Grillin w/ Charcoal :-D

Ok... anyone ever make their own charcoal? I do a lot of camp fire burning up north and i was just wondering what anyones experience with actually making charcoal to use in cooking was like. I prefer the natural flavor from plain (non-matchlight) charcoal, and i never use any lighter fluid... but I was thinking maybe it's time to move on to a different type of charcoal (non-briquet style).

any thoughts?

[jeff]

I'm clueless here.

I'll just stick with burning wood =)

Try this link out

http://www.twinoaksforge.com/BLADSMI...20CHARCOAL.htm

[Blue_Z]

I don't know much about making your own charcoal, only that it involves a lot of work.* But I am the same way in that I dislike using briquettes.* I also use a chimney starter and don't like using lighter fluid.* I based my decision on charcoal from this site:
http://www.nakedwhiz.com/burntimetest/lumpcompare.htm

and ultimately decided on a bag of Big Green Egg 100% Natural Lump Charcoal due to its availability at the local store.*

It burns REALLY hot and stays hot.* Also not too much ash is generated.
Check it out when you get a chance, very interesting write ups.