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30 hours later, still red hot coals - $&@!

xjwheelr
xjwheelr Posts: 20
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Found out the hard way, cleaning out the ash with my bare hands. Guess I'll get that ash tool now...
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  • Tjcoley
    Tjcoley Posts: 3,551
    Ouch - painful lesson.
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    It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.
    - Camp Hill, PA
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  • Loosemoose
    Loosemoose Posts: 295
    I'm glad I use the ash tool or I would have done the same thing this summer. I cooked one Saturday night and the next day I cleaned the bottom out and used the ash tool to stir the leftover lump . I dumped new lump in and went inside only to return shortly afterwards to a fully hot egg.
    It's amazing how long the coals stay hot.
    Nowhere Indiana
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,399
    Wow, I DO use an ash tool, but dump the "ash" into a plastic bucket which I toss into the corner without a second thought.
    Need to rethink my processes; thanks for the head's-up!  
    @-)

    "Dumplings are just noodles that have already eaten"   - Jon Kung

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • Tjcoley
    Tjcoley Posts: 3,551
    I use a galvanized pail - keeps things safe, and also doubles a a hot platesetter holder.
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    It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.
    - Camp Hill, PA
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  • Terrebandit
    Terrebandit Posts: 1,750
    If I close everything off before bed, mine is completely out by morning. Maybe mine seals off better than yours? Hope you're ok.
    Dave - Austin, TX
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,466
    xjwheelr said:
    Found out the hard way, cleaning out the ash with my bare hands. Guess I'll get that ash tool now...
    I have to assume you meant from the dirt on your hands from cold ashes - vs. using your hands to remove HOT ashes! If not then you must have started this thread months ago after suffering 2,000 degree burns and you are just now regaining some use of your hands.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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