I hav lots of coals left over that didn’t finish burning off. Not sure why they didn’t. Maybe the drippings cooled them down? Do I reuse them?
by dawoop5
26 Comments
Capamerica88
You have to bury them in the yard and grown a new unused charcoal
Entire_Activity7391
Re-use the ones that don’t fall apart
yyouhatinonme
They are good for compost.
The carbon is good nutrients with nitrogen
Terrible-Champion132
Just leave them. If you close all the vents when you’re done cooking. You will usually have leftover. When you add new fire.They will light back up.
mytzlplyk
First, when you’re done with whatever you’re cooking, close all the vents on the kettle. You want to put the coals out and you want to keep the moisture out. Second, get a chimney and put a half layer of new on the bottom and the put the old on the top. You will cut your usage in half as long as you snuff the old stuff out by closing the vents.
PabloPPepe
This looks more appetizing than the burnt food that guy posted the other day
gcawad
Reusable on the next cook
FormalAd8365
Reuse
Relevant_Campaign_79
Use the Tupperware to store them and reheat at 260 for five minutes on high in the microwave.
Rookie mistake
Naughty_old_guy_69
Leave them and pour new hot coals on top next time.
Ericthepeevish
I put them in my starter chimney on the next burn
Lee2026
I normally shake them around to get all the ash off and then pour them on top of the next cook
MostlyFarts1
Christmas stockings.
Correct_Roll_3005
Leave them for next.
Speedy-V
Reuse
Legitimate-BurnerAcc
Keep them there and don’t touch em. Dump your charcoal from the chimney straight in and close the lid.
nerdboy_sam
Add a lil bit of paprika and they go great with a steak!
jrlastre
I put them in between my hands and crush them turning them into diamonds.
bread_suspicion
Roast marshmallows
bomber991
I just leave mine in the grill. Next time I’m cooking I’ll move them around with tongs to get the ash off, then I’ll start my chimney like normal and finally dump the new hot coals on top of these old ones. The old one will then start burning pretty quick.
PatrickGSR94
Always reuse them. You can continue using them until they have completely broken down into ash. That usually only happens when I’m doing low and slow cooking for many hours. Otherwise I just take what’s left and add some fresh charcoal during the next cook.
Pro tip: the tighter you can close off airflow after cooking, like on a Weber kettle, the quicker the fire will extinguish. And the quicker the fire extinguishers, the more charcoal you’ll have left for next time. Makes your charcoal last longer!
Jimpy-Lablover49
Use them again
Dr_Opadeuce
I usually throw them in the chimney with more coals, but I only use lump charcoal, haven’t used briquettes in like 15yrs, so I’m not sure how well they reuse.
Winter-Shopping-4593
Just dump lit coals over them after you shake off the ash.
thegreatestd
We reuse. Then we got a master built gravity and it seems to handle that itself.
26 Comments
You have to bury them in the yard and grown a new unused charcoal
Re-use the ones that don’t fall apart
They are good for compost.
The carbon is good nutrients with nitrogen
Just leave them. If you close all the vents when you’re done cooking. You will usually have leftover. When you add new fire.They will light back up.
First, when you’re done with whatever you’re cooking, close all the vents on the kettle. You want to put the coals out and you want to keep the moisture out. Second, get a chimney and put a half layer of new on the bottom and the put the old on the top. You will cut your usage in half as long as you snuff the old stuff out by closing the vents.
This looks more appetizing than the burnt food that guy posted the other day
Reusable on the next cook
Reuse
Use the Tupperware to store them and reheat at 260 for five minutes on high in the microwave.
Rookie mistake
Leave them and pour new hot coals on top next time.
I put them in my starter chimney on the next burn
I normally shake them around to get all the ash off and then pour them on top of the next cook
Christmas stockings.
Leave them for next.
Reuse
Keep them there and don’t touch em. Dump your charcoal from the chimney straight in and close the lid.
Add a lil bit of paprika and they go great with a steak!
I put them in between my hands and crush them turning them into diamonds.
Roast marshmallows
I just leave mine in the grill. Next time I’m cooking I’ll move them around with tongs to get the ash off, then I’ll start my chimney like normal and finally dump the new hot coals on top of these old ones. The old one will then start burning pretty quick.
Always reuse them. You can continue using them until they have completely broken down into ash. That usually only happens when I’m doing low and slow cooking for many hours. Otherwise I just take what’s left and add some fresh charcoal during the next cook.
Pro tip: the tighter you can close off airflow after cooking, like on a Weber kettle, the quicker the fire will extinguish. And the quicker the fire extinguishers, the more charcoal you’ll have left for next time. Makes your charcoal last longer!
Use them again
I usually throw them in the chimney with more coals, but I only use lump charcoal, haven’t used briquettes in like 15yrs, so I’m not sure how well they reuse.
Just dump lit coals over them after you shake off the ash.
We reuse. Then we got a master built gravity and it seems to handle that itself.
Relight them