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https://www.aussiecampovenforum.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl General Chat Area >> Let's Chew The Fat >> A little bit of useless info - perhaps https://www.aussiecampovenforum.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1322943539 Message started by 2Blackys on Dec 4^th, 2011 at 6:18am

Title: A little bit of useless info - perhaps
Post by 2Blackys on Dec 4^th, 2011 at 6:18am

Was so busy last evening during cooking a coupla teal in the CO, I decided to open a new a new 7 kg. bag of Heatbeads and count how many there is to the bag. There is 96.

How's that for a bit of useless information!

It's amazing the wise ideas a bloke comes up with half full of Coonawarra grape juice.

Regards Garry

Title: Re: A little bit of useless info - perhaps
Post by poddy dodger on Dec 4^th, 2011 at 7:02am

You've started something here Garry, I've got an unopened 6 Kg bag of Heat Beads I'll open and count, see if I've been shortchanged !

pd

Title: Re: A little bit of useless info - perhaps
Post by OzJeeper on Dec 4^th, 2011 at 2:42pm

Therefore and ad nauseam, if'n a single heat bead weighs in at 36g and to do the sums proper like, 10 heat beads weigh in at 408g then if ya does an average of 40g per bead.
That should equate to 40g X 150 beads = 6kg.... :o

Burbon n coke..... ;D and a lazy Sunday. ;)

Title: Re: A little bit of useless info - perhaps
Post by Sundryed on Dec 4^th, 2011 at 4:43pm

This is riveting stuff.
Muzz

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Title: Re: A little bit of useless info - perhaps
Post by OzJeeper on Dec 4^th, 2011 at 4:49pm

Hang on, just hold it! Call the umpire....

Heat beads come in a 4kg bag, not 6kg.

You do the maths... :o :o

Title: Re: A little bit of useless info - perhaps
Post by teemac on Dec 4^th, 2011 at 5:54pm

if you buy 2 x 4kg bags that makes 8kgs, hope I ma not making this any harder :-?
ps. has anyone actually weighed a bag to make sure they anit rippin us, is the bag part of theweight as well as the crumbs
sorry - Coronas 24 to a box, I have counted them

Title: Re: A little bit of useless info - perhaps
Post by 2Blackys on Dec 5^th, 2011 at 6:11am

Looks like we have a few different weight bags of heat beads.

The bag I counted were "Heatbeads" in a 7 kg bag.

I bought 4 bags of them when I last went to town, cost me about 13 bucks a bag.

Regards Garry

Title: Re: A little bit of useless info - perhaps
Post by TBF on Dec 5^th, 2011 at 9:43am

2Blackys wrote on Dec 5^th, 2011 at 6:11am:

Bunnings at Carseldine on the northside of Brisbane have a box...with 4 x 4 kilo bags for $19.95.
Never seen it packed like that.

16 kilo works out at $1.25 a kilo.

They still had a pallet full yesterday.

Aart

Title: Re: A little bit of useless info - perhaps
Post by poddy dodger on Dec 5^th, 2011 at 10:48am

OzJeeper wrote on Dec 4^th, 2011 at 4:49pm:

Heat beads come in a 4kg bag, not 6kg.

Just checked my bag(s), both 6kg which I bought from Aldi on special at $5.99 each several weeks ago.

pd

Title: Re: A little bit of useless info - perhaps
Post by Glenndog on Dec 5^th, 2011 at 1:43pm

OzJeeper i'm glad your not my accountant, first you said that a single heat bead weighs 36 grams and then 10 of them weighs 408 grams. 2blackys heat beads worked out at 73 grams each so i am really confused, might need some boubon myself to work that one out.

Title: Re: A little bit of useless info - perhaps
Post by OzJeeper on Dec 5^th, 2011 at 6:23pm

Nah. Just thought I would do an average. I'd be worried if my accountant took to counting heat beads instead of beans..... ;)

Title: Re: A little bit of useless info - perhaps
Post by Wino on Dec 6^th, 2011 at 12:40pm

I had to try this for a bit of fun ,Heatbeads (heatbeads) weighed 10 one at a time (good ones,not broken) on Dillon powder scales .
Ended with 418gms for the 10 weighed.
So, my beads are 'approx' 40gms each.
Lightest one was 36gms
Heviest one was 49gms

Title: Re: A little bit of useless info - perhaps
Post by OzJeeper on Dec 6^th, 2011 at 8:01pm

Actually, this might have been of some use to those of us that use a set number of beads to do a roast or similar CO meal using the heat bead calculator on this site.
Just imagine you have a big event coming up (like Christmas) and decide to break out the ovens for a celebration meal. Thinking about using 4 ovens to do befores, main, vegies and sweets. If you KNOW how many (averaged) heat beads to the kilo, makes buying in a much easier task. No guesswork.....

Even silliness has a good outcome sometimes... ::)