I watched most of the video, seems like a lot of effort. Donnie Chainsaw was asking about Can I re-burn chunky wood coals found in ash Seems related to the video…. On a smaller scale
The fire pit it's in is not completely ground level, and I tend to trim out bad areas of wood, like ant infested centers or rotten bark. But I agree, it does seem like a lot of scrap for only 2 cords.
Barcroftb ,You didn’t happen to be at arborcon this week were you? They had a presenter talking about biochar
I was there. It was a good talk. I’ve been using Biochar for years. It’s good to start seeing it get some more traction in the tree care industry.
You can use the heavy duty stuff, I usually just double wrap with regular stuff. Make sure & double fold the seams so all the juices don’t run out & the seams don’t open up whole cooking. I just lay them in by hand, then use a square nose shovel to distribute the coals over the top. I use a pair of tongs & square nose shovel to get them out.
I realize there's a lot of variables, but about how long do you usually let it cook? We may have something like that around here, I'll have to ask my wife. She loves popcorn.
It seems to me it’s like it’s around 30 minutes with 5-10 minute cool down. Your times may vary depending on how many coals you have under & over, the thickness of your taters. I have alot of useless information floating around in my noggin & sometimes get my numbers mixed up. We always have a test packet that occasionally has to be be rewrapped depending on the patience level of the people there. We always add a strip of bacon to every packet for flavor & the the grease seems to help with cooking but mostly for flavor.
Foil packets or Hobo packs are awesome. We do them in the woodstove quite often. Potatoes , a burger with some onions sliced up and some seasonings , chicken breast strips with peppers and onions that come out like a fajita filling. Good stuff and easy cleanup. I just use HD foil and seal as tight as I can.
Haven’t had hobo packets for YEARS ! Gonna have to do some with the grandkids when the weather gets nicer
I mentioned to the wife (she didn't seem as intrigued as me..) about trying baked potatoes in the woodstove like you had mentioned in another post, now I gotta try this too. We always do the camp/tinfoil potatoes (chopped/sliced into small pieces) on the charcoal grill when we cook steaks on it.
We have made a many of foil packs while camping, they are always good. Highly recommend if you have never tried before.
Good info, thanks. Except to vegans, bacon is one of those foods that has it all, aroma, taste, flavor for cooking. I'm getting hungry!
Interesting, I never would have thought about using the wood stove. Do these hobo packets release steam?
Yes but not enough to do any harm. Sometimes they leak a little juice as well but the ashes soak it up so not worried about it. Just be careful taking them out , I take them out with a pair of tongs and set them on a cookie sheet , just hold the cookie sheet as close as you can to the stove door to catch anything that might drip or any coals that sometimes stick to them. Been doing this since I was a kid and believe me thats a long time. Never any problems.
When we used to have more campfires, I would wrap the potatoes (or carrots) in foil and then put them in a large coffee tin (when they were made of tin) and then put them in the coals of the fire. It made it easier to get them out and they didn't get covered in ash. It would probably work in a woodstove as well.
Since it's rare to get the coffee in tins these days, I've been saving the gallon size cans of green beans, pork and beans, or whatever. We don't get them a lot, when when we do I try to hang onto them.
I used to go camping with my father when I was young. He would always get some of the #10 tin cans and use those over the fire , would make a handle out of a wire hanger so they had some sort of a handle on them. This goes way back.
