[TheForge] charcoal question

[Jerry Frost]

Theforge doesn't like the URL I guess, mine bounced 
when I included the complete link.

Anyway, I send this link on occasion to show a simple 
retort
with does and don'ts.

Don't use cinderblock to enclose the retorts.
Cinderblock can't take the heat and you can buy lots of
charcoal for the price of those cinderblocks. More
charcoal than you'll get before the blocks are
destroyed. Dan mentions this but lots of guys don't
seem to see it in his text.

Do enclose the retort though, it greatly increases
efficiency by trapping the heat.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Wes Marquart" <marquart at arlinn-tower.com>

> Morning All!
>
> I seem to remember hearing that Henry ford and his
> brother-in-law
> something-or-other Kingsford were the ones who came
> up with the 'modern'
> charcoal briquette..
>
> I tried to send this link a couple of times over the
> past couple of days but
> it keeps disappearing into the great bit-bucket in
> the sky...  this time I
> am going to break it up to see if it will get thru.
> It is some pictures of
> the retotrt setup that Dan o'Connor of Dallas uses.
>
> http: // 64. 176. 180. 203/ charcoalretort.htm
>
> -Wes

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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.