Make Your Own Charcoal

bqqing is always nice and nicer when you dont have to spend to get charcoal
and this is my way of having the fun of childish fire starting plus getting charcoal to grill on later

what you will need :

*wood
*a sealable bqq or other thing (mine is made of cast iron and isnt so big)
*something to seal it with (is use a container with water in it and some potting soil)
*something to light it with

for almost every guy there was that fase when you just loved setting things on fire and most of us still wil enjoy a nice fire to relax by

if you want alot of charcoal at the end then get it nice and full
i know the total ratio of burned wood to charcoal isnt that good but 90% of what i cover up turns to nice good charcoal and thats fine for me

to seal it simply make sure no oxygen can get to it or it will keep burning and the ratio will be even less plus it will take alot longer before it to cool down

i use a container with water (water is there for some heat exchange 'cause charcoal does burn at 2700 degrees C)
and some damp potting soil to seal whatever crack the smoke that will be coming out (if the smoke comes out at some places it isnt so bad in my case it only comes out and no air comes in through the same places)

so the thing is sealed and no air can get in , now it needs to cool down completely
if you open it up before it its cool to the touch on the outside it can and mostlikely will start burning again

the time it takes to cool completely depends on how much is in there , the fullest that i have had mine till now took more than 8 hours to cool down

so in the time till its cool you can go do something else like write an instructable

now that the entire thing is cooled down and you have opened it up you now have to get your charcoal out and sort it to see if there is unburned wood in it and keep that aside for the next time