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fw: bbq pit fires

updated fri 28 feb 97

 

Patricia Schemmer on fri 21 feb 97



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> From: Patricia Schemmer
> To: amigad@halcyon.com
> Subject: bbq pit fires
> Date: Thursday, January 30, 1997 2:22 PM
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> Rebecca -
> I've pit fired a couple of times in a webber grill. First I lay down a
bed
> of bricketts. Then a combustionable material like cow dung. Horse apples
> also work well. Then lay your pots in , sprinkle with some iron or copper
> oxides. Then, I like to add some pine or cedar branches, along with some
> saw dust. You can pile this as high as the top of your webber. When all
> is in place, light the brickettes, the self starting ones are great for
> this. Then let it burn. When cool, it X-mas time. See how this works
for
> you. Pat in Valentine
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