@oleksandrzubchenko210]

Nice to see you healthy, Scottie! John Daub from Only in Japan channel mentioned you in one of the recent livestreams from Akihabara, Tokyo. Looks like pandemic situation in Japan begins to stabilize. Hope USA also will get better soon. Congratulations for Launch America success! Stay safe and take care!

[@StrangeParts]

Oh, awesome. John is a great guy - I've really enjoyed getting to know him and hang out with him a few times. Hope you're staying healthy as well!