Chris writes – “There are a couple of versions of how to make charcoal here. The main focus is on drawing charcoal, but barbecue fuel is the focus of at least one of the projects.”Link.
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Lindsay Technical Books has some great books on making charcoal and harvesting the gas generated in the process:
http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks7/bchar/index.html
http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks/producer/index.html
(I’m pretty sure Lindsay has been mentioned here before, but if not, every Maker should definitely know about them.)