Hello all,
I have been a gas grill guy all of my life until recent usage of WSM. Using charcoal (kingsford briquettes) and cleaning up ash is still new to me. My WSM is on my deck which is on the second level of my house so I am not next to my trash bin which is downstairs in my garage. And I don't want to carry the bottom WSM charcoal apparatus thru my house and have ashes fall inside the house (wife would kill me). What is the best way to clean it up?
1) I tried scooping up the ash with an empty tin can into a small trash bag. It took a long time.
2) I also tried using putting a extra large trash bag all around the bottom apparatus and titling it over on the side with my legs (difficult to do by myself). It created a cloud of ash in my face and body.
3) How often do you clean charcoal ash out? After every cooking session or wait until its a large pile inside?
Can the charcoal ash be used as compose or fertilizer? My wife has plantar boxes on the deck with her flowers . Maybe I can just toss it there assuming it helps her flowers and not destroyed them. Or I can put in her garden instead of trashing it.
Thoughts? Advice?
Thank you!
Howard
I have been a gas grill guy all of my life until recent usage of WSM. Using charcoal (kingsford briquettes) and cleaning up ash is still new to me. My WSM is on my deck which is on the second level of my house so I am not next to my trash bin which is downstairs in my garage. And I don't want to carry the bottom WSM charcoal apparatus thru my house and have ashes fall inside the house (wife would kill me). What is the best way to clean it up?
1) I tried scooping up the ash with an empty tin can into a small trash bag. It took a long time.
2) I also tried using putting a extra large trash bag all around the bottom apparatus and titling it over on the side with my legs (difficult to do by myself). It created a cloud of ash in my face and body.
3) How often do you clean charcoal ash out? After every cooking session or wait until its a large pile inside?
Can the charcoal ash be used as compose or fertilizer? My wife has plantar boxes on the deck with her flowers . Maybe I can just toss it there assuming it helps her flowers and not destroyed them. Or I can put in her garden instead of trashing it.
Thoughts? Advice?
Thank you!
Howard