Ash can for Pit Barrel

[mtford72]

Pizza pan is the way to go. I thumped the lip a few times with a hammer to lower it a little as I had a concern about airflow. I rotate the flattened part to the vent, but I'm sure that's just superstition rather than anything scientific. Cleaning now is just lift out the basket, lift out the pan.

[Ernest]

HAHAHA Kathryn on CNN trying to clean a PBC!

[supergas6]

Bought a ten-gallon metal trash can at the local hardware store. Cost $10 or so. Works great. Just pick up the PBC and dump the ashes in. When the can is half-way filled, it is time to empty it into a trash bag, because it gets pretty heavy!

[PBCJim]

Fizziks - made me laugh, can picture the neighbor lifting you out by the ankles!

[PBCJim]

E-that's what I'm talking about! That's very similar to what I have going. So much easier than wrestling the cooker and getting the ash out of the vent.

[fzxdoc]

I think you'd have to go with a flatter design like PBC Jim's or Ernest's pizza pan idea, SRA. Otherwise you'll block the necessary air flow under the coal basket.

For me, the two layers of foil work great because at the end of the day I can fold the ashes into the foil, no muss no fuss. I'm short (5'2"), so it's easier for me to fold the foil with tongs if necessary than to get a grip on a rigid pan at the bottom of the PBC. One of these days I'll do a 1.5 gainer into that thing trying to clean out the bottom!

Kathryn

[Ernest]

LOL! I have a 14 inch Lodge cast iron pizza pan (with handles) that does not fit in the PBC so I went with the 12 inch sheet. That was my logic when ordering.

[SRA]

What diameter should we be looking for? I know, I know, I should take my lazy butt outside and measure for myself but its late, dark and raining outside right now.

[Ernest]

I just realized that I didn't measure the diameter of the charcoal basket before placing the order. LOL! Got the 12 inch plate

[BruceB]

yup, that will work. I seem to have acquired a pile of those (my wife buys in bulk, it seems), and I'm going to put wire lifting lines on it as Jerod did on his ash plate. The rim helps a bit to keep the ash contained while lifting it out.

[Ernest]

I just bought this pizza pan, I'll use it under the basket. Save me some foil money http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...L._SL1500_.jpg

[Steve Navarre]

Got mine from Home Depot. Here at a mile high the vent is already mostly open so I just sweep the ashes out with a fireplace tool.

[PBCJim]

E - don't have one with me, but picture an upside-down frisbee with straight edges. Hope that makes sense.

[Ernest]

Can't cook with charcoal basket in that can now can you?

[smarkley]

OK... now I know what you were asking for! This IS a good idea I might try it someday too.