Fuel thoughts.......

[Robbi]

Having just been lucky enough to claim this on the GIO thread, I've had a thought.........

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=46594&d=1509909883

Has any tried these...........

http://www.bbqworld.co.uk/weber-barbecues/accessories/weber-briquettes-4kg.asp

as fuel ?

on the face of it, it sounds good. They burn very hot and for up to 3 hours so my thinking is that two of these in the above small wood stove would be enough to make some grub followed by a leisurely brew with enough heat left over for some warmth or even hot washing up water.

There'd be no need to continually feed in sticks to keep the heat going, just sit back and relax

for an over nighter, 4 briquettes would be all you would need and they take up very little room, 4 briquettes in a zip lock bag and that's it, nice and neat and all your fuel needs in your pocket.

Gonna have to try this.........has anyone tried it already ?

 

[Janne]

I find it is difficult to light Briquettes, also you need to wait to long for them to get properly glowing and producing the heat.

How would you start them up, with liguid/gel?


Of course, if you carry them in a sealable plastic bag, you can squirt a bit firestarting liquid/gel on them before you leave your home, that would make them very usable.

 

[Robbi]

Ready to cook within 20 minutes, not that long really and a small pile of tinder/sticks is a good way to get them going, a turbo lighter is a quick way to light single briquettes.

 

[Robson Valley]

For a 3 hour burn, those briquettes must be smashed together pretty solid,
unlike Kingsford and other brands.

For BBQ quantities, I use a "charcoal chimney".
I't a ventilated cylinder, maybe 8" x 24".
A couple of sheets of yesterday's newspaper and the charcoal goes in on top.
Light the paper, let it go.
Yes you need an oven mitt to grab the handle.

For cooking, they sure do burn cleaner than a stick fire. No smoke.
I own and use a Mongolian Fire Pot for special dinner parties.
The charcoal brazier holds maybe 6-8 briquettes, sits in the middle of my dining room table.
Just drop new ones down the chimney!

 

[Robbi]

I use those Weber briquettes on my rotisserie BBQ and they really are very good and do last the stated 3 hours.

 

[Robson Valley]

Robbi: Are the Webbers hard to light?

 

[Robbi]

no, no harder than any other briquette that I've used and considerably easier than some of the cheap ones I've tried, I normally use this type of fire lighter, two of these in a bed of briquettes, walk away and 20 minutes later you're good to go.

 

[Robbi]

like this.......... ( click on the image to enlarge )

 

[Robson Valley]

Thanks. Have not seen those before (hardly been looking, either!)

After a clean-out, I restart my wood pellet stove with an alcohol gel.
Squirt about 1 tbsp over a priming load of pellets, use a BBQ stick lighter.

Never thought to try it on charcoal.

 

[Hammock_man]

I use wooden cat litter in my stove ( kim's really). bit slow to come to full heat, just like the brickettes would be. Will sometimes add 5 or 6 little sticks on top to speed up the process. About a third of a litre of pellets will heat a brew, cook a rat pack and still have enough energy left to warm up a rat pack pudding. £3 for 15 litters, cheap as chips.
I wonder if the brickettes would actually burn too hot for the cooker?

 

[Robbi]

I wonder if the brickettes would actually burn too hot for the cooker?

that would be my worry, they might buckle the stove, maybe just one briquette would do ?

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

I wonder if the brickettes would actually burn too hot for the cooker?

that would be my worry, they might buckle the stove, maybe just one briquette would do ?

I have used briquettes in my folding firebox with no problems but it may be of a heavier gauge material than the one you have.
I have used lumpwood charcoal in my Nano folding stove without issue.
To light it I used a quarter of a hexi block and stacked the coals around it.

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[Tomteifi]

Hi Robbi. Is that rotisserie set up your own? Any chance of stating the maker/sales outlet? I would like to get one.

cheers

Tom.

 

[Robbi]

Hi Tom, yes it is, I got it from the 'bay from a company called SUNSHINE BBQs. it's a great piece of kit, doing chickens and joints of meat to perfection

https://www.sunshinebbqs.com/portable-rotisserie-bbq.html