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I'm looking for a good source of charcoal and failing, other than artists charcoal sticks. Has anyone real experience of making charcoal in a tin can with a gas torch?

Has anyone any shareable wisdom on times and temperatures for good charcoal for our porposes? I am NOT in the USA.

Has anyone ever recorded the times and temperatures of their own charcoal process and is willing to share the details?

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10 hours ago, Arthur said:

I'm looking for a good source of charcoal and failing, other than artists charcoal sticks. Has anyone real experience of making charcoal in a tin can with a gas torch?

Has anyone any shareable wisdom on times and temperatures for good charcoal for our porposes? I am NOT in the USA.

Has anyone ever recorded the times and temperatures of their own charcoal process and is willing to share the details?

Though I haven't ever used different techniques used by many people's like TLUD and so , I have made Charcoal many many times with traditional techniques and still I use the same. I would like to introduce it for you if you are willing to know.

All it needs is just a pot and a lid. Pot can be any type tin or terracotta with a lid.

282328-shutterstock312433979-655x353.jpeg.58199392d2e590cb2d7a0b5a0bf630c4.jpeg First dig a trench in ground so that this pot can be buried upto its head ( upto lid) then burn charcoal shavings outside away from pot till all fire stops then red hot charcoal is loaded upto 75 percent of pot capacity and lid is covered over it and then stick mud or animal dung is applied over lid to prevent oxygen entering inside pot. Then next day this pot is removed from ground and charcoal is milled.

I have never recorded temperature but as soon as fire stops at this instance, I load red hot charcoal into pot.

This traditional method involves no any special requirements, designs/vents etc. just a pot with a lid can be purchased and utilized many times.

This method has been used many years over here with success.

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I make my own willow charcoal which is very good quality. First me and my boy go down by the river medway to a bit of a swampy area and find a willow tree and borrow some of its branches! Preferably dead but dry pieces. Then we let them dry for a year and cook them as the pictures show. I’m literally just trying a new batch of alder sourced from B&Q hardware store as firewood so it’s already dried and ready to go. I put mine in paint cans with just a couple of small holes in the lid, then once it’s packed in nice and tight I put them face down ready for a 2-3 hour hot burn. You will see the gases stop hissing out after some time and then it’s pretty much done. Let it cool and crush a piece from the middle if it doesn’t crush like a piece of proper charcoal should or is not all black you didn’t do it long enough. I used to put cans with holes on top but by putting them at the bottom it helps feed the fire like a jet flame and makes it harder for oxygen to enter and actually burn the wood instead of charing it. 

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