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CHARCOAL STORAGE. What do you have?
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I have a plastic charcoal container. Works pretty good
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I use a rubber maid storage bin, nothing fancy but it works.
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An old 22" Weber kettle makes a good lump sorter, dump in and let the cooking grate sift the dust and small stuff out.
-SMITTY
from SANTA CLARA, CA
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I just keep it in bags in the shed, but I like the idea of dumping it into a rubber maid bin. Would be easier to handle and would be stackable with other stored items.
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I ended up buying a tote made by kings ford. It holds 22 lbs. of lump and is weather proof. It has a handle so all you do is open lid grab handle and dump. I often grab the large chunks as they come out and keep them for longer cooks. But I am not as fussy as I used to be about my fires. It is nice to have a nice stash of larger lump for sure.
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dump and burn. if filling the mini, when I come across larger chunks, I toss them in the large.
Rowlett, Texas
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Have never sorted my lump. Knock the ash off the old, fill'er up again, light and burn.
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I don't sort my lump, but I do empty into a milk crate to sift the dust. I also store in a rubbermaid tote.
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I store in the bag it came in, dump on the old and light. (I always stir the old - to knock the ash off.Seems to me if you want to store and sort there are lots of plastic totes with lids out there.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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I used to sort my charcoal but it was a waste of time. I now use Humphrey's charcoal which is mostly large pieces. I have 2 Kingsford charcoal bins that I bought at Lowes. I saw that someone mentioned they hold 22 pounds, but mine only hold a little over 10 pounds each. They stay out on my deck through all kinds of weather and keep the charcoal dry.
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Nope, this bit right here shows quite a bit more thought than I ever put into storage of lump.streamkeeper said:I would like to be able to sort out the big chunks store my charcoal. A water tight and pet proof container would be a plus. I am sure some of you out there have spent more time thinking about this than I have. What kind of solutions have your been satisfied with...
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I use my Car Hold, Open it go inside get the lump, dump and then burn. Repeat Process.
"Hold my beer and watch this S##T!"
LARGE BGE DALLAS TX.
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Not this guy. Zero thought-- open bag, dump in charcoal, roll bag down and set it on the porch.
Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013 -
I have a plastic deck box and inside that I keep a cheap tote and I keep the lump in that. Sometimes I will dump and sort if the bag has too many small pieces, but usually I just dump from the bag. I have the hi-q grate so I find it doesn't matter so much.
The deck box is a nice cheap solution for lump, chips, and a few accessories and provides and extra place to sit down .
The top of the tote is handy for raking the ash into and also to use as a fan to speed up the light time.
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Same. I dont pour at end to avoid dust, but that's it.Chubbs said:Not this guy. Zero thought-- open bag, dump in charcoal, roll bag down and set it on the porch.
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2 5 gallon buckets with the bottom cut out of one and replaced with a piece of expanded metal to sort the dust and small pieces into the second bucket.
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Thank you all. I might just be convinced to stay a bag man. If it isn't broke.....
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I use a truck bed box on the deck for lump storage, flavor woods, plate setter storage, propane bottle and weed burner for lighting; everything for working the Egg. Got it at Harbour Freight. Water tight, with a shock absorber hinged door. In the camp of don't sort anymore. I will clean the Egg out completely for low and slow, but other than that, it's stir the old and dump new.
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Another vote for dump and light here.
Not directed at the OP....I don't see what all the fuss is about....I'm mean keep it simple....or butt a stump!
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AleBrewer said:Another vote for dump and light here.
Not directed at the OP....I don't see what all the fuss is about....I'm mean keep it simple....or butt a stump!As for me: I kept mine in my basement until my bulkhead froze solid a few winter'ss ago. Then I kept it behind the seats in my pickup. Frozen truck doors cured me of that. This year I am trying the Kingsford Charcoal Kaddy that @Devilledegger mentioned above. I got two of them in October and so far so good. Lowes carries them around here. If you get the right combination of freezing temps, rain and winds I am guessing these could freeze up too, so I keep one 22# bag on WGWW in the basement as an emergency supply.Jim -
I keep my charcoal in the garage. Once I open a bag I dump the remainder into a large plastic bin with a lid.
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I am a stir, dump and light guy but here is good container from Lowes.
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I use two of the containers shown above from Lowes. One for lump, one for smoking wood. Up here in the rainy PNW, everything has stayed dry. When I was using the high que grate, I used the double bucket method mentioned above to sort out the dust from the smaller pieces that fell through. I have gone back to the original grates and no longer feel the need to sift...
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jfm0830 said:AleBrewer said:Another vote for dump and light here.
Not directed at the OP....I don't see what all the fuss is about....I'm mean keep it simple....or butt a stump!Jim
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