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whiskey
01-12-2008, 10:08 PM
What does everyone do with all the ashes? I have been dumping them around plants, bushes, trees and such. I have used them to fill in holes in the yard. I just wonder what everyone else is doing with all those ashes.

The Pickled Pig
01-12-2008, 10:12 PM
When I'm cooking out back on the WSM they go into a garden bed. When I'm cooking out front on the Kingfisher they go into the trash.

Kevin
01-12-2008, 10:14 PM
Too much alkali for the garden, trash em'.

BBQ Grail
01-12-2008, 10:14 PM
Trash.

BobBrisket
01-12-2008, 10:32 PM
I toss in the garden along with grass clippings. Every year my plants grow and bear fruit like mad, so I keep doing it. Once in while I just trash em.

Bbq Bubba
01-12-2008, 10:44 PM
Garden..........give's my pepper's a pre smoked flavor! :twisted:

txschutte
01-12-2008, 10:46 PM
I toss in the garden along with grass clippings. Every year my plants grow and bear fruit like mad, so I keep doing it. Once in while I just trash em.Ditto, I use a little gypsum in the garden and some nitrogen. Gotta keep those japs a comin for the ABT's Wyatt churns out.

BBQ_MAFIA
01-12-2008, 11:10 PM
They go in the trash.

BBQchef33
01-12-2008, 11:13 PM
ash contains lye. Not good for the compost heap.

offset with extra lyme if you must, but mine goes in the trash.

River City Smokehouse
01-12-2008, 11:33 PM
I go to the carwash or get out the shop vac and suck them out of the firebox.

Don Marco
01-13-2008, 01:06 AM
How bout putting some (clean, woodfire ashes) in a cardboard box and digging some seasoned duck breast or beef / Pork tenderloin in there ?

Thats an old method of drying and preserving the meat.
After about 2 weeks you can take it out, dust off the ashes and enjoy it.

Duck Breast

http://mybbq.net/forum/userpix/176_DSC02994_1.jpg

Beef Sirloin

http://mybbq.net/forum/userpix/23_B140303_1.jpg

http://mybbq.net/forum/userpix/23_B140307_1.jpg

Pictures made by a friend of mine

Well will only delay your disposal problem, but it gives you a good reason for that :wink:


DM

JamesB
01-13-2008, 02:40 AM
Depends on where I'm cooking... If at home, the go in the trash... if at the farm, the just get tossed in a field...

James.

Norcoredneck
01-13-2008, 02:44 AM
In the green waste container.

Single Fin Smoker
01-13-2008, 04:00 AM
It's been rainin out here in Socal. I've been lazy over the few months, so today I decided it would nice to clean all my cookers. Dumb.
The ash that hoped to be cleaning out of 2 webers, a barrel, and an offset was more like nasty(I mean nasty) sludge.
A few laytex gloves, some cardboard box, and all went into the trash.

Twas' a chitty job, but one that needed to be done.

MAsQue
01-13-2008, 06:01 AM
How bout putting some (clean, woodfire ashes) in a cardboard box and digging some seasoned duck breast or beef / Pork tenderloin in there ?

Thats an old method of drying and preserving the meat.
After about 2 weeks you can take it out, dust off the ashes and enjoy it.

DM
Looks interesting.

Anything in particular that you season the meat with (a mix heavy on salt or sugar, for example)? What temperature do you hold the meat at while drying? How do you tell when it's done?


Thanks.

Don Marco
01-13-2008, 06:05 AM
Looks interesting.

Anything in particular that you season the meat with (a mix heavy on salt or sugar, for example)? What temperature do you hold the meat at while drying? How do you tell when it's done?



A heavy mix of kosher salt and frsh coarse ground pepper is fine, you can add sugar if you want to.
Its best to store the box in a dry, cool place, below 45 F if possible.

How long it takes to be "done" is a matter of thickness of course, but i found that at a certain level there is no more liquid drawn out of the meat and 14 days has always been fine for me.
You can wipe the ashes off and store the meat in a cool place for weeks after that.

DM

DaChief
01-13-2008, 06:35 AM
Dumped out back usually....or trash...depends on how much of a hurry I am in

chinesebob
01-13-2008, 06:49 AM
goes into a pile in the back corner of the yard. I keep a 5 gallon bucket for it and when it's full I dump that into the pile.

redy2smoke
01-13-2008, 08:01 AM
dump in wooded area next to home.

jestridge
01-13-2008, 08:10 AM
On the lawn to raise my ph.

nthole
01-13-2008, 09:11 AM
Either down in the retaining wall blocks or into the trash for me.

I poured some out into my yard once and the area died. Could've been the ash...or the lack of watering for oh 8 or 12 weeks.

Crüe-B-Cüe
01-13-2008, 09:19 AM
Mine go into a 5 gal bucket. When I empty a bag of coal, I pour them in and throw in the trash.

ZILLA
01-13-2008, 09:40 AM
I spread them in the woods by the creek behind the house.

CajunSmoker
01-13-2008, 09:46 AM
I keep a wash tub around to empty the ashes in and then I pour that into trash bags when its full.

This is just the ashes from the UDS burn out that I was letting cool off.

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6280/img0387ur1.th.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0387ur1.jpg)

Sawdustguy
01-13-2008, 10:34 AM
In the Garbage. I let the G-Men worry about it.

WineMaster
01-13-2008, 11:44 AM
Trash

JD McGee
01-13-2008, 12:01 PM
Trash...

kew_el_steve
01-13-2008, 12:24 PM
In to a nice box, and ask a dubious friend/neighbor/relative/co-worker to hold the ashes of a dearly departed friend/neighbor/relative/co-worker. It is mandatory to keep a straight face when attempting this. Do this before consuming beer.

Said boxes of ashes can also be shipped to long-distance friend/neighbor/relative/co-worker for safe keeping to "spread it out". Mandatory to NOT giggle on phone when setting this one up. Also on this one, do this before consuming beer.

Simple, creative solutions to complex problems...