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- čas přidán 28. 05. 2016
- Here's how we make charcoal on the homestead. This is only 1 method, but it works very good. This works by keeping the oxygen away from the charcoal and not allowing it to fully burn.
Today I whatched like 20 different ways of making charcoal. Yours is the best way to go. Quick video, very informative, efficient process. Congratulations.
I hope you get good results, and enjoy the process! Let us know how it turns out.
I second that. haha.
Does soft wood work for this too? Anyone know it birchs is better?
I am probably the LEAST mechanically inclined male in the planet; so, your method was the first I tried. After 3-4 attempts, I am getting great yields for such little effort. Now I have too much and have given some away to neighbors who can’t believe I made my own grilling charcoal. Thank you for your video.
You're very welcome. It's awesome to share with your neighbors!
Thanks! I tried this myself and have made three excellent loads of softwood charcoal for blacksmithing so far! I stack the barrel all the way to the top with kindling size pieces of pine and fir. It only takes an hour to burn to the bottom being that it’s softwood. Each load lasts over four hours of forging and gets hot enough to melt steel in my brake drum forge in about three minutes. I can now make great forge fuel easily and free! Thanks again!
I don't know about "best", but this is definitely the easiest method I've seen.
Other people have already mentioned it, but this is a "direct burn" method. Unlike most direct burns I've seen people do (and especially unlike the centuries-old mounding methods), you've created an afterburn zone to keep it from smoking to high heaven. You are getting more ash in your finished charcoal than a retort--or "indirect burn"--method would produce, but with a far simpler setup.
Considering how little ash you got, you're obviously getting pretty good yield. Most attempts at direct burns seem to produce a lower yield than you're getting, so you are obviously putting the fire out at almost exactly the right time. Very nice work.
This is by far the simplest method I've seen. I like simple.
Short, to the point, and practical. Thank you.
I do it very similar. Lots of videos of guys making these elaborate retort kilns and stoves, but I hate drilling and otherwise cutting up solid barrels… I also hate using 3x the amount of firewood as charcoal wood to get the finished charcoal… and I especially hate only producing a bucket full of charcoal at a time. I do almost the same as you here, but I don’t drill any holes in my burn barrel, and I use a rusted out old barrel for the jet chimney.
During burn pile season, I use 2 or 3 full barrels and build burn piles around and over them, barrels have only 1 hole with a 3-5ft x 1” pipe attached to allow for the pyrolysis processes and so I can monitor exactly what’s going on in the barrels.
Both methods are super simple, and efficient…
I use this same method in making biochar. Only I use wood chips. Chips are easy to get from a tree service. I spread them out in the sun for a few days to dry. I then run it through a screen, half inch hardware cloth to remove the fine material. The fines impede air flow. It then goes into a barrel, light the top, put the lid on and let it burn, When the fire gets to the bottom of the barrel I remove the chimney unit and put a lid on it. Cover the holes in the bottom of the barrel and let it sit. Using wood chips I don't have to crush it any further and wood chips are easy to get. This is called a top lit up draft system. TLUD for short.
Aside from all the small paint can kiln, I really like how easy yours is, I'm going to try your method.
Awesome. Give it a try, and you'll see how easy it is. Lemme know how it turns out.
after watching this video, I did a modified version of this, my holes are on the bottom and i set it up on three pavers. I ignite and within about 60-90 seconds there is usually a 3 foot flame rocketing out the top. My holes are 1" and there are a bunch. I leave the chimney on until i feel confident from inspection that the whole of the wood is involved. i then let the fire continue to burn for about 15 minutes. after that i remove the bricks and hill up dirt around the perimeter. I let the fire continue to burn til all the wood is a glorious ruby red with NO FLAME. I then quench it with water and put a lid on. I check it once more a bit later to ensure it is quenched, then leave it for the next day.
No doubt, from all the methods I have seen, this video is the easiest one. Tks a lot. I will try this method soon.
Carlos Alberto Murad let us know how it works out!
Great video.Absolutely the best one on making your own lump charcoal
Richard Lopez thanks man. I'm glad it was useful for you.
Hi mate, simple, elegant end result. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it! Let us know how it turns out if you try it.
We looked at a few videos and this seemed the most promising. And sure enough was really successful. Thanks very much for the advice and demo. Two very satisfied Brits!
Very glad you had success with this method.
If you have a wood stove just get a stainless steel container, drill some air holes in it, then fill it with wood and put it in your stove. This will produce smaller amounts of charcoal, but you don't need to maintain a big fire outdoors and all the energy goes into heating your home. If you prepare several containers in advance you'll have a large amount of charcoal soon :) Watch "Make Your Own Charcoal In Your Wood Stove (Wood Gasification) DIY" to see how it works.
Congratulations - I love the holes on the side!!!
i love your way's. nice in simple
This is the way
nice and simple!!! Thank you
Deep south Homestead is giving you a shout out!
Thank you for the heads up!
Made it look easy.
That is some TASTY LOOKIN. CHARCOAL. Mmmmm
Thank you for sharing 😊👍
tx - nice and simple one
i don't have any barrels, but nice way of making a lot of it :)
This is a good video and I appreciate your time doing I for us. I have to say that having made charcoal many different ways now and evolving to where I am, this way isn't the best. It's overcooked and the yeild is very low. I went through that although I wasn't using this method. Also the coals are soft. You have probably evolved by now as well. We all are in search of better, well; I am. Thank you, your video is a great help to me.
Christ thank you for the simplicity
You're very welcome.
An the total rises on the good charcoal makers to the ones who lose because they lost half their charcoal because they forgot to prevent the oxygen from getting back into their cookers. Thank You Loader.
Hey it looks like you got great results but why do you put the second barrel on top
to keep any oxygen from getting into the fire from the top. all the oxygen for the fire musty come from the bottom, and be burned there. keeps the coals from just burning up.
This looks so easy... I'll try this method. Wish me luck :S
L.A.G give it a go, and let us know how it turns out. Good luck!
Thank you :) My only problem is... ok, I have 2 barrels, but for the barrel with the wood I don't have a proper way to cover the top (no proper lid), and I don't have that sort of "ring" you use to seal it either :S . So I guess I'll have to cover it with some flat/plane piece of metal or something and a stone on top. I hope this is enough to prevent oxygen from escaping :P
David Parrott's channel with all of 519 subscribers provided this information by videoing Gary Gilmore of Pennsylvania making charcoal with this exact same method back in 2011.
Seppa yes. this is the Gilmore method. that's a great channel, and his gasification, and other videos are great.
You one is the easy way.👍
Good video and very simple thanks. What wood do you recommend?
Sixty Nine oak or other hardwoods.
Fresh wood or dry wood...when to close the steeldrum and the holes downside..what is the key?
Dry wood is best. Close the drum lid, and base holes when you see red coals at the bottom of the barrel.
Bought barrels yesterday. Will start when rain stops. Any other tips or tricks? Watched the vid several times so...thx
i enjoyed the video, but i still don't understand the need to make charcoal for your grill. you had plenty of red hot coals in your small fire pit. i use oak & maple natural wood in my grill. i take the lid off my 22 inch webber and remove the cooking grate, then take small twigs that fall into my yard from my big oak tree and start a small fire on the bottom grate of my webber. once it gets going good i add some bigger pieces of oak. fill my grill about 1/2 full and let it burn with the lid off until i am left with red hot coals then it's time to put the lid back on and start cooking. i guess the only advantage i could see to using charcoal over wood is you get red hot coals quicker with charcoal than burning wood but not if you take into account the extra time and wood it took you to make that charcoal in the first place. what am i missing here???
Try doing a 13 hour low and slow brisket like that :)
Hi, thank you so much for your very informative and interesting video, I would like to ask just about how many burns those barrels will be able to do, secondly, how many holes and what size ( they seem about 1 inch) did you put at the bottom of the barrel. Looking around I heard people trying a similar method but they moved to a different one because they were producing a lot of smoke no matter how many holes did they put at the bottom, I wonder what your thoghts are regarding this....maybe they did not use wood dried enough or they put something like woodchip which would prevent a good airflow within the barrel. Did you try your method with smaller wood sizes? Thank you very much for your help, Dami.
The barrels last 4 or 5 years and I usually make charcoal once a year. I have tried larger diameter wood, but it won't fully Carbonize if it's too big. My best luck has been with 6 inch logs. As for holes at the bottom... I just guessed on mine. You can put as many as feasible in it and fine tune the burn by shutting them off with sand. Good luck and let us know how it works out for you!
@@TURBOLANDRAIDER thank you so much for your reply, I will try it and let you know thank you very much !
i have a wood chipper. do you think wood chips would be too dense when the barrel is full or would they work better
can you sit the barrel on a fire ( making a fire beneath the barrel ) and seal it on top a make some holes?! i’ve seen this method on smaller objects like ( painting cans ). do you think it gives you same result?
and by the way, thank you for your very quick, very informative video
Not with this method. I have tried that, and it's not nearly as efficient as this method.
how do you put a lid on when the barrel's red hot? and where can I get a lid like that?
Use gloves. Also the lid is not hot.... it's sitting of too the side while you're doing the burn. I got mine at a local barrel / metal awning carport place.
Afterburner .. is there holes in it ??
Its a cylinder. A tube. Open on top and bottom.
How did you get the red coals at the bottom when you lit if from the top? Am i right in thinking once its been charred enough its now recognised as a smokeless material. Can you do the same with wood chips?
The fire draws in oxygen from the bottom and consumes it for combustion, but uses it all up before the wood can burn. I do not think this method would work with wood chips because they pack in so densely, and wouldn't allow airflow from bottom to top. Try it and let us know if it works.
Kia Ora from New Zealand! I noticed there was what looked like three holes drilled into the lid? Is that right? I am guessing its for out gassing, but let me know if its advisable to drill a couple of holes in the lid. Thanks mate!
Beachcombers NZ yep. I just didn't want to totally seal the drum off, and possibly have an accident. I usually stuff some aluminum foil in them.
Awesome, thanks brother!
Beachcombers NZ , you don't need to add holes. If there's a build up of gas, it'll just blow out the sand/dirt from the back filled holes at the bottom, gas will always take the easiest way out.
This charcoal has a sort of silvery color compared to the normal pitch black charcoal you see... what's the difference?
4xdblack I'm really not sure. maybe all charcoal is like that, but in the process of bagging and transporting it, that shimmer gets dulled or knocked off.
Been watching a lot of videos and reading up on charcoal making methods... If I had to take a guess, this method is called the "direct" method. The more common method is the "indirect method" or the charcoal "retort". What I've noticed is that the Indirect method produces pitch black charcoal straight from the can, whereas the direct method produces the silvery charcoal that you're getting. I read somewhere that the quality is essentially the same for both methods, but supposedly the indirect Retort method is more efficient, and ensures that a higher majority of the wood gets completely carbonized and little is lost.
So I'm thinking the silvery color is due to the lost wood that wasn't carbonized.
But I'm pretty new to the idea of charcoal making. I just started researching it last night. But I still feel like this method is the better one because of several reasons. The first one being that all your wood gets turned into charcoal, and none of it is required to light a fire under the barrel. The second and biggest advantage IMO is that it is the easiest way to make a large quantity of charcoal at the same time. It's very difficult to make a charcoal retort that uses a 55gal drum.
4xdblack excellent. it's easy to get normal 55 gallon drums too. they're commonly available. With this setup, I can yield four "50lb chicken feed, or dog food bags" from 1 burn. 2 burns is enough to satisfy my grilling needs for a year. (that's really all I use my charcoal for). that's the biggest plus of this method imo. it might not be the most efficient, but it dang sure makes enough charcoal to make the process worthwhile.
I'm looking to make my own charcoal for my home forge. It would be a lot cheaper in the long run if I could make it myself. But right now I've only got one 55gal drum. You said that they're commonly available. Where might I find an old 55gal drum then?
4xdblack any industrial area ought to have a bunch. we have a few local places that sell storage buildings, IBC totes, barrels, etc. try driving through industrial parks, and asking workers where you might find a used one.
I have some questions... how much time do you leave the afterburner. And for how much time do you leave it breathing from below holes...
All explained on the video. The afterburner stays on until you see red coals through the bottom vents. Then the vents get sand shoveled onto them, and the top gets covered.
@@TURBOLANDRAIDER thanks.. just a minor question... red coals may fall in the bottom from the initial fire ... shall I have to wait to see fire in the bottom??.. as i understand it needs 2 and a half hours after setting the fire and then close all the holes including the top??
@@zooulapanayiotou2603 wait until you see the flame front drop down to the very bottom where the vents are. That's when you know it's ready to cap off, and extinguish the fire.
with mix charcoal
Simples
Always wonder how can burned up wood....burn?
After about 2.5 hours I need to take off second barrel from top and put the lib on first, right? What is the best way to take off that second barrel?
Pull it off when you see the flame front drop low enough so that oxygen can not feed the fire from the top. I just push it off the bottom barrel when the time comes.
@@TURBOLANDRAIDER Thank you
where can i get this barrels
Lots of places carry them in rural areas. Try to source some from an industrial area.
Hi , I have this huge bur oak/white oak tree that need to come down ! Can this type of wood be used for charcoal ?
Absolutely. I would split the large logs into smaller pieces though.
@@TURBOLANDRAIDER thank you very much !
What can you do to stop the burning process if your barrel doesn't have a lid
frankcqIII get a lid, or find some way to starve it of oxygen.
TURBOLANDRAIDER any ideas? I'm trying to produce charcoal for extra cash but can't find any used open top barrels. Coming from Guam where everything is over priced and limited in options, I wonder if anyone here or you thinks that paying $255.00 for a new open top barrel is expensive. What do you think of using water to cool the charcoal instead of the lid? I might have to leave charcoal out to dry but not sure what other effect using water would have on the charcoal's quality... Any thoughts?
Might be able to do it with an upside down barrel? Just got to keep oxygen from getting to it after it is all on fire.
do I need to put holes in the top lid for when I close it?
thanks!
You really don't, but you can. I was worried about having an accident, however I think that the sand arrived the bottom would let any sort of built up gasses escape if there was any measurable pressure.
What is red coal?and when to put dirt around the holes!
That's when The wood starts to glow red. When that happens, get your dirt piled around the holes at the bottom
Should you use green wood, dried wood, or does it matter?
Dried wood is best. Green wood will work, however it takes a lot of fire and energy to drive the moisture out, then carbonize.
What is the woods(tree) name or shall v use any wood??
This is all oak. If you want larger pieces, you'll need to split large logs and pack them in the barrel.
How long does to burn the wood until tobe charcoal ?
You burn it until you see red coals at the bottom.
@@TURBOLANDRAIDER about how long time will be the red charcoal come out at bottom ?
@@sasonosasono9487 about 2 or 2.5 hours
Where can I buy a lid cover like that one?
Mine came with the barrels. I got my barrels at the local feed supply store.
What time, fire of charcoal.????
You need to keep an eye on the flame front going down. When you see fire and coals at the bottom, use sand to block off oxygen.
@@TURBOLANDRAIDER Thank you very much, good.
What do you us charcoal for...
Some use it for cooking, others for forging metal.
wtf I thought that was a small tin can
anonymous bank account hacker technically you can make one out of a tin can just use twigs
@@gametrue2229 lol
Put the holes on the bottom of barrel
Yes.
What kind of wood is this?
Mostly oak, and other hard woods. No pine
okay so what you gonna do with that much charcol???!?? Me - idk even know what charcol is helpful for
JoG Man SO High grill you some chicken thighs buddy!
TURBOLANDRAIDER thanks for replying this fast!:) but im vegan soo i dont wanna taste meat
JoG Man SO High some pineapple? Mangos? Squash, asparagus, etc. I love grilled vegetables. Major respect for being vegan. I've tried it, and it was tough.
TURBOLANDRAIDER ya 😂ikr and thanks for your suggestion
I was searching for videos on this because I'm getting into blacksmithing.
No good
Ashy and incomplete. There are some better ways out on the tubes.
with mix charcoal