A cool tool for ash removal

That sounds way too elaborate.

In the morning, empty ashes. Whether the stove is 150 or 450. Insert shovel, shake off coals, dump in bucket. Repeat.

It takes about a minute or two.

Hope you don't hold a patent on this, I clearly violated it. Haven't used in stove yet, but worked great spreading rock salt this morning.

Nice, I have actually thought mine would work better with a few more holes.

The fire box on my wood boiler and my wood stove are wide.
If I plan on cleaning the ashes
move all the coals and ashes to one side
move a layer of coals back to the clean side
place a split with the thick side toads the coals and stack a few small to medium splits on it
move more coals on top of the wood pile
I give it about an hour than clean out the ash pile

That's how my granddad did cleaned out his wood stove for years. I do use a shovel with holes in it. I toss the ashes in a steel 5 gallon bucket with lid.

I have never thought of using the coals for cooking, but when I dump the can I pick up the chunks and toss them back in the stove. Most of the time I do not find many chunks in the ashes.

I have a 1.1 cubic ft stove and that's how I do it...