The start of a "little" project

[Troy]

I might cut the legs down even further. I need to get the otg ash catcher on first to gauge things.

[LightningBoldtz]

I love the mini 18........

[austin87]

First - holy crap that's a TON of charcoal! Second - nice looking portable red!

[pbe gummi bear]

Looking good, @Troy.

[dcharette]

First - holy crap that's a TON of charcoal! Second - nice looking portable red!

I agree... nice red. But damn that's a lot of charcoal!!! lol

[SixZeroFour]

Do my eyes deceive me... is that a Kingsford stockpile in Troy's garage??

The red 18's looking great so far.

[JDD]

Nice little red head and nice stash.

[Troy]

First - holy crap that's a TON of charcoal! Second - nice looking portable red!

Last time I did the math it was only 1400 pounds

[Troy]

Do my eyes deceive me... is that a Kingsford stockpile in Troy's garage??

The red 18's looking great so far.

I use kbb in my smoker. It's not allowed in any of my grills

[Rsmims]

Now I'm curious:
1. Why is KBB only used in your smoker?
2. Why is KBB "not allowed in any of your grills"?
3. What do you use in your grills and why?

Just wondering....

[GregS]

no really @Troy , why is this?   

[Troy]

Kbb produces too much ash. And it floats around if something kicks it up.

I use it in my smoker because it's cheap. I stock up when home depot has big sales. I never add unlit kbb though because that nasty white smoke makes food taste bad.

I only use coshell or lump in my grills. Burns hotter and cleaner, lasts a lot longer, and produces less ash.

[Craig]

You can shorten yours even more with the can easily but don't go as short as I did. But then again mine is a mid 70s mini..

[1buckie]

"Kbb produces too much ash. And it floats around if something kicks it up."

OK......let me bounce this idea around.... ( keeping with a Red theme @Troy  @Craig )



K Blue will work fine if you don't jiggle it around......................




Less worrying, more BBQ....take it from me.....



....the resident.........






.....besides....I like the way the minerals & paraffin & stuff in Blue K drives the hormones & anti-biotics outta the meat.....




It produces ash, just like everything else,



but if you leave it alone, it will work just fine......





Open daisy wheels on the second time around....

[Troy]

Very poetic.

In reality, I just get really annoyed emptying the ash bucket every other cook.  The amount of ash it produces is far more than any other charcoal I've ever used.

Plus the kingsford stink when it's lighting is fricken gross