How Charcoal is Made in the UK - Ring Kiln Charcoal Burner in the Woods
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Date: 2023-06-23
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Comments and reviews: 14
Ed
I was a charcoal burner for Singelton open-air museum. I had 3 kilns about 3m round the museum bought the timber in I would burn about 26 tonnes a week. I m not saying your way is wrong because as long as you get good hard charcoal then that s fine, but he is over complicating the job. nice to see my trade still being done as us old woodsmen die jobs like that die with us keep up the good work.
The best wood for charcoal is Hornbeam.
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I was a charcoal burner for Singelton open-air museum. I had 3 kilns about 3m round the museum bought the timber in I would burn about 26 tonnes a week. I m not saying your way is wrong because as long as you get good hard charcoal then that s fine, but he is over complicating the job. nice to see my trade still being done as us old woodsmen die jobs like that die with us keep up the good work.
The best wood for charcoal is Hornbeam.
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Skeets
This has become a bit of a recent fascination of mine. The EXTREMELY old method involves essentially just making a pile of wood in this same shape and covering the pile on soil. Then you manage the oxygen by piling soil on the parts you don't want burning and vice versa. Apparently it could take as long as a week or more, done by two guys who take turns taking naps and dealing with any other responsibilities
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This has become a bit of a recent fascination of mine. The EXTREMELY old method involves essentially just making a pile of wood in this same shape and covering the pile on soil. Then you manage the oxygen by piling soil on the parts you don't want burning and vice versa. Apparently it could take as long as a week or more, done by two guys who take turns taking naps and dealing with any other responsibilities
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Henry
It's a lot quicker than I expected, even though the wood was really dry.
Those one-legged stools were also used by Lime burners but they didn't sit too close because the fumes would knock them out and there are stories of the people left in charge of the kilns falling in and being burned to death.
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It's a lot quicker than I expected, even though the wood was really dry.
Those one-legged stools were also used by Lime burners but they didn't sit too close because the fumes would knock them out and there are stories of the people left in charge of the kilns falling in and being burned to death.
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Jimbo88
Great work lads, especially the guy who ran through it all. As many have said we definitely need to keep these ideas and skills alive properly or when the skills are needed eventual, we'll be stuck reading from books
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Great work lads, especially the guy who ran through it all. As many have said we definitely need to keep these ideas and skills alive properly or when the skills are needed eventual, we'll be stuck reading from books
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Troll
What do crazy people need so much charcoal for?
I like the barrel method Cody's lab is using. If you're not activating it but trying to improve soil for example, isnt it better to just use wood chips?
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What do crazy people need so much charcoal for?
I like the barrel method Cody's lab is using. If you're not activating it but trying to improve soil for example, isnt it better to just use wood chips?
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Paul
Excellant video! TYVM for showing this and bringing this out, it was very imformative and what a great use for what most people would either just burn or thru in a chipper here in the states.
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Excellant video! TYVM for showing this and bringing this out, it was very imformative and what a great use for what most people would either just burn or thru in a chipper here in the states.
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riuphane
It's always interesting to me when you're not controlling the camera to see the difference in the editing and style. Great video, really interesting and good for people to see
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It's always interesting to me when you're not controlling the camera to see the difference in the editing and style. Great video, really interesting and good for people to see
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PawPaw
Well done, very interesting process! Thanks for the demo, it was amazing! Now let's cook something up with the charcoal. Thanks again and Keep'em coming!
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Well done, very interesting process! Thanks for the demo, it was amazing! Now let's cook something up with the charcoal. Thanks again and Keep'em coming!
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Tobias
Awesome Episode! Guess one could use a regular barrel as well to do this or even a big old cooking pot. Maybe that'd be a cool idea for a future episode?
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Awesome Episode! Guess one could use a regular barrel as well to do this or even a big old cooking pot. Maybe that'd be a cool idea for a future episode?
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hillbill79
Ring kilns are not traditional. Burying the pile of wood under turf and leaves etc once lit is the traditional method. Useful vid though.
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Ring kilns are not traditional. Burying the pile of wood under turf and leaves etc once lit is the traditional method. Useful vid though.
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Susan
Yay! thanks for doing this one, been patiently waiting for this there are so many of these woodland crafts to explore, thanks again
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Yay! thanks for doing this one, been patiently waiting for this there are so many of these woodland crafts to explore, thanks again
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Danny
Very informative thanks will give it ago next year when I've got a hall of wood on a smaller scale.
Keep up the great content.
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Very informative thanks will give it ago next year when I've got a hall of wood on a smaller scale.
Keep up the great content.
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First
Great video. Making charcoal and biochar for growing produce are two fascinating elements of potential woodland production.
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Great video. Making charcoal and biochar for growing produce are two fascinating elements of potential woodland production.
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Matt
I've done earthen kiln charcoal before. It was very interesting seeing a steel kiln being used. Thank you bring this to us.
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I've done earthen kiln charcoal before. It was very interesting seeing a steel kiln being used. Thank you bring this to us.
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