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While doing bushcraft classes and teaching primitive skills to scout groups, I make and use a lot of char cloth. I needed to figure out a more convenient way to make large quantities of char cloth with little to no clean up.
SUPPLIES-
1- a metal bucket or similar container for safety
2- char cloth material- in this case cotton felt, 99 cents/yard at walmart
3- heat source- sterno
4- way to control distance from heat source- chunk of 2X4
5- any metal grate to hold the char cloth at a given distance
6- heavy duty aluminum foil
7- a "TIVO" or similar DVR and a pre recorded 30 min television show
So, here we go. This is an overview of the supplies
I have found that for this recipe, when the temp is between 60 and 90 deg F. the sterno to foil distance should be between 1.5in and 1.75in.
The next step is to cut a 3X18in strip of cotton felt and roll it up, then wrap in foil.
set the foil on the grate at the given distance (1.5-1.75in) from the sterno can.
Now for the most critical step. Go inside and watch your pre-recorded program on your "TIVO" and make sure to fast forward through commercials. The average 30min show is only 22min without commercials and thats exactly how long the char noods to cook for. After 22min, remove fiol and set it in a cookie tin or some other air tight container and go through your next "batch" on the fire. By the time your second batch is done, your first should be cooled and should look like this when you remove it from the foil.
SUPPLIES-
1- a metal bucket or similar container for safety
2- char cloth material- in this case cotton felt, 99 cents/yard at walmart
3- heat source- sterno
4- way to control distance from heat source- chunk of 2X4
5- any metal grate to hold the char cloth at a given distance
6- heavy duty aluminum foil
7- a "TIVO" or similar DVR and a pre recorded 30 min television show
So, here we go. This is an overview of the supplies
I have found that for this recipe, when the temp is between 60 and 90 deg F. the sterno to foil distance should be between 1.5in and 1.75in.
The next step is to cut a 3X18in strip of cotton felt and roll it up, then wrap in foil.
set the foil on the grate at the given distance (1.5-1.75in) from the sterno can.
Now for the most critical step. Go inside and watch your pre-recorded program on your "TIVO" and make sure to fast forward through commercials. The average 30min show is only 22min without commercials and thats exactly how long the char noods to cook for. After 22min, remove fiol and set it in a cookie tin or some other air tight container and go through your next "batch" on the fire. By the time your second batch is done, your first should be cooled and should look like this when you remove it from the foil.
