Africa Wild

You not allowed to raid forests? It's free!

Richprins wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:48 am You not allowed to raid forests? It's free!

There are some woods not far from me, where I go walking now and then.
Plenty of dead wood lying about. But it's usually a bit damp, half rotting and covered in moss and lichen. Don't really want to use that.

Mean time....
I seemed to recall that the braais as Berg n Dhal were brick. I last stayed there in December 2012.
So I went to have a look at the accommodation photos "on the other side".
And yes, they are brick. With a flat base for the charcoal. And raised sides. Just not sloped chimney section.
And I don't recall having problems getting the braai started there

Your braai is bright new, Dzombo! You must let it have the time to get the "feeling"

Your braai is much more enclosed I think, Dzombs, being against a wall too? Try other charcoal first?

Ja, brick braais are common!

Just get some pieces of box-wood from a local timber yard .............

The difficult thing is to find "a local timber yard"

I do have an almost unlimited supply of cardboard.
My SO is a "shareholder" in Amazon. We have a delivery almost daily.
And I gotto say they are not the most environmental conscious company. The boxes are about 3 times bigger than the item being delivered with a ton of wrapping to fill the gap

Cardboard works

You can make good firelighters using old cardboard and newspaper , by soaking it in water , then tearing it up in small pieces , mush it up , to make a paper-mache slurry .
Squeeze out the water and make lumps etc from the paper -mache .
Then let it dry out .
Afterwards , soak it in a bit of paraffin , and store in jar or a can . It is really great to start a fire with

Hmmmm..... waiting to hear RP's comment about using paraffin

I think Dzombs wants to braai with the cardboard, not start the fire...

Ja, paraffin is a phossil phuel, you know. I think you farmers should use cow dung, okie, so as not to waste!

Hmmmm..... look I have done a lot of " experimenting " in my lifetime .
And indeed , you can braai with cardboard .
In fact , you can use the method I have already described to make the paper-mache , then instead of making small little lumps/balls with your hands , you stuff it down a piece of piping , say 50 mm diameter . Then , use a ramrod or something ( you can make it from a piece of wood ) , and push the paper-mache through the pipe . It should come out like turds . Let it dry like already mentioned , and you can set it alight just like logs .
It burns very slowly , almost smoldering , but certainly , it will make coals which can braai your meat .......