Author Topic: A Classic experiment (Read 27862 times)

iowabow · « **Reply #90 on:** April 19, 2016, 06:04:17 pm »

Yep they could cook any old way and we are bound to make something from it.

Pappy · « **Reply #91 on:** April 20, 2016, 04:11:59 am »

Cool, I will get it to the cabin. Bob that is fine, I may get you and Ryan to help me get it going . See yall in a few days.

Pappy

mullet · « **Reply #92 on:** April 20, 2016, 12:37:11 pm »

Just mailed my box out. Some coral is in the bottom and chert on top. Make sure the white translucent coral is in the bottom of the pit and any coral that is orange along with the chert gets the hot part of the fire.

Pappy · « **Reply #93 on:** April 22, 2016, 04:14:50 am »

Got 3 boxes of rocks so far/Scott, John, Josh , I figure Eddie's will come today. Bob/Bill and I will get it taken care of when we all get there. I have a plan on where to put it so we should be good to go. See yall in a few days. I am headed that way in a few hours.

Pappy

Outbackbob48 · « **Reply #94 on:** April 22, 2016, 07:42:40 am »

Sounds good Pappy, should be there Monday morning. Bob

Stringman · « **Reply #95 on:** April 22, 2016, 09:19:05 am »

I believe Don is sending one as well

Pappy · « **Reply #96 on:** April 25, 2016, 11:40:17 am »

Fire is going . Pappy

mullet · « **Reply #97 on:** May 04, 2016, 07:22:02 am »

How did the rock come out? Really curious if the coral held up to two days worth of heat.

Stringman · « **Reply #98 on:** May 04, 2016, 08:27:42 am »

The rock came out without a single piece cracked, potlidded, or heat changed in anyway. If we do this again we need to rethink it just a little. Possibly limit the number of spalls each person can send (quality over quantity.) Doing that would allow us to keep the pit a single layer deep and give us a better chance of gettin heat to em.

mullet · « **Reply #99 on:** May 04, 2016, 12:22:48 pm »

I guess it was good that I had already heat treated the coral.

bjrogg · « **Reply #100 on:** May 08, 2016, 10:08:57 pm »

I really was hoping to follow this experiment also. If I'm understanding right the fire burned for 2 days but no noticeable change in stone? I was hoping to try this myself. Do you think it would have worked better to scrape coals and ash off after 1st day and restart fire again? Have Zero experience at this but have researched it a bit and some folks used a 2 fire method.

iowabow · « **Reply #101 on:** May 09, 2016, 06:57:11 am »

Jbrogg pm sent

mullet · « **Reply #102 on:** May 09, 2016, 01:44:57 pm »

I heard the backfill material was damp.

Pappy · « **Reply #103 on:** May 10, 2016, 06:18:05 am »

I think we put to much over it, but I was just following James instructions.

Pappy

iowabow · « **Reply #104 on:** May 10, 2016, 07:09:58 am »

I would be willing to come early next year and help set up the heat treating pit.

Primitive Archer