Anybody make their own charcoal?

I'm a mesquite man.

I had a big pecan limb fall in my yard...I cut it into small pieces and throw it on top of store bought charcoal when I bbq...even though I prefer mesquite it's a nice change of pace...

I tried it a few times but it was too much effort for what you get out of it. What I do now is throw wood chunks(free from cutting firewood) on the green egg right when I'm done and shut the air off. It's not quite as charred through like lump charcoal but it stretches out the lump charcoal and adds a little more flavor.

When I burn good wood in my fire pit which aint often I always check the next morning and pick out soem charcoal the chunks that are light are the charcoal the heavy chunks are charred wood. I throw them in a bucket I keep in the shed and use them to supplement my lump charcoal or if I have enough I use it straight. I have done this with oak and pecan to good effect. Making it on purpose is far too much trouble for the yield. What I do is sorta a by product of what I do anyways and a good way to see if ya like it.