With the Petromax charcoal smolder, you become a charcoal maker, reviving the ancient tradition of making charcoal in a modern design. Crafted from stainless steel, this innovative tool allows you to produce your own charcoal for the campfire kitchen. Unlike traditional charcoal kilns, the Petromax charcoal smoulder works through low oxygen combustion, also known as pyrolysis.
The process is simple and can be done while cooking a dish in your fire pot over the campfire. Just place the charcoal smoulder directly in the fire, and it will produce high quality barbecue charcoal as you cook. This modern approach to charcoal making brings together the age old method and contemporary design, enhancing your outdoor cooking experience.
You fill the Petromax charcoal smolder with wood you cut yourself, such as fruit logs, birch, or beech wood from your garden. This is the best possible use for old trees that are no longer bearing weight. The resulting hardwood charcoal has a long glowing phase, produces little smoke, and burns at high temperatures, making it ideal for running your Atago.
This charcoal not only gives your dishes a typical smoky flavour but also allows you to have full control over the origin of the wood and the quality of the barbecue charcoal. This process is sustainable and flexible, as you can choose the type of wood to create your unique smoke flavour. For charcoaling, you can use both logs and twigs, maximising the use of your wood. This method ensures you can produce high quality charcoal while making the most of your natural resources.
Make your own charcoal: Instructions
Use the cover box to seal the charcoal smoker airtight and you can then observe the charring progress within a few hours with yellow smoke and white smoke towards the end. You would see exactly the same thing in a real charcoal kiln. Then take the charcoal burner out of the fire and let it cool overnight. The next morning you have coal that has a long burning time. Simply clean the inside of the charcoal burner with a mild detergent, water and a cloth.
Self-made charcoal for optimal barbecue experience:
Your individually made charcoal completes the outdoor barbecue experience! Not only do you cook vegetable and meat dishes in the fire pot, sizzle steaks in the wrought iron pan, but you also have your self made charcoal, a result you can be justifiably proud of. Petromax combines a traditional technique with a pyrolytic box made of high quality stainless steel, conceived in the think tank of the Dragon Workshop. Thanks to the coal smelter, you yourself become a charcoal burner in the wild.