# Drying Charcoal **URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/drying-charcoal/2251 **Category:** Charcoal Gasification **Created:** [February 2, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/drying-charcoal/2251 "2016-02-02T14:13:47Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 10
### Author: ![glgilmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v2/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@glgilmore](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/glgilmore) #### Post date: [February 3, 2016, 2:25am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/drying-charcoal/2251/10 "2016-02-03T02:25:27Z")
Hi Cory, Yeah, that youtube suff has to be carefully watched. Some folks are so anxious to post that they give out information before really knowing whether it works or not. Water quench for biochar is fine, but not for making chargas. That is why I use air tight drums to smother it. OK, so what do you do now. Two choices, 1. Spread it out somewhere and let the moisture evaporate. This will depend on the air temp, time and humidity, 2. Add it to compost and put it in the garden as biochar. You will be making more so this is a learning experience and it really does help in the garden. Welcome on board the charcoal wagon! Gary in PA --- _[View the full topic](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/drying-charcoal/2251)._