Using a chimney starter your coals can be lit and ready to cook in as little as 15 minutes.
Lump charcoal chimney starter.
Although using this device can be convenient it certainly isn t necessary.
It will probably take about half or a quarter of the bag based on the size of your chimney.
Adhering to a few simple rules will allow you to light your grill with only charcoal lighter fluid and paper scraps and without the time and fuss of preparing a chimney starter.
That s enough volume to fit up to 100 charcoal briquettes or a generous amount of lump charcoal.
Using one couldn t be easier.
The dimensions of the chimney starter are 8 inches tall by 12 inches in diameter.
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In fact you might find it easier to start your grill without the use of a chimney starter.
Wrapping it all up.
You can use either newspaper or lighter cubes to get the coals going.
It s basically a hollow metal cylinder with holes on both ends a small wire grate inside and a set of handles to hold the starter and to pour the charcoal.
Next you can open up the lump charcoal bag and pour some in the chimney.
We ve got a full step by step guide to how to use a charcoal chimney starter but it s as simple as filling your chimney with coals placing it over some non petroleum fire starter and letting airflow do the rest.
An intuitive handle design keeps the handle cool and safe even when you have an ignited charcoal fire.
A chimney starter is a metal cylinder usually with a grate near the bottom and a series of air vents all the way up the chimney.
First of all the rapidfire chimney starter has a very simple design.