Firebox Rib-eye

The weather forcast last night was for blue sky and sunshine, so packed haversack and made plans !
Early start, Porrage then took Brenda into town to the shoe mines/hand bag quarries
Came back and it's getting darker and darker then windscreen wipers on full chat for a hail storm.
I'd wanted to try out a new fuel spotted in the twice a month solid fuel run to the coal yard in Settle N.Yorks

http://www.woodfuel-direct.co.uk/technical-informationI decided to carry out the trial in the back garden as the hail had changed to a rain downpour but no wind,
so cut one in half giving x2 at 5" at 9oz each

 I rolled some Birch bark into each and lit it at 13:30, like a fuze but it didn'l light them

 so I dropped some lit Birch bark down the sides at 13:35

                        by 13:40 it was burning well

 not knowing the fuel I waited till 14:00 and the Bear opened the Bar

 apart from burn it didn't alter much so at 14:15 I put the skillet on

                                 then the Rib-eye

                         14:25 cheers All and a flip

 

14:26 Perfect 

the Firebox was still burning well

 so waited till 15:00

and broke the Hotties up with a poker

 

and put the Boil plate and the Stanley on with 10 Oz. water

 15:10 made the brew no soot on the Stanley

Firebox still pumping heat as I watched the Moon rise

Still going at 15:30

I think I'll try it with x2 1/4 pieces next time,

Firebox Stove

The last Blog was the first use of my new stove in Grass Woods, thought I'd have a play in the garden with it yesterday (Friday)

the wood is from Home Bargains at £3:99 a sack

the Axe was bought at a builders merchants but had a fiberglass shaft and the head was painted blue and Epoxied on so, I 'fettled' it

the Bear set up the Bistro

I lit the fire with Flint and Steel using Amadou as Tinder and Plumbers Hemp and Birch bark for the 'nest'

The camera focust on the flags but the Amadou caught on the 2nd strike

into the nest and cupped over and blow

keeping the Beard out of the way

added some Birch bark and small sticks

put the boil plate then the Stanley cook pot with 20oz. water on

and a few more small sticks

and 3 minutes 50 seconds later a rolling boil

made x2 cups Russian Caravan tea and took one in for Brenda

took the boil plate off and fit the grill plate for Sausage

took one in for Brenda and came back with an Avacado with fresh Lemon juice squeezed on

took the grill plate off and sat by the fire

Cheers All