How To Lite a Charcoal Chimney (video)

[LarryO1947]

 

[TonyT]

I light my chimney on an old beat up kettle. Keeps the mess in one place and is a good way to reuse grease soaked brisket paper. Since I'm using briquettes, it's not much more ash.

 

[Sweet Daddy-D]

I let them burn 5 minutes or so then use tongs to mix them up in the Chimney and burn 5-10 more minutes till they are all greyed over. :mrgreen:

I think you are working too hard. 3 sheets of balled up newspaper or some cubes. 15 to 20 minutes depending on how full the chimney is, never fails.

 

[SmittyJonz]

Not. The cubes suck I've tried them and the paper ash flies everywhere when you lift the chimney.

 

[racedvl]

As per someone here, I can't remember who, I use my turkey fryer base to get my chimney started.

 

[LongTong]

Brown Paper

I use a brown paper bag. If I don't have a bag, I'll use crumpled news paper with a table spoon of cooking oil. The oil makes for a longer burn...

 

[Midnight Goat]

When I'm at home I use the gasser to light the chimney. Camping or out in the field I use dryer lint. I find it burns up better and doesn't leave any paper ash blowing about.

 

[Grimm5577]

You don't want ash from newspaper and you don't want the taste of lighter fluid and you don't have a torch or starter cubes. Use DORITOS. :loco:

http://lifehacker.com/5840698/use-doritos-or-other-chips-to-start-a-fire

 

[b.m.]

You don't want ash from newspaper and you don't want the taste of lighter fluid and you don't have a torch or starter cubes. Use DORITOS. :loco:

http://lifehacker.com/5840698/use-doritos-or-other-chips-to-start-a-fire

FRITOS ftw...

Survivorman approved...

Also- I think this was meant to be a "flame" post... :mrgreen:

BM

 

[SmittyJonz]

:wink:

 

[DouG M]

So let me see if I have this straight now. Don't want starter fluid taste,don,t have any cubes, news paper gives too much ash,stores don,t use paper bags around here, don't need a torch so won't buy one,gaser side burner sparks too much,don't have a turkey burner,I ate all the Doritos, dryer lint will have softner in it so no good what am I to use ? OH which end do you put up or do you lay it on it's side. Thanks for all your help

 

[Shadowdog500]

When smoking, I light my chimney using the propane starter on my weber Performer. I leave the propane on for 5 minutes. Then I shut the gas off and let the rest of the chimney get going which takes about 20 minutes. One of these days I'm going to get a propane weed burner like some people use in thier UDS.


Chris

 

[SmittyJonz]

:shock:

 

[bradymartin]

i dont get it. light with newspaper, put on ground. therefore no newspaper ashes in the cooker. put lit coals in cooker after 15 minutes or so.

 

[Doog]

What he said ^^^^

 

[Porcine Perfection]

I use the side burner on my gasser. I love that thing. Great for searing on cast iron, cooking friend chicken, and anything else that is smoky or messy.

 

[KevinJ]

A Weber starter cube underneath set on the kettle grate works great too!

I like the starter cubes as well

 

[pjtexas1]

i dont get it.

Let me try to explain...whenever it's a slow week smitty will randomly bump one of his old threads :shock::laugh:

 

[SmittyJonz]

:mrgreen:

 

[bradymartin]

lol at that smiley face response. that made me chuckle. good night cavemen