Fire pit with a 17 hour burn time

[schortie]

I lit a fire in the outdoor fire pit last night at 8:00pm. At 1:30 today, I noticed a wisp of smoke coming off of a coaling chunk. If I wouldn't get killed by the efficiency rating, I could market this ring of rocks as a solid overnight burner.

On a side note, I won $10.00 from a guy who bet me that a top-down starting method wouldn't work. He said fire always goes up, never down.

 

[North of 60]

Was it a BK fire pit, non-cat?

 

[Detector$]

Get at least 30 hrs with good lump in my Big Green Egg. Unfortunately the "rainforest special" lump charcoal is all but impossible to get these days. I get over 24 hrs with the wal-mart stuff.

 

[Slow1]

Was it a BK fire pit, non-cat?

I hope it was non-cat, I rather prefer beef and pork

 

[CTburning]

One day late last fall I cleaned out my wood stove and put the ashes in the bucket. I did this before work and put the bucket outside in the driveway. I always do this to give the ashes a good 24 hours + to cool down. My father stopped by when I was working to grab something and noticed the bucket. Figuring that I was just being lazy, he took the bucket into the woods and dumped into a hole in the ground at the base of a tree. Next morning I wake up to smoke spewing out of the ground. We have volcano's in CT? I was lucky in that it was a Saturday and I was around all day. Roots or something must have started to smolder/catch fire. It ended up being not a big deal as I was able to put it out with a garden hose. Point is, ashes can hold hot coals for a long time!

ps I have 50+ cords in mature oaks back there!

 

[BrotherBart]

Don't sit the ash bucket on the snow either.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

shortie, why don't you just move that fire pit indoors this winter? Great overnight burn time. lol

 

[gpcollen1]

Only need to use large enough wood and you can smolder for days. Burned a big oak round in mine the other night and following day for sure...