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To each their own I guess, but I can't see a $50 or $80 flame blower gadget to light some charcoal, or tiki oil, fire cubes etc. Don't even need to get the torch out the garage or the weed burner out the shed either.

Since I used my first chimney and some newspaper nearly 30 years ago it's about all I've ever needed. I'm so cheap, when I didn't have one and lived aways from town, I just took an old metal 3 lb coffee can, cut the bottom out too, used a church key to poke some holes around the bottom for ventilation, and voila! Lit charcoal.

Geno

PS, that rem141r dude has it goin' on, starts his coals like I do, grows his 'sparagus like I do. I wonder is he as handsome? Must be an OK fella.

Couldn’t be easier.

Propane and Propane accessories=====Hank Hill

Most of the time I can grab fallen twigs from the yard to start the chimney. Feels right.

Some use fluid with the chimney - seems somehow....uncouth!

2 gallons of gas stand back and throw match on it..

Pubic hair and rubber bands...

Good torch and 1/2 gallon of gasoline.

Same ... except I just tear off a couple of strips of the top of the charcoal bag itself!

The chimneys work good.

I remember when I was a kid, my Dad would carefully arrange the charcoal in a pyramid, then pour gasoline on it, then stand back about 5 or 6 feet and flick paper matches on it. The whole time with a cigarette dangling out of his mouth.

This is what happens when you give rednecks advanced degrees:

Are you all talking about starting a fire in a real pit like these I built or a charcoal grill?? If your are starting a fire in a grill, use charcoal that has lighter fluid in it.

What I settled on long ago was a tuna fish can about a third full of the fluid and pyramid the briquettes over it.

I use an electric leaf blower a lot, starts fires in a hurry

This will last me a lifetime, and get passed on.
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Got another six 50 lb corn feed sacks of small mesquite chunks from a bud in Texas awhile back, I mix those with seasoned hickory chips I cut here on the farm, light it all with some kind of natural lighter fluid Wife gets somewhere, no after taste or smell on lighting.

"Dad said butane is a bàstard gas"

Bobby Hill

Drunk fire tonight!

This.

If you have electricity, a hot air gun works great. Or for a fancier version of the same, a “looft lighter”...http://www.yardandpool.com/looftlighter-electric-firestarter-lighter?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3sas6aqw4AIVwwOGCh2S3Qc8EAQYBSABEgIij_D_BwE


It’s all I ever use any more on my ceramic Grill Dome.

Same for regular charcoal ... except I just tear off a couple of strips of the top of the charcoal bag itself! No need for the newspaper!

For lump in the Kamado, small propane torch. But been thinking of trying one of those electric lighters that blows hot air.