Cleaing out your firebox?

[jmoss]

For those out there with a Big baby DB or similar, do you have any tricks or reccomendations for cleaning out your firebox, other than taking a shovel to the coals? I'm using the fire door from the Vogelzang kit and not the big side door design.

[SmokinJohn]

A transfer shovel for the big pieces, a wet/dry vac for the rest

[Mark Warren]

I know this won't work if you have close by neighbors, but I use a Leaf Blower - LOL it works great, but makes a hell of a cloud.

[jmoss]

I know this won't work if you have close by neighbors, but I use a Leaf Blower - LOL it works great, but makes a hell of a cloud.


Last time I cleaned mine out I used my shopvac with no filter.. did basically the same thing.. my neighbor thought something was on fire and came running around the house to see what was going on!

[samfsu]

This just sounds dirty, should this be in the Wood Pile? ;)

[Bludawg]

If you had used an open head drum for the FB it would be very easy to pop of the lid and rake it out.
I like the leaf blower Idea:biggrin1:

[dwfisk]

Save & reuse any big chunks, then shopvac (uh, wait till fire is out and it's cold:flame:)

[thebbqkid]

Save & reuse any big chunks, then shopvac (uh, wait till fire is out and it's cold:flame:)
I was hoping someone would say it