On Mar 22, 6:41*am, JeffH > wrote:
> On Mar 18, 6:03*pm, "Brick" > wrote:
>
> > Fats just wants to burn logs down to coals. He isn't into charcoal
> > making.
>
> Not sure what I'm missing here - so he'd just have a pile of wood and
> burn it. Wood burns down to coals. No? Why a special rig to do it
> then?
>

It's just a old school thing. Raw wood gives off a lot of smoke, but
it's hot buring coals do not. So what you do is have a fire and use
the hot coals created to fuel your cooking fire. Two different fires,
one feeding the other. Not making charcoal here.