TLUD

I made a TLUD a few days ago out of food cans and a piece of sheet metal. I set it on two pieces of rebar to allow the air to come up through the holes in the bottom of the big can.

It worked sort of okay when I tried it with small, random-size pieces of wood and bark. Had problems lighting it, keeping it going, and converting all the feedstock to char.

It worked really well when I used wood pellets. I had a good hot flame for cooking for about an hour, and all the pellets converted to charcoal.

Other stuff I need to do is make a support for holding whatever it is you’re cooking.

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