Previously I posted how I save what's left of my coals after cooking. Well here are pictures to go with it. I wear heavy leather gloves to take out the coal basket with the coals still burning, then I dump them into a cheap old pot I have. Put that up on my chimnea and cover with a clay potting dish that I use as a lid for the chimnea. You can cover with any lid that will withstand the heat, but I do recommend having somewhere to put the pot without scorching your grass or deck. The coals extinguish, and after they cool, I put them back into the coal basket. Take that into the yard and shake it a bit and the ash will fall off the coals and out of the basket. Then I save the coals that are left for the next cook. Here's a pic of the pot covered and one of the extinguished coals before shaking off the ash.
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