Like the video above, the paint is being burned off, seems the whole idea of charcoal is to burn off everything but the carbon, leaving charcoal...
I got a crazy idea while cleaning out the stove ashes, saving the unburnt coals! Why not make my own Lump Charcoal? I've bought a few different...
Indirect heat set up on whatever grill is being used makes for good results.
I'm a bit past the learning curve using the kamado. It's a lot like cooking in an oven, it is an oven, but with fire and smoke in it. I use it...
I practice cooked a 12 pound bird on the kamado today. The package said it was in a 15% solution, which means a salt brine. I cut the back bone...
Now that I think of it, there is a boiled peanut vendor at the local swap meet. At $10 bucks a pound, I just walked on by.
I'm not familiar with boiled peanuts. I would assume you would get some useful peanut oil from the process?
I'm looking for high heat paint to refurbish my old ceramic cooker. Seems black is widely available, not much else unless looking at high heat...