You can tell when the summer has truly arrived when the smells of barbecuing starts to fill the air. At this time of year most of us enjoy a barbecue and having a meal alfresco â but there are downsides to using the good old BBQ.
Barbecue charcoal, while not a fossil fuel, is manufactured from some unsustainable sources. It also produces a large amount of carbon â not just in its use but also its manufacture too.
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Barbecue charcoal is expensive too and a good summer can soon add up in extra costs on your shopping bill â gas too is not cheap. However, you can use logmakers to provide fuel for a barbecue, but there is a knack to it.
Logmakers, which compress recycled paper and cardboard into recyclable fuel, are great for wood burning stoves and fires but not all logmakers can produce logs tight enough for a barbecue.
The main problem with using paper as a fuel is that it produces flames which will burn food on the outside before it is even cooked in the interior. The key to a good barbecue is gently smouldering logs which burn as hot as possible you want to compress the logs as tight as possible.
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When you compact the paper the flames and excess smoke can be reduced dramatically and the best method is to use a wet logmaker or wet briquette maker.
Wet log makers can compact the logs or briquettes tighter so avoiding flames. This also drastically reduces smoke too.
If you still find that some of the logs are producing too much smoke or fire, you can mix it with some charcoal which will help. While this means you still have to buy a little charcoal, you won’t need nearly as much
Richard N Williams is interested in green innovations and writes about them. Please visit our website if you are interested in Log makers or other eco-friendly products
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