Hey guys,
I wanted to fire the wood dale for the first time just to heat it up and spray it down with some cooking oil. Most of us know this already, but for the new guys here, if you have a black kettle that has faded and want to bring the black sheen back “temporarily”, warm her up and spray some cooking oil on it from time to time and she’ll be pretty again.
Anyways, put the old girl back together and went to get the charcoal and realized I was out. Didn’t want to make a trip into town so I used the wood chunks the box stores carry. Directions right on the bag.
Soaked a paper towel in a little vegetable oil and put it in the bottom of the kettle then sifted through the bag and grabbed all the little pieces followed by larger.
The fire took, but I added another soaked towel and stuffed it directly in the pile once the first had burned.
I wasn’t cooking but if I had been I would’ve have added more chunks but since I was just warming her up today we just let it be, but it worked well.
Never considered using the chunks for just cooking before. Like most probably, I use coal and then add a chunk on top but it works just fine.
So, there’s no real point to this story other than I guess if your in a pinch and it’s laying around, chunks work fine!
After about 10 minutes
Weathered warrior stance
Black tie event
Dog chipping in to help
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