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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Lancaster" data-source="post: 168297" data-attributes="member: 6154">Wireless thermometer &quot;A&quot;... Nice indeed..I love my Weber Smokey Joe. It's a great li'll grill... I have the next larger size one too. That's for the bigger missions.Hey Tony, about the Kingsford briquettes. In my research of making my own charcoal for fireworks I've learned a few things.. The briquets from Kingsford are made from a blend of hardwoods. Exactly what kinds of wood are blended together is a mystery.. It's binder is simple corn starch and water. There's no other chemicals involved...When I grill, I use Kingsford briquettes but I always throw in some wood chips that I soak in water for 30 minutes while the coals are starting up. That makes for a lot of smoke from my favorites like apple, hickory, mesquite or the Hawaiian equivalents Kiawe and Ohia, pecan and maybe some cherry wood... I use news paper to start the coals; Smoke'm if you got'm!!&nbsp; Yeah that kind of coal is fine for me for grilling and stuff but not for fireworking.. For that I use two different kinds. One is from a hard wood, the other is from a soft wood. The hardwood charcoal is used for basic primer and for star compositions. The softwood charcoal is use for my hot primer, lift and burst powder. You see, it's the conifers in the Western Red Cedar that give the black powder way more power than just any kine charcoal. Well that and technical grade KNO2 and sulfur and good milling. Then comes the alcohol granulating and drying. And finally the bp goes though a screening process and you're ready for action.. Whew,&nbsp;&nbsp; .. LOL!The pictures show the charcoal cooker and the primo charcoal it produces... To process the charcoal down further so is can be used in the mill is a very dirty job. I love this hobby too!! <img src="/images/smilies/bigok.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":twothumbsup:" title="Bigok&nbsp; &nbsp; :twothumbsup:" data-shortname=":twothumbsup:" />&nbsp; We're almost done wrapping the shells, sweet! I hope we can continue tonight but we may have to abort because of thunder storm activity in the area.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rob Lancaster, post: 168297, member: 6154"] Wireless thermometer "A"... Nice indeed.. I love my Weber Smokey Joe. It's a great li'll grill... I have the next larger size one too. That's for the bigger missions. Hey Tony, about the Kingsford briquettes. In my research of making my own charcoal for fireworks I've learned a few things.. The briquets from Kingsford are made from a blend of hardwoods. Exactly what kinds of wood are blended together is a mystery.. It's binder is simple corn starch and water. There's no other chemicals involved... When I grill, I use Kingsford briquettes but I always throw in some wood chips that I soak in water for 30 minutes while the coals are starting up. That makes for a lot of smoke from my favorites like apple, hickory, mesquite or the Hawaiian equivalents Kiawe and Ohia, pecan and maybe some cherry wood... I use news paper to start the coals; Smoke'm if you got'm!! Yeah that kind of coal is fine for me for grilling and stuff but not for fireworking.. For that I use two different kinds. One is from a hard wood, the other is from a soft wood. The hardwood charcoal is used for basic primer and for star compositions. The softwood charcoal is use for my hot primer, lift and burst powder. You see, it's the conifers in the Western Red Cedar that give the black powder way more power than just any kine charcoal. Well that and technical grade KNO2 and sulfur and good milling. Then comes the alcohol granulating and drying. And finally the bp goes though a screening process and you're ready for action.. Whew, .. LOL! The pictures show the charcoal cooker and the primo charcoal it produces... To process the charcoal down further so is can be used in the mill is a very dirty job. I love this hobby too!! :twothumbsup: We're almost done wrapping the shells, sweet! I hope we can continue tonight but we may have to abort because of thunder storm activity in the area. [/QUOTE]

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