Well my normal charcoal retort is a sweetie tin in the livingroom stove. Not very quick but perfect charcoal. I wanted to scale thinks up a bit, but was always frightened of offending the neighbours with the thick plume of smoke.
Enter the afterburner charcoal kiln. I take absolutely no credit for it's invention at all
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Two 25l paint drums. Holes around the side of both and the bottom cut out of one. Stacked on top of each other you have a burner and chimney with holes in the side for secondary air to enter. Really like a wood gas stove in a vertical configeration (in my head anyway).
End result was superb charcoal and only 3 sticks that didn't turn. This would also make a cracking heater if scalled down to 1gallon paint tins for sitting around at night.
Burner stacked with joiners off cuts.
Afterburner fitted.
Just a wee wiff o' smoke.
Gasification very quickly.
Burning well now.
Barrel after 1 hour, glowing red hot.
The finished black gold.
Enter the afterburner charcoal kiln. I take absolutely no credit for it's invention at all
.Two 25l paint drums. Holes around the side of both and the bottom cut out of one. Stacked on top of each other you have a burner and chimney with holes in the side for secondary air to enter. Really like a wood gas stove in a vertical configeration (in my head anyway).
End result was superb charcoal and only 3 sticks that didn't turn. This would also make a cracking heater if scalled down to 1gallon paint tins for sitting around at night.
Burner stacked with joiners off cuts.
Afterburner fitted.
Just a wee wiff o' smoke.
Gasification very quickly.
Burning well now.
Barrel after 1 hour, glowing red hot.
The finished black gold.
