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Old 01-17-2012, 03:29 AM
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I heard on the news today of an Adelaide wood fired oven that caused $20,000 damage to a fence and neighbour's property when the discarded coals and ash reignited, burned a brush fence and set a neigbour's house on fire.
There is a message somewhere buried in there, BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THOSE DISCARDED HOT COALS AND ASH!
I am very aware of the problem and place them into a steel bin and immediately doused with water. You only need to do this if you have some breads to bake without the fire within.
I just hope that it wasn't one of our forum members as I have 34 members residing in Adelaide.

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Old 01-17-2012, 04:08 AM
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Hi Neil,

I agree. If I’m going to bake bread I will put the coals in a galvanised bin and douse with water. Otherwise I will leave then in the oven and use the coals for retained heat cooking for a couple of days after the initial firing.

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Old 01-17-2012, 05:21 AM
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The wood fired oven didn't cause any damage, hot coals that an idiot discarded did.
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Old 01-17-2012, 07:09 AM
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The wood fired oven didn't cause any damage, hot coals that an idiot discarded did.
That is what I was thinking

I lost a friend to fire in his house because he put fireplace ashes in a paper bag.....

We put coals from the fireplace and WFO in a metal container with an air tight lid.
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Old 01-17-2012, 09:29 AM
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Bloody hell! Glad I've got a large well insulated ash slot I can scrape the coals into directly...
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Old 01-17-2012, 12:42 PM
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Gudday
Yep those hot coals stay dangerous for days in the insulation of the ash.
Heard off... from a neighbour of some one who placed 2 day old ash in his bin and it flashed up and burn't his bin out. I use a number of 20 ltr steel drums and leave it for weeks before I empty them out... in the gardens.

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If you separate the coals from the ashes, and remove fresh air, they go out quickly, plus you get free charcoal.
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Or you can just shovel the coals into your Weber (or other covered grill) and close it up.

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Old 01-18-2012, 01:10 PM
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Definaltly need to be careful. I do the same as Neil and put them into a metal bucket then fill the bucket with water. It then goes out onto the lawn or vegie graden, or dried out and charcoal reused back in the oven.

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