Making and charring a charcoal pile
| Making and charring a charcoal pile | |
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| Language | Swedish |
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| Type | Intangible |
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The charcoal clamp is a way of producing charcoal by arranging wood covered in spruce branches and "stöbbe" and is lit and chars in controlled circumstances. It's constructed by heating the wood with very little oxygen supply which makes the wood turn to charcoal instead of going up in flames and turning to ashes. The charcoal pile that is built annually at the event "Gammelvala", Brunskog, Värmland, takes about two days to build (with 12 people) and measures 4 1/2 m ∅. Depending on the wood used you can produce charcoal for grill, smithing and/or tar. The pile chars for approx. six days and up to 90% of the wood gets turned into charcoal. At least two people guard it during, at all times.