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Storing Lump
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OshawaDave
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I'm curious to know how others store your lump. Do you leave it in the original bag or dump it into a container, if so, is it airtight? Do you store it indoors out of humidity or in a shed out back......just curious. Have your noticed better performance by storing it a particular way?
Weber Genesis CP310; Weber Q1200 (camping); LBGE.
"If you haven't heard a rumour by 8:30 am - start one"
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OshawaDave said:I'm curious to know how others store your lump. Do you leave it in the original bag or dump it into a container, if so, is it airtight? Do you store it indoors out of humidity or in a shed out back......just curious. Have your noticed better performance by storing it a particular way?
Paper breathes......just keep it in the bag in your garage. If you want to dry it out some more, just bring your next bag inside the AC and open it. Charcoal sheds water FAST! That's why the cave man invented it.
I leave bags out in the rain all the time by accident. They're soaked. Just butterfly (or spatchcock) the bag and let it sit in the sun for the day......good as new by that evening. -
I keep mine in the original bag and inside the garage. For the briquets which I use for the webber I do also . I have had briquets that sat in breezeway under cover but high humidity and rainy outside that I used and they worked well after I got them lit but were harder to light.I XL and 1 Weber Kettle And 1 Weber Q220 Outside Alvin, TX-- South of Houston
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GoldenQ said:I keep mine in the original bag and inside the garage. For the briquets which I use for the webber I do also . I have had briquets that sat in breezeway under cover but high humidity and rainy outside that I used and they worked well after I got them lit but were harder to light.
Charcoal doesn't really absorb moisture, it just very porous and has plenty of places for the moisture get into. But as well as it gets into all those nooks and crannies, it also comes right back out. If you get a lot of popping when lighting, that usually moisture that didn't weep out--then boiled and POP!
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stlcharcoal said:OshawaDave said:I'm curious to know how others store your lump. Do you leave it in the original bag or dump it into a container, if so, is it airtight? Do you store it indoors out of humidity or in a shed out back......just curious. Have your noticed better performance by storing it a particular way?
Paper breathes......just keep it in the bag in your garage. If you want to dry it out some more, just bring your next bag inside the AC and open it. Charcoal sheds water FAST! That's why the cave man invented it.
I leave bags out in the rain all the time by accident. They're soaked. Just butterfly (or spatchcock) the bag and let it sit in the sun for the day......good as new by that evening.
Good information....Thanks.Weber Genesis CP310; Weber Q1200 (camping); LBGE.
"If you haven't heard a rumour by 8:30 am - start one"
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I store in the bag outdoors but, under cover so it doesn't get rained on. Humidity in FL has never been an issue storing it this way.LBGE 2013 & MM 2014Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FANFlying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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Typically store it all on a rack in the garage in the original bag. I do keep a tote with a snap lid full of remnants/small pieces that my KJ Jr. loves.~ John - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
XL BGE, LG BGE, KJ Jr, PK Original, Ardore Pizza Oven, King Disc
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stlcharcoal said:GoldenQ said:I keep mine in the original bag and inside the garage. For the briquets which I use for the webber I do also . I have had briquets that sat in breezeway under cover but high humidity and rainy outside that I used and they worked well after I got them lit but were harder to light.
Charcoal doesn't really absorb moisture, it just very porous and has plenty of places for the moisture get into. But as well as it gets into all those nooks and crannies, it also comes right back out. If you get a lot of popping when lighting, that usually moisture that didn't weep out--then boiled and POP!
Memphis, TN
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mEGG_My_Day said:stlcharcoal said:GoldenQ said:I keep mine in the original bag and inside the garage. For the briquets which I use for the webber I do also . I have had briquets that sat in breezeway under cover but high humidity and rainy outside that I used and they worked well after I got them lit but were harder to light.
Charcoal doesn't really absorb moisture, it just very porous and has plenty of places for the moisture get into. But as well as it gets into all those nooks and crannies, it also comes right back out. If you get a lot of popping when lighting, that usually moisture that didn't weep out--then boiled and POP!
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I leave my lump in its original bag in the shed. Once it is open, I put the opened bag in a storage cabinet built into my egg table. Also, FWIW, I keep my smoking wood in little plastic storage bins in a drawer in my egg table.Memphis, TN
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mEGG_My_Day said:I leave my lump in its original bag in the shed. Once it is open, I put the opened bag in a storage cabinet built into my egg table. Also, FWIW, I keep my smoking wood in little plastic storage bins in a drawer in my egg table.
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I'll keep mine in its original bag, and store it in my shed. Have yet to have any issues doing it this way.St.Augustine, Florida
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Been keeping mine outside for years in this container, no mold or moisture noticed.Lrg 2008
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In the bag in the garage
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I leave mine in the bag on top of my storage box outside. Gets wet, cold, whatever. Get a weed burner and don't worry about wet charcoal ever again.
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All the lump and briquettes are out in the cookshed, stored in original bags until it goes on grill. Hot or cold doesn’t seem to matter.
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I usually dump mine in a plastic tote - I use a UPS shipping box folded down and placed in the center standing upright. One side gets the nice big chunks, the other the smaller pieces.
Unopened bags stay in the garage until needed. Wood chunks stay in their bag, in a separate tote outside with the lump. -
I had an extra steel drum taking up space. Painted it up, made a round corian top for it, and put it on wheels. Now it's a rolling counter top and lump storage.
I'll try and remember to post a pic tomorrow.Phoenix -
Phoenix
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