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Have you made your own ash pan?

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drd217
drd217 Posts: 2
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I was wondering if anyone had ever made their own ash pan. It looks like a $3.00 metal dust pan could be cut into a curved shape with a pair of metal shears and work just fine to save several bucks.
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  • Capt Frank
    Capt Frank Posts: 2,578
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    Easy enough I'm sure, but I use a shop vac for clean-up. Works great and a cheap 5gal or smaller can be had for around $20 :)
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  • Austin Egger
    Austin Egger Posts: 256
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    I just use a regular big plastic dust pan. Of course I never remove hot ash, but never really needed to.
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  • drd217
    drd217 Posts: 2
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    I presently use a plastic pan with a straight edge and it seems to always be hard to maneuver along the curved edge. It seems a curved metal pan would be a lot cleaner to use.
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  • ShedFarm
    ShedFarm Posts: 499
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    I have the curved one that BGE sells. The "curve" really only matches the large, and even then, ash seems to work its way between the egg and the pan. I think a better design would be to have only the sides cut back a bit, so you'd have a small lip to go under the front edge of the egg.
    BJ (Powhatan, VA)
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    I just use an old stainless mixing bowl. My egg is in a nest so I can hold the bowl under the bottom of the egg while I scoop out the ash. Wouldn't work if I had the egg in a table.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • field hand
    field hand Posts: 420
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    I use a wood stove ash shovel, a few bucks at farm/hardware store. Had to bend the sides a bit so it would fit into my xl vent. It's handle is long enough to go all the way across the egg. With the shovel, I can remove 80% of the ash, generslly good enough. I do use the shop vac from time to time to get it all out.

    Barry
    Marthasville, MO
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  • PhilsGrill
    PhilsGrill Posts: 2,256
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    Less than that... 99 cents...

    ash1.jpg

    ash2.jpg
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  • EGGARY
    EGGARY Posts: 1,222
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    That is what I was thinking. Nice idea.

    Enjoy your weekend.
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  • PhilsGrill
    PhilsGrill Posts: 2,256
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    I sell the plans for $10. :whistle:
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  • thirdeye
    thirdeye Posts: 7,428
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    AshBucketcopy.jpg

    Yeah, I have. Mine is kind of double duty as the bucket stores the ash until it's "dead out" (Smokey Bear mod), and the bucket can serve as a general garbage can whilst cookin'.
    Happy Trails
    ~thirdeye~

    Barbecue is not rocket surgery
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  • PhilsGrill
    PhilsGrill Posts: 2,256
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    How does that work mounted in a table?? :blush:
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  • thirdeye
    thirdeye Posts: 7,428
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    A table?? That would restrict my style too much. Heheheee. Plus, I have enough trouble as it is with snow on the wings...

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    Happy Trails
    ~thirdeye~

    Barbecue is not rocket surgery
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  • transversal
    transversal Posts: 719
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    You know some stuff, thirdeye!!
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  • PhilsGrill
    PhilsGrill Posts: 2,256
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    Let me guess... overnight snow fall????
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  • jaydub58
    jaydub58 Posts: 2,167
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    I had been doing real well with a trimmed-up disposable aluminum pie pan, but you wizards on this site goy me thinking and I see our local Home Depot has a 3 gallon shop-vac for $24.99.
    I think that's the future for me!
    B)
    John in the Willamette Valley of Oregon
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  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,765
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    FlaPoolMan's "Southern Engineered" attachment to a shop vac:


    Flapoolmansshopvac.jpg
    aka marysvilleksegghead
    Lrg 2008
    mini 2009
    XL 2021 (sold 8/24/23)
    Henny Youngman:
    I said to my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?' She said, 'I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen.'
    Bob Hope: When I wake up in the morning, I don’t feel anything until noon, and then it’s time for my nap
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  • fasteddiem
    fasteddiem Posts: 212
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    Thirdeye,

    Love the BBQ tool rack! One of your inventions? BTW I'm following your Pork Butt Recipe tonight!

    Eddie
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  • fasteddiem
    fasteddiem Posts: 212
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    Thirdeye,

    Love the BBQ tool rack! One of your inventions? BTW I'm following your Pork Butt Recipe tonight!

    Eddie
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