Giant Briquettes Burn Test - Free Heat

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

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Awesome thanks I’m definitely gonna try asap and I’ll definitely be in support as I’m a coffee addict also lol. Thanks again

[@terrencehilliman3336]

I live in Arizona and this would be a cheap alternative for the firepit. Would definitely get a nice cure during the summer.

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

Good idea

[@444sage]

What would be interesting and good to know is the surface temperature of your stove during those 8 hours

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

I believe in one of the videos we did some of that. We made so many it's hard to remember.

[@kirkagraff8430]

Just found you. Pretty cool. Now a great use for Amazon boxes. Just need a source for sawdust. I will probably use some 6” pvc pipe and a old hydraulic jack for my form and here in New Mexico things dry insanely fast. Thanks for the info.

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

Sounds like a solid plan

[@helenavanmaanen6733]

I learned from my Ecuadorian mother in law that ashes need to be removed from the burning surface, because if you don't all you will get is smouldering. Such a big block is smothering itself.

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

She's not wrong but smoldering is just slower burning these flake off every time you open the door. But it put off plenty heat for the entire time. 1/2 this size or with a hole might be more efficient

[@marcm.]

Remember that the sealed stoves are actually gasifiers, not really a fireplace. In that equation, the ash as long as it does flake off or allow enough air to get through and gas to go through, simply won't make much of a difference. But the hole, is what I mentioned in a previous comment, to help dry the large bricks faster. In the very large one I think you would need four to six holes through and through, for the midsize one you probably can get away with one or two holes, I probably do two

[@ajsassafrass6883]

Perfect. I love when people think outside the box. Well done!

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

Thank you

[@t.p.2361]

Hi...this is really wonderful to make and to use it to burn. I live in the Carpathian Mountains, and here we have and eat a lot of walnuts, the nuts are in a wooden shell, and this burns intensely on a wood fire. Maybe try it in briquettes 🤘

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

What an interesting idea 💡

[@Stephen_Strange]

A good overnighter then - added with the coffee, NICE. I will try and make but with a different shape and a couple of tube holes throughout.

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

Sounds like a plan

[@CuriousEvenmore]

With larger blocks like the first one what about the idea of adding holes thru the brick similar to what you see with some clay bricks. This could help in 2 ways First will help with the drying time. Second this maybe will help to get a more even burn on the brick. What do ya think? Worth a try?

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

Yeah we've done some this way it's actually a trade-off because it makes a chimney effect up the middle which is awesome it does get hotter but the overall burn time goes down. Kind of like it's burning from the inside outward at the same time instead of just the outside inward. And we've also found it's not that hard to add the holes in our system we just laid pieces of PVC and then push them out when removing them from the press.

[@michaelcarbone6101]

Thanks again

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

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[@bellyacres7846]

very nice I like the ease of these

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

We found it to be very nice and easy

[@bellyacres7846]

@@thefrugalhomestead7873 your idea to make "pucks" sounds good to me. like a pellet,but easy to chuck in the fire box, might be easy & quick to make too (?) less to press, quick to dry ok might not be the best for long burns or heat tho - hmmm for various colors while burning - maybe metal chips, filings in the mix (?) I have those too.

Great video! How hot did the large brick get? Also did you get a temp at it's hottest point? How large a space are you warming?

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

The tiny house is 500 ft² that I was burning this in two levels. It was well over 500° at one point. I would think you could give up some burn time and increase the temperature if you put holes through it as it burnt from the outside inward so you're only getting so much surface area burning at a time

@@thefrugalhomestead7873 that’s great info I’m just curious as one day I’d like to have a homestead as well in the future. I’m gonna make some small bricks to use in my grill and see if I can make a burger or two. I live in a city, I don’t wanna be a fire hazard so I’ll try a small experiment

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

That would be an excellent starting point.

[@RoseBud-fk4qg]

Even if only one hour it's still free heat burn 16 hours every day that ain't bad, the small ones add one every hour after first start

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

Very true

[@RoseBud-fk4qg]

Make a 2 in hole in the sentence with a removal pvc pipe

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

That's not a bad idea but then it would burn faster that's what we were trying to not have happen

[@SusanMccrimmon]

Can you bun the briquettes in a regular fireplace?

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

You can probably best in wood burner

[@dalethompson5842]

I wonder if microwave would speed up the drying?

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

I don't know that I would try that especially with the coffee ones that have oils in them. Honestly it might work but I don't have an extra microwave to try it with and I don't think my wife would appreciate me cooking stuff in her good microwave 😂

[@kevintaylor1434]

Can see the thermometer on the stove , but the one on the stove pipe doesn't seem like your getting that much heat from the large block

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

There's a very good reason for that. And I can tell you were paying attention cuz you noticed that. This is a reburner stove so it has tubes in the top of the stove and it funnels the smoke through them and reignites it. At which point there is very little smoke going out the chimney and because it has to go through that system it does not allow it to draw the heat out the pipe like most wood burners so my pipe never gets hot. I originally bought that too Make sure I was in the correct burn zone from my pipe then I realized that doesn't work on the reburner stoves lol

[@KnifeCrazzzzy]

Epic! 🙌🏻

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

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[@jasperj3759]

How often does the exhaust soot up or does it just burn away it own soot

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

It really doesn't build up any I have a clean out at the bottom of the pipe so I can literally look through it and after a burn the pipe is completely clean. I think because there's no dirt or bark and since it's broke down and can burn completely it can fully combust.

[@CJ-py7ch]

I would add heat fans on top of the stove, maybe 2 or 3

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

That would probably help

[@RichardT2112]

I think the size increase gives too much ash which depleted the overall burn time.

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

It's possible but still pretty decent burn time vs smaller ones

[@marcm.]

Kind of late, but I'll make a comment anyway. If you bore some holes, or not bored but press it with something that let you have maybe four to six holes in the large one, up and down through, but honestly even side to side would work, this should significantly reduce the drying time for the very large one and a large one

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

True and burn hotter but reduced burn time. There is always a balance

[@nathanaelszafranski2261]

Toss that in before you call the night, when you wake in morning no need to rebuild the fire, the box will hold fire through the night.

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

Exactly

[@MaxDamage-bh2os]

Wow! 8 hours is great! What if make a few half inch holes in it? It will help it to dry faster, but I think it will burn in the same time because ash will block this holes. Good luck!

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

Most the briquettes we've tested with holes burn faster and hotter so def a balance I absolutely agree though it would make it dry much faster

[@pannini21]

@@thefrugalhomestead7873 what about trying just one hole down the middle, dries a bit faster but wont burn as long maybe?

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

@@pannini21 definitely an option

[@briancampbell2]

bundt cake pan as a mold

[@crankyemoji2328]

Great, video two thumbs up. Maybe make an six sided pyramid with a 1 inch air hole in the top to the bottom.

[@AddictOfLearning]

These home made briskets do seem to create a massive amount of ash vs wood

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

Visually maybe but when it gets pushed down the dirt residue and ashes from wood is way more as far as volume so you will actually be cleaning your stove out less often with these

[@harrymu148]

keep the ash and leech it with water! plenty of useful stuff in there if I remember correctly.

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

Yeah you can use it to cook it down to make a version of lye soap

[@GetFitEatRight]

Jesus you can leave this burning slowly into the night and stoke it with some wood for coffee in the morning... nice

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

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[@BeorcKano]

These look like they make an ungodly amount of ash.

[@thefrugalhomestead7873]

Actually once it all lays down it's way less than wood with bark on it

[@BeorcKano]

​@thefrugalhomestead7873 Ooh, yeah, it's been a minute since I've used wood heat, but that bark ash was no joke. We burned manzanita and madrone a lot, that could turn a woodstove red if you weren't careful.