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    Charcoal Starter Recommendation

    I am an anti when it comes to liquid, kerosene smelling charcoal starters. Only for amateurs. I have been using those parafin/sawdust starters but I really don’t like them either. So far, a chimney and a wadded up newspaperhas worked best. But I ran across some alcohol based firestarter gel by Hasty Bake and gave it a try. It is the cat’s ass! Its odorless and comes out of the bottle kind of like shampoo. It burns just long enough and you don’t have to wait foreverfor those staryer sticks to burn completely up.

    Works good, lasts a long time. Hasty Bake makes some good shit.


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    I picked one of those chimneys up at an estate sale for $1.00 ... it was brand new and had never been used (not that it really makes a difference). Lynn LOVES it! We still have cans of left-over liquid starters in the garage, but she'll have nothing to do with them since I gave her that chimney for her birthday.
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    Yep, they work really well.

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    I use a chimney as well. I have a charcoal bucket that I use to store my briquettes in. Every time I pour a new bag in the storage bucket, I stick the bag the coals were in, right on top before I put the lid on.
    So, when it’s time to fire it up, I just tear a few pieces of that heavy paper bag up and wad them under the chimney.
    Good to go in no time.

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    I may have to give that a try. I use the chimney when I’m camping and cooking with my Dutch ovens and usually just an oil soaked paper towel with the BGE. I e been thinking about just trying my blow torch -‘d seeing how that works.


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    Outdoor guru, Creek Stewart, says a cotton ball soaked with vaseline will start a fire, even with damp wood.
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    Yes, but isn’t Vaseline petroleum based? The whole point is to keep chemicals out of your food. (I realize not using hardwood charcoal instead of briquettes in the first place would be a major start.

    If you’re talking about a survival situation, hand sanitizer will do the trick in a heart beat.


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    Yep, GermX will work equally, as well.
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    Y’all been watching Les too much.

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    Nope, Les is old news.....Creek Stewart is da man, now.
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    I’ll bet can’t play the harmonica like Les
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    I've never considered my chimney and wadded up news paper as something that needed improving. lazy bastard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BarryBobPosthole View Post
    I’ll bet can’t play the harmonica like Les
    Yep, but Creek has a nifty blonde pony tail.
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    And one of those limited edition Filson cruisers as well. Honestly I love them both.

    The gel stuff works well. If you save tree bark when you get your firewood a bit of gel on a pile of well dried tree bark is like magic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Penguin View Post
    The gel stuff works well. Will

    Back in the day, we called that stuff napalm!
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    I use a chimney or my electric starter when I cook on the kamado.
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