A few weeks ago I was approached by the guys at Instafire to try out their product. I saw it on Sharktank and was already familiar with it so of course I said okay. I have messed with various fire starters before so I was not really expecting much, but after using it, I think […]
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How to Convert Wood into Charcoal and Electricity
How to Convert Wood into Charcoal and Electricity is a step by step (with detailed illustrations) guide to building a masonry furnace to convert wood into charcoal. Just his alone is worth the price of the book, however, Mr. Buxton then shows how to extract, filter, and condense the woodgas byproduct and use it to run […]
How to Make a Charcoal Starter From a Can
I used to just dump copious amounts of lighter fluid on my charcoal and keep spraying it on until everything caught fire. Unfortunately, that was both dangerous and wasteful. Since it is getting into grilling season I was looking at buying a chimney charcoal starter. However, a charcoal starter is just a metal cylinder […]