Owly 22 Posted November 8 My 10" titan kamado has no provision for ash cleanout except to lift out the firebox and scoop ash. I've been using briquettes quite a bit for slow fire.... along with mesquite chunks for smoke. This morning I used a wet and dry shop vac with no filter in it, and an exhaust hose as well as a suction hose installed. Worked great!! I laid the exhaust hose out pointed over the garden & yard, and all the fine ash blew out, leaving only the heavier courser ash in the vac. A fast easy cleanout. I could have simply left the firebox in, and cleaned down through it, and sucked through the intake. The fine ash does't even show in the lawn. This was a cheap $20 Craftsman shop vac that I bought a year ago on sale at Ace Hardware.......... I bought an extra hose just for this sort of thing. H.W. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chasdev 317 Posted November 8 As long as the wind does not change direction and blow all that ash back at you..should be fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keeperovdeflame 9,574 Posted November 8 I use an Ash Vac designed to remove fine ash from indoor fire places. It has a very fine filter to block ash blow back, a metal can to hold the ash, and a metal lined hose to prevent ash from igniting inside the plastic hose. Wasn't too expensive on Amazon, and does a very quick non messy clean up for my fire box and kettle bottom. I used to use an old shop vac, as you do, but the mess it made was a constant problem and always an issue. The ash vac does not produce the slightest ash blow back. Definitely worth the cost IMO. This is the one I use https://www.homedepot.com/p/PowerSmith-10-Amp-3-Gal-Ash-Vacuum-PAVC101/203656953?mtc=Shopping-B-F_D25T-B-D25T-25_14_WET_DRY_VACS-Multi-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-WetDryVacs&cm_mmc=Shopping-B-F_D25T-B-D25T-25_14_WET_DRY_VACS-Multi-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-WetDryVacs-71700000034362736-58700003947733511-92700031998221693&msclkid=0a9384d6877e10908955d91375bf64be&gclid=CP2h76Xb2-UCFUT2DQodESsKeg&gclsrc=ds Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Family_cook 177 Posted November 8 i use this 4-5 mornings a week and have been for a couple months. I use a filter and haven't had to clean it out yet but I just moved it for this picture and it is getting heavy:). I only vac cold ash. It is the fastest easiest way to manage a Kamado. Shake the ash basket, lift the grate and vac everything out. Less than 1 minute, no mess and back to re-lighting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Owly 22 Posted November 9 I pulled the filter out specifically so the ash would blow through and distribute across the yard.... it's not a lot of ash, and it vanishes into the grass immediately. As Family Cook wrote.......... less than a minute. I would not even remotely consider this with warm ash. H.W. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites