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Cooking & Food Talk => Charcoal Grilling & BBQ => Topic started by: moosehead on March 19, 2018, 10:46:36 AM

Title: What to do with ash?
Post by: moosehead on March 19, 2018, 10:46:36 AM: Wondering if anyone has any other ideas about disposing of the ashes. I have to empty mine every 3rd cook and have just been putting them in plastic bag and throwing in trash.

What does everyone else do?

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Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: MacEggs on March 19, 2018, 11:03:45 AM: http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/weber-kettles-accessories/ash-disposal/
Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: Hell Fire Grill on March 19, 2018, 11:11:49 AM: Spread'em in the side yard right after your neighbor washes his car.
Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: Dc_smoke309 on March 19, 2018, 12:03:50 PM: Quote from: Hell Fire Grill on March 19, 2018, 11:11:49 AM
Spread'em in the side yard right after your neighbor washes his car.

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Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: LiquidOcelot on March 19, 2018, 12:17:24 PM: @hellfiregrill dead on lol.

I put them in any of my 3 garbage cans

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Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: HoosierKettle on March 19, 2018, 12:31:00 PM: I empty into a small galvanized bucket with lid. It gets emptied into a bag then disposed of once every other week or so.

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Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: Kneab on March 19, 2018, 01:40:23 PM: Quote from: HoosierKettle on March 19, 2018, 12:31:00 PM
I empty into a small galvanized bucket with lid. It gets emptied into a bag then disposed of once every other week or so.

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+1 on this.

I always wait about a week before throwing in the garbage. Embers buried in ash, can smolder for days.
Better to be too safe then not safe enough.

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Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: Darko on March 19, 2018, 02:41:21 PM: I just sprinkle the ash over my lawn and landscaping. It's a great source of nutrients for the soil.
Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: 56MPG on March 19, 2018, 02:58:56 PM: In terms of lawn and garden benefits: Yes to lump ash. No to briquette ash-ever. Watch acidity though, it can spike with too much. Maybe OK for azaleas or hydrangea in moderation. I burn mostly oak wood in my fireplace and fire pit, and that ash goes in the veggie garden. Briq ash goes down the road with the garbage.
Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: kettlebb on March 19, 2018, 03:33:52 PM: Quote from: 56MPG on March 19, 2018, 02:58:56 PM
In terms of lawn and garden benefits: Yes to lump ash. No to briquette ash-ever. Watch acidity though, it can spike with too much. Maybe OK for azaleas or hydrangea in moderation. I burn mostly oak wood in my fireplace and fire pit, and that ash goes in the veggie garden. Briq ash goes down the road with the garbage.

True even with Weber and Stubbs which is supposedly wood and a binder?

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Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: moosehead on March 19, 2018, 05:58:33 PM: Quote from: Darko on March 19, 2018, 02:41:21 PM
I just sprinkle the ash over my lawn and landscaping. It's a great source of nutrients for the soil.
I heard that that is real bad. Makes the soil acidic i think. I used to dump it in my garden for a while. Noticed I had poor results.

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Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: moosehead on March 19, 2018, 06:10:12 PM: Thanks for the replies. I guess I'll just keep dumping it in the trash.

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Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: hawgheaven on March 20, 2018, 05:01:43 AM: I just trash it. I tried the garden thing and saw no positive results.
Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: SMOKE FREAK on March 20, 2018, 05:33:51 PM: Wood ashes do NOT make soil acidic...Quite the opposite...Wood ash will add significant amounts of potassium ( the K in NPK ) but in large amounts will make the soil very alkaline...Exactly the opposite of acid...And just as bad for your plants which usually like soil to be a neutral pH... I sometimes add small amounts of ash to my compost pile but that doesn't make it to the garden for at least a year...

I bag it and trash it...
Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: RRRanger99 on March 20, 2018, 08:53:02 PM: Blend it in with a well matured composted soil pile, then fill in any low spots in the yard where rain water normally puddles.
Title: Re: What to do with ash?
Post by: Big Dawg on March 21, 2018, 02:23:03 PM: Mine go in the Green Recycling Bin, along with the half empty paint cans, curly-q florescent bulbs, and lead-acid batteries. I figure if anyone knows what to do with the $#!+, those guys do ! ! !

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Title: Re: What to do with ash?
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