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Charcoal Lighting Suggestion

In article >, grythe wrote:

> My favorite way is to set the chimney over the burner of the fish
> cooker. Talk about fast lighting!

Yup, that works. So long as you don't mind the violent sparks shooting
out the bottom. Oh, and do we enclosed shoes. You don't want to
ecounter shooting embers while wearing flip-flops!

Kevin Craig

<grythe> wrote in message ...
> I just subscribed to this group and having been reading back msgs.
>
> One thread dealt with lighting your charcoal chimney.
>
> My favorite way is to set the chimney over the burner of the fish
> cooker. Talk about fast lighting!

Sooner or later the orifices of the burner will get clogged with ashes, mine
did. I now use a flame thrower/weed burner, I can light the lump right
inside the BBQ device (K#7 + WSM).

grythe wrote:
>
> I just subscribed to this group and having been reading back msgs.
>
> One thread dealt with lighting your charcoal chimney.
>
> My favorite way is to set the chimney over the burner of the fish
> cooker. Talk about fast lighting!
>
> --
> back to lurking and learning
>
> grythe

From a post a little ways back:

Coffee can starters work just fine, at least the 3# size do. Punch a
series of holes all around the side at the bottom with a good can opener
punch. You'll get nice triangular openings. This is one the side at the
bottom, not on the bottom itself.

Fill with 1 page of newspaper crumpled at the bottom. Place 1 stick of
fatwood broken in half to fit on top of the paper. Fill the rest with
lump charcoal.

Use a Bernzomatic TS4000 torch with MAPP gas to start the paper and get
things going at the bottom. Don't be stingy, point the torch in the
bottom holes and let it cook for a minute to get going good.

Wait 2 minutes for it to settle down and then top off with lump again to
take up the space created when the newspaper burned away. Now get your
leaf blower and with it at idle aim the nozzle at the holes in the base
of the can. Watch for the larger flying sparks, they can burn a hole in
your shirt. Run the leaf blower until the charcoal at the top begins to
get some grayish areas.

The charcoal is now ready to put in the grill. By the time it is in and
spread evenly it will be ready to start cooking on.

Pete C.

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:06:26 GMT, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>grythe wrote:
>>
>> I just subscribed to this group and having been reading back msgs.
>>
>> One thread dealt with lighting your charcoal chimney.
>>
>> My favorite way is to set the chimney over the burner of the fish
>> cooker. Talk about fast lighting!
>>
>> --
>> back to lurking and learning
>>
>> grythe
>
>From a post a little ways back:
>
>Coffee can starters work just fine, at least the 3# size do. Punch a
>series of holes all around the side at the bottom with a good can opener
>punch. You'll get nice triangular openings. This is one the side at the
>bottom, not on the bottom itself.
>
>Fill with 1 page of newspaper crumpled at the bottom. Place 1 stick of
>fatwood broken in half to fit on top of the paper. Fill the rest with
>lump charcoal.
>
>Use a Bernzomatic TS4000 torch with MAPP gas to start the paper and get
>things going at the bottom. Don't be stingy, point the torch in the
>bottom holes and let it cook for a minute to get going good.
>
>Wait 2 minutes for it to settle down and then top off with lump again to
>take up the space created when the newspaper burned away. Now get your
>leaf blower and with it at idle aim the nozzle at the holes in the base
>of the can. Watch for the larger flying sparks, they can burn a hole in
>your shirt. Run the leaf blower until the charcoal at the top begins to
>get some grayish areas.
>
>The charcoal is now ready to put in the grill. By the time it is in and
>spread evenly it will be ready to start cooking on.
>
>Pete C.

Hmm...

Well, my method uses a Bernzomatic torch, but I cut right to the
chase. I simply fill my K or WSM with charcoal and use the torch to
light the center top area of the charcoal pile. Usually takes about
45 seconds and I'm done. A little longer around the entire pile of
charcoal if I'm grilling as opposed to smoking, but still not more
than a minute and a half.

No fuss, no muss, no paper-cans-other contraptions involved.

Works every time.

YMMV

-Chef Juke
"EVERYbody Eats When They Come To MY House!"
www.chefjuke.com

> Hmm...
>
> Well, my method uses a Bernzomatic torch, but I cut right to the
> chase. I simply fill my K or WSM with charcoal and use the torch to
> light the center top area of the charcoal pile. Usually takes about
> 45 seconds and I'm done. A little longer around the entire pile of
> charcoal if I'm grilling as opposed to smoking, but still not more
> than a minute and a half.
>
> No fuss, no muss, no paper-cans-other contraptions involved.
>
> Works every time.
>
> YMMV
>
>
> -Chef Juke
> "EVERYbody Eats When They Come To MY House!"
> www.chefjuke.com
>
I do the same as far as lighting a couple of pieces then turn on the BBQ
Guru and it does the rest. -RP