so next to open flame cooking i like the easy ability this offers me.
what i have found with open fire is it takes about 2 hours of a good fire to get 1 hours worth of coals, and that can amount to allot of work to collect fire wood, also weather can affect this unless you build a shelter for your flame.
so with charcoal i can cook in a well ventilated area, like my garage as it is rather large and i keep the back door open along with the gargage door, the heat is very easy to regulate also i have learned that each peice of charcoal gives off about 40 degree of heat. in the fall charcoal usually goes on sale so i stock up and have about 10 large bags at all times.
one thing i have not experimented around with much tho is alternate ways of safley starting my charcoal, i just use the starting fluid, but lets say i run out, any ideas on safley getting my charcoal to light?
i also have found that if i take a tin can cut off botth ends and pop a few holes in it, it makes a nice little stove for my kettle or for putting another can on top to heat.
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