Need some advice about a flame

[taterguy]

What's the best way to light charcoal that doesn't involve chemicals?

I hate ruining the taste of a good steak with lighter fluid residue.

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. Use a gas grill like the rest of us.

[Kali]

3. or wood

you can start it smaller sticks/ dry grass. You can get real neolithic and use stones to make sparks too:P

[madinmaryland]

2. Charcoal Chimney. Works real well.

http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/chimney.html



:hi:

[Brother Buzz]

7. The chimney is the way to go!

One piece of newspaper on a good day, two on a difficult light.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. You can make a chimney from a coffee can

The metal kind, not the plastic ones.

:hi:

[Kali]

11. I bet the plastic ones work good.

Pretty sure they are flammable - and you wouldn't have to worry about storage:rofl:

[Brother Buzz]

14. Coffee cans will work but even the big cans are kinda small

I made one from light weight steel plate using the burned out store bought one as a model. I made it taller and was not disappointed. Rivets held the whole thing together as well as the handle. It lasted about a dozen years. I'm back with a freebie store bought one until I get inspired to make another one.

[Kali]

4. a little paper and some kindling? alcohol?

but if you are talking "briquets" you are getting plenty of chemicals anyway

[Dr. Strange]

5. This is obvious flamebait.

Alerting. :hide:

[NJmaverick]

6. Pretty sure this would do the trick

[taterguy]

9. Can you buy those at Costco?

[NJmaverick]

19. Yes it's between the flack jackets

and the M-2 Browning 50 caliber machine guns

[madinmaryland]

13. Way to start a flamewar, NJMav!!

:D

[NJmaverick]

18. Well if you had one of these cool toys

you would want to start one as well.

[KansDem]

8. There's the waxy-sawdust kind of stuff you can buy...

A little chunk among the briquettes will start them off.



And don't listen to anyone who tells you to use gas! It's so impersonal--you might as well use your oven...

[graywarrior]

12. Throw a duck on the fire

Duck fat is flammable. Make sure it's wearing a hood.

[taterguy]

15. The question is how to start the fire not sustain it

Besides, wouldn't the duck just fly away?

[graywarrior]

16. Wrapped in duct tape? I doubt it.

[JVS]

17. Chimney

[taterguy]

20. Try an electric grill starter wand

[taterguy]

21. Those work great! Best advice in the whole damn thread

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