Homemade BBQ Lump Charcoal

This clip shows the method I follow to make homemade lump charcoal for the BBQ using a simple technique and recycled drums.

[@shawndoe2834]

Ingenious Ozzie. Really enjoyed your metal work, especially the tabs to hold the chimney and the homemade lid.

[@lesgold2132]

Thanks mate. It’s pretty easy stuff really. Anyone with an angle grinder could make one

[@TheGoatShowMan]

This has worked exactly as advertised. Many, many thanks matey!

[@lesgold2132]

Well done.

[@MotorJeffries]

Great instructional video, thanks!

[@lesgold2132]

Thanks MJ. Hope it gives you a few ideas.

[@craigpoodle118]

Cheers mate best video I've seen on this subject 💪

[@lesgold2132]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Working925detecting]

Awesome video les. Similar to how i make char cloth but on a far bigger scale, eagerly awaiting the briquettes vid now. Cheers.

[@lesgold2132]

Thanks Darren. I’ll get onto it early next week.

[@mickkirk264]

Hey , good video and explanation of how it works, thank you , I've saved this for future reference

[@lesgold2132]

Thanks mate. I hope it is of some use.

[@craigpollard9993]

Very interesting and informative 👍

[@lesgold2132]

Thanks Craig. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@LaidBackHomesteader]

Excellent video. I'm going to make a replica of that retort burner. Do you use smaller bit on a garden? That's my idea, to load the ground with carbon

[@lesgold2132]

Thanks for the comment. I was going to experiment with carbon in the garden this summer. Looks like it may have some positives in relation to holding nutrients in the soil, allowing good drainage and keeping moisture available to plants

[@pauluspriems4442]

Great video Les. I have a paddock full of black wattle, enough to keep me going till I fall off the perch.

[@lesgold2132]

Thanks mate. The black wattle makes some good charcoal. Should be able to cook up a few steaks with your supply.

[@pauluspriems4442]

Yeh. the steaks are in the paddock, waiting.🥩

[@coryhitchens8670]

Does the inside barrel sit right on the bottom of the other barrel or do you have a spacer in there? Couldn't really see the bottom of the burn barrel.

[@lesgold2132]

It sits right on the base of the outer barrel to keep oxygen out. Hot combustible gases force their way out at this junction

[@brianwild3308]

I’m using a bigger inner barrel. 33 gal inside a 55 gal drum. I’m thinking I did not have enough wood surrounding the 33 gal. I was left with half char half wood. Can I start over? or is this batch ruined?

[@lesgold2132]

No problems. Just put the it back into the next batch and mix it with some new timber. You made need the comparable gases to get the heat required.