Making your own charcoal

Charcoal cookers (such as Weber Kettles)
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lloydi71
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Making your own charcoal

Post by lloydi71 »

Hi Guys
I have watched people on youtube making their own charcoal. Curious if anyone here has done it ? how they did it ? and was it successful ? and is it worth the effort ?
12x7
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Not worth it for a one off.

Only think about it if you have lots of wood to burn. time and a means to sell it.

Selling price should be around $1.50 per kg.

Not much profit in it.

What sort of lump charcoal are you thinking of making?
Bill44
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You need a bloody big open space because if you didn't know about smoke before, you certainly will when making charcoal.
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Angryman65
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Re: Making your own charcoal

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I've done it a couple of times but is a bit time consuming and not a process for doing in a residential back yard unless you use gas for heat.

This is my original post from years ago.

https://www.aussiebbq.info/forum/viewto ... 114#p85114
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