YouTube - How to make charcoal like a (eco) redneck

Seems simple enough, its just gonna be one of those cases where you have to be smarter than what you're working with.

I emailed that link to a buddy who's got a decent amount of land and he's up for doing the welding if I can find the material. Plus, I'm always looking for excuse to start a big fire, so there's a small chance this won't happen in the near future.

I'll probably cook some pretty low grade meat over whatever comes out, but there will definitely be pics when this happens.