Hi everyone i keep getting funny comments about why someone would go through all the trouble of doing this, remember in the first place it was to demonstrate how bark and small pieces of scrap wood (not good quality wood) can be used to make briquettes, it is a good skill to know if you don't have fuel available and you are able to build up stock etc. Also remember that the better the quality (hardness) of wood the longer the diy briquettes will burn. With hard wood ,preferably the thinner diameter branches works best ,it will burn as long or longer than store bought stuff, depending on wood quality.
Thank you for the lovely video. You empowered me with something new today. Wood - charcoal - fuel - ash - lye for soap and cement blocks from remaining ash. Wood is a wonderful resource.
This video is very educational and helpful for life situations as you mentioned in your comment. Thanks for sharing your knowledge that will benefit anyone for life.
Isn't the effect of wood hardness on making briquettes apparent at the actual pure carbon that's left after the process of making charcoal because hardwood is denser, with no impact of performance per briquette? Just as an example- 1 cubic meter of soft wood will produce 100kg of carbon to be ground and turned into briquettes, and 1cubic meter of hardwood produce 300kg, and when the briquettes are done- there shouldn't be a difference except for their number 🤔
This video was very helpful and applicable to me, especially in the last bit of making the briquettes because in Uganda the charcoal dust is easy to find, but for the binding I used red soil. The plastic tin (technology) was the masterstroke because before I since childhood I’ve been using my hands to make briquette balls. But the tins make the work much, much simpler. I must also add I was very lucky to find the tin and a fitting compressing piece of wood. Thanks a lot.
Hello Abdulnasser, am glad to find a Ugandan who watched this video and has a crew on how to make these briquettes, coz I also wish to venture into this as business, where are based n how can we link up? Large upon ur self man!!!!!! Greetings
@@sanyunamayanja7693 Hello Sanyu. I am John from Liberia. I also have similar ambition to venture into charcoal briquettes making. However, I am new to this. Could we please connect and exchange ideas?
of all the briquette making videos i have seen here on RUclips,this is by far the most economical,educative and informative way i have seen,thanks for the lesson,now i can make my own.
I've never done this, so this might not be feasible, but I had a few thoughts watching the video. When it comes to crushing the charcoal into fine pieces, you could get another drum without any holes. Put the small pieces into it and add some large rocks. Then roll it around your yard. It would act like a ball mill. It should stop the dust getting everywhere. You might even mount the drum on two rollers, so you don't have to chase it around your yard. You could add the binder slurry into this drum, with the crushed charcoal, and roll it to help with the mixing. I think I'd want to use another binder such as wastepaper, which has been soaked into a slurry, rather than use good useable flour. Other burnable waste, such as food waste, might be added to the mix.
Nice job, Here are a couple of pointers. 1) Soak your charcoal down, then drain it before you crush it up. On a windy day you can loose a great deal to the wind and on a calm day you can breathe in a lot of that dust! 2) Mixing old newspaper with water is almost as easy as the flower glue but will give the fiber you need to stick them together and make them strong. NOTES: in china they make similar briquettes and add about 5% or so Clay. They say it helps strengthen It and I know it also gives the burned briquette a structure as well. Probably good for the garden and easier to handle than fluffy ash. NOTE #2: I prefer biomass briquettes for less wasted energy but I think your double barrel design is AWESOME ! ! ! Great job - very efficient for charcoal making.
This is really interesting, thank you. I like the holes on the bottom of the retort. Our American hardwoods require A LOT more fire to convert to charcoal than what is in your retort.
Here in America, charcoal is fairly cheap, however, I liked your design and if I were to make my own, would likely use a design similar to yours. I would really have liked to see the crushing process. I would bet that you could trap the wood gas and use it to power a generator, the wood fuel would still turn to charcoal, but now you have the extra benefit of a wood gasification unit to make electrical power. Heck, it could even be used to heat water or cook WHILE it is making electricity AND charcoal, if you really wanted to get fancy. Thank You.
Just a tip to make mixing the flour easier: the way you mixed the cooked flour into the charcoal dust? Do the same thing with water, to the flour: Add a bit of water to the flour, make a paste and get it all wet. Then, it's much easier to add all the water, and no lumps. Ask Mamma to teach you to make Flour Gravy some day ^^ Great vid, and I'm going to steal your ideas. One mod I will be doing, a hinge on the lid so my poor back doesn't have to lift the darn thing!
Hi BT because there is wheat flour in the briquettes to bind it, when you lite the briquettes , it smells like someone is preparing food and the wind is taking the smell to you, really smells good.
Can I add something from NE India, Shillong?.... we use cow manure as a binder along with a bit of clay and after it is turned to ash put it in the garden.... Ciao
@@ritaranee4787 Hi Rita, thanks for that, i can imagine that would bind well, just not sure where us town dwellers would readily find it though, good tip ,thank you.
i’ve been sifting out my fireplace ash for years, using the bigger pieces in the grill, and always wishing i could do something with the really small pieces, seemed a lot to lose though good for th lawn. now i have a mission. thanx for th vid.
if you get char coal from your oven, it must be an old leaky one.. My fireplace in the living room only create GREY FINE POWDER! Even if i say burn old newspapers i always use a few good firewood pieces underneath so everything is burnt up,, heck even say bones trom my porkchops turn in to grey dust thats great for my compost ore i sprinkle it on the snow in the garden in springtime, so that the sun melt the snow faster.
I remember when I lived in England, no central heat just radiator and a stove in the house to heat. The stove took charcoal. I did not use the stove because in England charcoal is bloody expensive. This looks like a good way to make your own on a week end or two.
Thanks mate. Charcoal is really expensive and is imported into New Zealand, so I've been making my own lump Charcoal which is great. But I do have a lot of crumbly char that's too fine to use as lump, so I'm going to try making briquettes by your method. A better shot of your press would be handy, but I think I know how it works. Cheers 😊
I could see mounting molds to a log splitter ... Might have enough strength to do a 4x4 (16 hole) mold ... 3 person ... One filling, one pressing, one demolding on a drying rack ...
Add a small piece of plywood cut to match the length and width of the individual brick molds. Place one on top of each rectangular space, then put the cover on and press it. Press them once, then add the plywood and press them further. See if that works.🖖😎👍
Nice video of the idea. I would Like it if you show how to crush/grind without losing a lot of dust, list proportions of charcoal/flour, and streamline production of briquettes. (You might look at how fireworks makers do the stars for their shows.)
alcul8r2 If you have access to a cement mixer,put charcoal and fist sized stones in.Cover opening with fabric and tie with string.Turn on and the stones will pulverise the charcoal
i had an idea while watching this. why not get a 2 inch thick board and drill 3 inch holes in it, pour charcoal mix in and make another board with 3 inch wood circular plugs on it that would fit into the holes on the first board and sandwich them together and stand on it or something. get a bunch done at once. another idea...you could take plywood and wood glue the boards together to make the board 3 inchs deep
Also, you can make a form(like for concrete, you can make any size), pour in mixture and compress, then use a brownie cutter(usually made to cut grids in 3"x3" squares) to cut out briquettes. Then just turn form over and tap to release then let dry. You could let it dry in the form but I suspect, like concrete, you'd have to disassemble the form to remove. I could be wrong though.
Dis nou die beste video wat alles begin tot einde verduidelik hoe om dit lekker eenvoudig te doen, rerig beindruk met die 'press' idee!! baie dankie vir die goeie video, jy het 'n subscriber gewerf.
I just grind up and turn them into a pulp and press them into brickett's Just like the charcoal manufacturers do and it saves me a lot of $$money$$!!! Making charcoal is a good 👍 idea 💡 if you've the means and time 😊!!!!
I'm sure paper pulp will work even better than flour, if you find that it doesn't quite bind the way you hoped which i strongly doubt, then still ad just a little flour.
Hi David, only thing i can think of is mold,it can grow rapidly in briquettes if it stays wet and dark for too long,it should dry thoroughly in sunlight or out in the open.
I would do the opposite. Take the flour, add enough water to make a lump free paste, then add the rest of the water. Just like how chef Jaques Pepin makes crepes, he explains it at around 1:10 into this video: ruclips.net/video/jVrRj5pS3sU/видео.html
Salut merci pour la vidéo 🙏 Moi j'ai essayé mais ça produit trop de cendre, alors j'aimerais savoir comment avoir un charbon qui produit moins de cendres et qui s'allume. Merci 🙏
Excellent informative video, but I could help but note that at 7:29 one could hear "... So all of this must be *grinded* down to dust ..." the correct past of 'to grind' is 'ground' and not *grinded* - it is an archaic form thought, it used to be correct about more than 100 years ago.
As i explained in video i only used the small piece's and crumbs of charcoal that would be chucked away and also you can use small piece's of wood and bark to do it,and some people find it very interesting, as well as fun, as myself, to do these things and experiment.
@@juandelacruz-ny6xy That , i think is made from very fine charcoal dust.Mine is small , almost crumbs size, or even larger, so a wire will break it apart.
I did this. Thanks for the help. 1. I used the little branch charcoal that's too small to make good use of. 2. Wood has weird terpenes and saps that can cause off flavoring when used for grilling and can even be a health hazard.. You can use wood but you're going to need to let it age for years and when combusted you're still waiting for it to get to the red hot coal stage to work with. Making charcoal stockpiles this red hot coal state so less waiting around watching the fire and can be made with wood cut sooner so less waiting around waiting for firewood to age. It's my assumption it's also more economical as far as weight to heat production for transport compared to wood. 3. As far as charcoal being cheap, if you're having to get rid of wood material from,say, tree trimmings. you're paying to have it removed from your property then turning around and buying bags of charcoal. Most of this expense is probably diesel fuel in transport, When this costs a bit of your down time and can be satisfying. Also store bought charcoal contains sand filler to increase weight and use, which doesnt translate to anything spectacular in the grilling process I don't have a press and just used a 2 inch cut of pvc, and appropriately sized pvc end cap and rubber mallet to bang on the end cap on a smooth flat surface into the pcv pipe mold then pushed them out like a push pop . I mixed the flour binder in then mixed more water in to get the right consistency, which seems to be about brownie batter for me. One thing that was working for me was, after pressing the briquette, sliding the mold before lifting. It gave a nicer finish on the bottom side, since pulling directly up wanted to leave some of the charcoal batter behind. sliding then pulling up gave a smooth level finish.
Ek't altyd gedink die boere is slim bliksems maar nou sien ek waar die boer seun sy plan kry ..... bliksems .... agter os kom oek innie kraal , .. ja , netsoe vang n mens julle uit ....
Pine tar is not good for briquettes if you plan to cook with them. Too many turpines & it'll give food a funky flavor. But for heating purposes it would work well.
In this situation, probably only the fact that i am using small pieces of scraps and bark for the briquettes, the bigger pieces of charcoal are being used as it is.
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 the making of the charcoal. 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???
Hi Chris ,for no other reason but that it is fun and good to have this kind of knowledge ,some people like myself love to do stuff ourself ,how long it takes and how much effort is not relevant Not sure if that answers your question 🙂
Hi everyone i keep getting funny comments about why someone would go through all the trouble of doing this, remember in the first place it was to demonstrate how bark and small pieces of scrap wood (not good quality wood) can be used to make briquettes, it is a good skill to know if you don't have fuel available and you are able to build up stock etc. Also remember that the better the quality (hardness) of wood the longer the diy briquettes will burn. With hard wood ,preferably the thinner diameter branches works best ,it will burn as long or longer than store bought stuff, depending on wood quality.
Thank you for the lovely video. You empowered me with something new today. Wood - charcoal - fuel - ash - lye for soap and cement blocks from remaining ash. Wood is a wonderful resource.
And it’s a bit of fun👍😁
This video is very educational and helpful for life situations as you mentioned in your comment. Thanks for sharing your knowledge that will benefit anyone for life.
Isn't the effect of wood hardness on making briquettes apparent at the actual pure carbon that's left after the process of making charcoal because hardwood is denser, with no impact of performance per briquette? Just as an example- 1 cubic meter of soft wood will produce 100kg of carbon to be ground and turned into briquettes, and 1cubic meter of hardwood produce 300kg, and when the briquettes are done- there shouldn't be a difference except for their number 🤔
@@davidl6566 yes absolutely true.
This video was very helpful and applicable to me, especially in the last bit of making the briquettes because in Uganda the charcoal dust is easy to find, but for the binding I used red soil. The plastic tin (technology) was the masterstroke because before I since childhood I’ve been using my hands to make briquette balls. But the tins make the work much, much simpler. I must also add I was very lucky to find the tin and a fitting compressing piece of wood. Thanks a lot.
Hello Abdulnasser, am glad to find a Ugandan who watched this video and has a crew on how to make these briquettes, coz I also wish to venture into this as business, where are based n how can we link up? Large upon ur self man!!!!!! Greetings
@@sanyunamayanja7693 Hello Sanyu. I am John from Liberia. I also have similar ambition to venture into charcoal briquettes making. However, I am new to this. Could we please connect and exchange ideas?
of all the briquette making videos i have seen here on RUclips,this is by far the most economical,educative and informative way i have seen,thanks for the lesson,now i can make my own.
Me too, i’ ll try it using coconut charcoal its informative , iducative video.
I've never done this, so this might not be feasible, but I had a few thoughts watching the video.
When it comes to crushing the charcoal into fine pieces, you could get another drum without any holes. Put the small pieces into it and add some large rocks. Then roll it around your yard. It would act like a ball mill. It should stop the dust getting everywhere. You might even mount the drum on two rollers, so you don't have to chase it around your yard.
You could add the binder slurry into this drum, with the crushed charcoal, and roll it to help with the mixing.
I think I'd want to use another binder such as wastepaper, which has been soaked into a slurry, rather than use good useable flour. Other burnable waste, such as food waste, might be added to the mix.
Nice job, Here are a couple of pointers. 1) Soak your charcoal down, then drain it before you crush it up. On a windy day you can loose a great deal to the wind and on a calm day you can breathe in a lot of that dust! 2) Mixing old newspaper with water is almost as easy as the flower glue but will give the fiber you need to stick them together and make them strong. NOTES: in china they make similar briquettes and add about 5% or so Clay. They say it helps strengthen It and I know it also gives the burned briquette a structure as well. Probably good for the garden and easier to handle than fluffy ash. NOTE #2: I prefer biomass briquettes for less wasted energy but I think your double barrel design is AWESOME ! ! ! Great job - very efficient for charcoal making.
Do you have a way to make ash a little?
Ty sir for the awesome n amazing briquettes making technic n supper results I'm pleased n happy watching ur post from TANZANIA WOW
I liked the row of holes pointing down into the primary fire, helping heat the drum once the wood gasses flow. Geweldig!
This is really interesting, thank you. I like the holes on the bottom of the retort. Our American hardwoods require A LOT more fire to convert to charcoal than what is in your retort.
Here in America, charcoal is fairly cheap, however, I liked your design and if I were to make my own, would likely use a design similar to yours. I would really have liked to see the crushing process.
I would bet that you could trap the wood gas and use it to power a generator, the wood fuel would still turn to charcoal, but now you have the extra benefit of a wood gasification unit to make electrical power. Heck, it could even be used to heat water or cook WHILE it is making electricity AND charcoal, if you really wanted to get fancy.
Thank You.
Just a tip to make mixing the flour easier: the way you mixed the cooked flour into the charcoal dust? Do the same thing with water, to the flour: Add a bit of water to the flour, make a paste and get it all wet. Then, it's much easier to add all the water, and no lumps.
Ask Mamma to teach you to make Flour Gravy some day ^^
Great vid, and I'm going to steal your ideas. One mod I will be doing, a hinge on the lid so my poor back doesn't have to lift the darn thing!
I like it, very nice. Thank you for posting.
Production is time consuming, but the end product is worth it.
Congratulations u've done the simplest diy. Thank u very much
Thank you for showing how to make charcoal Briquettes !!!
Hi BT because there is wheat flour in the briquettes to bind it, when you lite the briquettes , it smells like someone is preparing food and the wind is taking the smell to you, really smells good.
Can I add something from NE India, Shillong?.... we use cow manure as a binder along with a bit of clay and after it is turned to ash put it in the garden.... Ciao
@@ritaranee4787 Hi Rita, thanks for that, i can imagine that would bind well, just not sure where us town dwellers would readily find it though, good tip ,thank you.
i’ve been sifting out my fireplace ash for years, using the bigger pieces in the grill, and always wishing i could do something with the really small pieces, seemed a lot to lose though good for th lawn. now i have a mission. thanx for th vid.
if you get char coal from your oven, it must be an old leaky one.. My fireplace in the living room only create GREY FINE POWDER! Even if i say burn old newspapers i always use a few good firewood pieces underneath so everything is burnt up,, heck even say bones trom my porkchops turn in to grey dust thats great for my compost ore i sprinkle it on the snow in the garden in springtime, so that the sun melt the snow faster.
I remember when I lived in England, no central heat just radiator and a stove in the house to heat. The stove took charcoal. I did not use the stove because in England charcoal is bloody expensive. This looks like a good way to make your own on a week end or two.
Thanks mate. Charcoal is really expensive and is imported into New Zealand, so I've been making my own lump Charcoal which is great. But I do have a lot of crumbly char that's too fine to use as lump, so I'm going to try making briquettes by your method. A better shot of your press would be handy, but I think I know how it works. Cheers 😊
I could see mounting molds to a log splitter ... Might have enough strength to do a 4x4 (16 hole) mold ... 3 person ... One filling, one pressing, one demolding on a drying rack ...
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I really like the size of your briquettes, DIY Dad. I will remember this video tutorial. Thank you very much!
Awesome video off to see if can find the burn test video. Thanks for the post !
thanks for the technology infact i will be able to copy paste so that i will bring food to my table God bless you.
Your neighbors must be thrilled having you so close!
It also makes them taste better!!!!
Chargrillin tastes better than a regular wood smoke fire 🔥!!!
Of course that's just my opinion ☺️🤗😉👍💡😊🔥!!!!
charcoal gravy then you made charcoal biscuits now I'm hungry lol great job brother I'm subbing GOD BLESS
Add a small piece of plywood cut to match the length and width of the individual brick molds. Place one on top of each rectangular space, then put the cover on and press it. Press them once, then add the plywood and press them further. See if that works.🖖😎👍
Hi super project ! Can I use part of your video to my compilation best woodworking projects ?
Your video helped me a lot
Thank you! fantastic job...you answered an important question - if the charcoal can be crushed and moulded & how to actually mould it
wish I had a pile of split wood like you have!
Damn nice woodpile!!!
Nice video of the idea. I would Like it if you show how to crush/grind without losing a lot of dust, list proportions of charcoal/flour, and streamline production of briquettes. (You might look at how fireworks makers do the stars for their shows.)
alcul8r2 If you have access to a cement mixer,put charcoal and fist sized stones in.Cover opening with fabric and tie with string.Turn on and the stones will pulverise the charcoal
@@liammcguinness5465 Great idea friend!
thanks for the video i will be using the charcoal dust and leftover small pieces that didn't burn after grilling this should be fun lol
Good beginning for gunpowder. Great project on next video on how to survive the upcoming apocalypse😝.
I suggest to premix as in video , and keep adding to charcoal dust untill you can form a ball with your hand, then it must work.
Why'd you stop making videos? You certainly have a knack. Well done on this and please start making videos again.
WOOW thank your for perfect presentation
i had an idea while watching this. why not get a 2 inch thick board and drill 3 inch holes in it, pour charcoal mix in and make another board with 3 inch wood circular plugs on it that would fit into the holes on the first board and sandwich them together and stand on it or something. get a bunch done at once. another idea...you could take plywood and wood glue the boards together to make the board 3 inchs deep
Yes that could be an easy solution
Also, you can make a form(like for concrete, you can make any size), pour in mixture and compress, then use a brownie cutter(usually made to cut grids in 3"x3" squares) to cut out briquettes. Then just turn form over and tap to release then let dry. You could let it dry in the form but I suspect, like concrete, you'd have to disassemble the form to remove. I could be wrong though.
Nice and good job done
Dis nou die beste video wat alles begin tot einde verduidelik hoe om dit lekker eenvoudig te doen, rerig beindruk met die 'press' idee!! baie dankie vir die goeie video, jy het 'n subscriber gewerf.
Nice job! Bore make a plan style! God bless you. From eyal. Galilee Israel
Good job my friend
Nice! Very efficient 👍👌
I just grind up and turn them into a pulp and press them into brickett's
Just like the charcoal manufacturers do and it saves me a lot of $$money$$!!!
Making charcoal is a good 👍 idea 💡 if you've the means and time 😊!!!!
Great ! Binding glue was a nice idea.
a small hydrolic press may work better with a multi mold set up
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Well explained, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it😁
Thank you DIY DAD - fine conversion - thanks.
Awesome diy. Thanks so much for sharing :-)
Thanks for the video, learnt a lot and have new ideas, appreciate much !
Instead of flour you can use socked paper/ pulp
I'm sure paper pulp will work even better than flour, if you find that it doesn't quite bind the way you hoped which i strongly doubt, then still ad just a little flour.
@@diydad812 Yeah for good result little flour as thin watery paste will do , Thanks for the Vlog,☺️👍
Hi Julio I'm glad you found it usefull👍
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Be careful bro that Jurassic Dinosaur at 3:22 smells your BBQ.
Thank you for the video
very good , no waste. very god watch.
How did you grind the charcoal?
would the use of Cassava four not be cheaper and more effective?
Good idea
I am inspired please let me know about your next video
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
Hi David, only thing i can think of is mold,it can grow rapidly in briquettes if it stays wet and dark for too long,it should dry thoroughly in sunlight or out in the open.
Hey,I enjoyed your video,unique process. Thanx.
I think so i am going to try sometime with sawdust from cutting wood with chainsaw ,i think there should be some body to wood ,not superfine dust.
@The Pro Never heard of that but i would imagine that any starch should work.
To avoid lumps when stirring up flour n water, use warm ( not hot) water, n mix a little flour at a time into your water.....
I would do the opposite. Take the flour, add enough water to make a lump free paste, then add the rest of the water. Just like how chef Jaques Pepin makes crepes, he explains it at around 1:10 into this video: ruclips.net/video/jVrRj5pS3sU/видео.html
Salut merci pour la vidéo 🙏
Moi j'ai essayé mais ça produit trop de cendre, alors j'aimerais savoir comment avoir un charbon qui produit moins de cendres et qui s'allume. Merci 🙏
What if you use a longer pvc pipe, stuff it, press it, and cut to length after? I would imagine it would make the process twice as fast at least.
Thanks mate, you made that so easy to learn. Cheers
Excellent informative video, but I could help but note that at 7:29 one could hear "... So all of this must be *grinded* down to dust ..." the correct past of 'to grind' is 'ground' and not *grinded* - it is an archaic form thought, it used to be correct about more than 100 years ago.
As i explained in video i only used the small piece's and crumbs of charcoal that would be chucked away and also you can use small piece's of wood and bark to do it,and some people find it very interesting, as well as fun, as myself, to do these things and experiment.
Thanks for the video
But please what was that white powder you mix together to add to the black powder
Thanks
Baie dankie vir jou video. Blink plan om mee te begin, verseker.
you think pressing it in between to huge square plastic containers then slicing it with wire will be effective?
I don't think so, its not that soft, will probably come apart.
theres this one video where they use extruder then they just cho it with a cleaver while soft. @@diydad812
@@juandelacruz-ny6xy That , i think is made from very fine charcoal dust.Mine is small , almost crumbs size, or even larger, so a wire will break it apart.
Worth subscribing
Definitely a good prepping skill, thanks
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Thanks for sharing such a great technique
A simple way to carbonize
Thank you 😊
Very useful thanks man awesome work
Very intelligent making but what is the purpose of briquettes?thank you.
it can be use for burning your heart desire
How is it? glower powder? I did not understand what is that white dust.
I did this. Thanks for the help. 1. I used the little branch charcoal that's too small to make good use of. 2. Wood has weird terpenes and saps that can cause off flavoring when used for grilling and can even be a health hazard.. You can use wood but you're going to need to let it age for years and when combusted you're still waiting for it to get to the red hot coal stage to work with. Making charcoal stockpiles this red hot coal state so less waiting around watching the fire and can be made with wood cut sooner so less waiting around waiting for firewood to age. It's my assumption it's also more economical as far as weight to heat production for transport compared to wood. 3. As far as charcoal being cheap, if you're having to get rid of wood material from,say, tree trimmings. you're paying to have it removed from your property then turning around and buying bags of charcoal. Most of this expense is probably diesel fuel in transport, When this costs a bit of your down time and can be satisfying. Also store bought charcoal contains sand filler to increase weight and use, which doesnt translate to anything spectacular in the grilling process
I don't have a press and just used a 2 inch cut of pvc, and appropriately sized pvc end cap and rubber mallet to bang on the end cap on a smooth flat surface into the pcv pipe mold then pushed them out like a push pop . I mixed the flour binder in then mixed more water in to get the right consistency, which seems to be about brownie batter for me. One thing that was working for me was, after pressing the briquette, sliding the mold before lifting. It gave a nicer finish on the bottom side, since pulling directly up wanted to leave some of the charcoal batter behind. sliding then pulling up gave a smooth level finish.
Hi DIY Dad. Great clip! Compliments on your retort design. I am planning on making biochar and your design will make life easier!
Cuánto tiempo se tiene que dejar secar ??
Well done.
cool idea. gonna have to try it
would've been nice to have a scene of him using the briquettes to show how well they burn...
Baie Dankie Oom.
Boer maak n plan en siedaar ou Swaar, sy land is n boerdery.
Ek't altyd gedink die boere is slim bliksems maar nou sien ek waar die boer seun sy plan kry ..... bliksems .... agter os kom oek innie kraal , .. ja , netsoe vang n mens julle uit ....
Sweet work and ideas DIY DAD!
hey I'm just wondering. Can I burn charcoal in an ''old timey'' kitchen oven and stovetop? What we call ''poele belanger''
Yes.
very cool .
Should try catching that wood gas can do alot with it, i know im 3 years late but meh better late then never.
This would be good to press with the paper briquette maker and cut them in 1/2’s or leave as a whole.
Putting some pine tar in the batch would help to bind it and to light it
And it would add such a nice flavor to your steaks,
Pine tar is not good for briquettes if you plan to cook with them. Too many turpines & it'll give food a funky flavor. But for heating purposes it would work well.
@@kst357 Can confirm. I used pine wood to make burgers one day, the burgers tasted terrible.
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Can you make charcoal briquettes using sawdust?
How much in ratio of the ground charcoal did you use for the 1and a half cups of flour? Did you add anything else to this mixture?
What are the advantages of using briketa made charcoal over using charcoal directly? Thank you
In this situation, probably only the fact that i am using small pieces of scraps and bark for the briquettes, the bigger pieces of charcoal are being used as it is.
7:17 charcoal is done no need to continue.
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 the making of the charcoal. 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???
Hi Chris ,for no other reason but that it is fun and good to have this kind of knowledge ,some people like myself love to do stuff ourself ,how long it takes and how much effort is not relevant
Not sure if that answers your question 🙂
Awesome!!!
Please tell what are your using powder name and chemicals