This lightweight bucket - I am a woman and likes to drag heavy Gußeimer through the area - is perfect for the intermediate storage of the resulting still hot stove ash. It is not too big and not too small. Its shape can be well tilt the ash pan into the tiled stove, all without raising too much dust - and then quickly cover it - perfect. Also, the switching into a plastic bag for waste is not a problem due to the shape and size of the upper opening.