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Post by sd51555 on Feb 28, 2017 14:14:17 GMT -6
Don't know if I brought this up yet or not. My new property is covered in tag alder. Would there be any desire from any charcoal or smoker guys for alder charcoal? I've got a hobby business in mind for years down the road if there is a desire for alder charcoal for either grilling or smoking.
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Post by westbranch on Feb 28, 2017 18:35:13 GMT -6
I always assumed the alder used for smoking came from a tree, not the tag alder brush. But I really have no idea.
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Post by sd51555 on Feb 28, 2017 18:55:32 GMT -6
I don't know either. I kicked around the idea of putting $20 into the idea to try making a batch and grill a steak over it.
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Post by smsmith on Feb 28, 2017 19:08:34 GMT -6
I know a lot of the folks trying to make a living growing/selling fruit are into selling their fruit wood cuttings/prunings for smoking/grilling. Given a way to efficiently sell the stuff, I'm sure there are people who would buy it. I'd think shipping on a bag of charcoal would cost more than the charcoal itself.
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Post by sd51555 on Feb 28, 2017 21:07:03 GMT -6
A bag of reject pallet wood is sold at ace hardware for $20/bag as lump charcoal. I wouldn't ship it or sell it. I'd have someone else sell it where people are already coming and give them a healthy cut to handle it. A couple examples would be like the vegetable lady outside of town. She gets the moon children and old canning ladies coming out to her place twice a week for 4 months to buy stuff. I'd drop off a pallet there, sell it for $15/bag, give her $5. My dad also has orchard open hours each friday night where a few dozen people come out each week.
That's the early idea anyway. I'm not looking to get rich, but if I can pay some of my fuel costs going to the property, and do enough to get reclassified as ag, I'd keep whacking my alder down in the name of habitat improvement and get drunk watching it burn in the kiln.
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Post by sd51555 on Feb 28, 2017 21:17:29 GMT -6
I always assumed the alder used for smoking came from a tree, not the tag alder brush. But I really have no idea. I don't either, but I figured I'd maybe buy a metal trash can and try to make a batch and see what I got. If it worked, there's a shitpile of old 300 gallon fuel barrels that are no longer being used out there. I'd imagine I could go haul away for free as many as I'd like. That would be my big kiln, and it could be scaled. |
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