What do you use? Tumbleweed bundles? Weber wax cubes? Newspaper and tallow?
What is most cost effective and has the least weird smells/burning chemicals?
by freekehleek
26 Comments
ovokramer
Doritos
Professional_Mud483
Blow torch or tumble weed.
Sometimes I’ll just make some kindle from a dry log and light with a match.
Trees4mojo
I use a tumbleweed bundle with a charcoal chimney.
Primary_Jellyfish327
Portable gas stove with a chimney
SynysterHeart
The weber white starters
DaddysLilTyrant
Dried seaweed works well! Adds a briny scent, too!
NoUsernameFound179
Stainless methanol stove below my weber rapidfire chimney starter
Devilimportluvr
I just use some of the paper from the charcoal bag
Choice_Blood7086
Newspaper in a chimney
-Snowturtle13
Leftover cardboard or paper bags
nayrlladnar
Paper grocery bags
Possible_Home6811
Get a Looft fire is blazing within 5 minutes. Leave it in position for about a minute to two depending on the what you’re burning.
EagleCatchingFish
I use tumbleweeds, but I saw a South African guy use egg carton with vegetable oil poured on it. I might try that next because it’s a lot cheaper.
RedVikingOg
A chimney and a tumbleweed.
kanyeguisada
Where are so many people in this thread living that there’s tumbleweeds all over for all of them? Seems like bots and copycat posters.
supamayun
Best for me has been a propane torch. Just blast it for two or three minutes and done.
Moist-Chip3793
One of my friends use a gas weed burner.
2 minutes with the weed burner on high, the coals are ready.
agusgal
Paper towels drenched in cooking oil, make a lil volcano with the paper in the center.
wirebear
So we do Japanese barbeque regularly on a pan with a grease/fat drain. Normally you would put a bowl or something under it and toss out the fat. I keep it and coat a paper towel in it. Then use that as a starter. I hate wasting things and it saves money on any sort of purchases lighter.
If I don’t have that I do the same thing with coconut oil.
Henryhendrix
I use newspaper, or empty charcoal bags.
Peejay22
Hot air gun. Quick, smokeless and cheap.
Jello_Penguin_2956
In Asia we have these fire starter sold for like 50 cent to a dollar USD per bag. Each bag has enough for about 5 times fire starting [https://i.imgur.com/xE0E3g0.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/xE0E3g0.jpeg)
dentaluthier
Piece of the paper from the charcoal bag, or paper grocery bag inside a Weber chimney under the charcoal
26 Comments
Doritos
Blow torch or tumble weed.
Sometimes I’ll just make some kindle from a dry log and light with a match.
I use a tumbleweed bundle with a charcoal chimney.
Portable gas stove with a chimney
The weber white starters
Dried seaweed works well! Adds a briny scent, too!
Stainless methanol stove below my weber rapidfire chimney starter
I just use some of the paper from the charcoal bag
Newspaper in a chimney
Leftover cardboard or paper bags
Paper grocery bags
Get a Looft fire is blazing within 5 minutes. Leave it in position for about a minute to two depending on the what you’re burning.
I use tumbleweeds, but I saw a South African guy use egg carton with vegetable oil poured on it. I might try that next because it’s a lot cheaper.
A chimney and a tumbleweed.
Where are so many people in this thread living that there’s tumbleweeds all over for all of them? Seems like bots and copycat posters.
Best for me has been a propane torch. Just blast it for two or three minutes and done.
One of my friends use a gas weed burner.
2 minutes with the weed burner on high, the coals are ready.
Paper towels drenched in cooking oil, make a lil volcano with the paper in the center.
So we do Japanese barbeque regularly on a pan with a grease/fat drain. Normally you would put a bowl or something under it and toss out the fat. I keep it and coat a paper towel in it. Then use that as a starter. I hate wasting things and it saves money on any sort of purchases lighter.
If I don’t have that I do the same thing with coconut oil.
I use newspaper, or empty charcoal bags.
Hot air gun. Quick, smokeless and cheap.
In Asia we have these fire starter sold for like 50 cent to a dollar USD per bag. Each bag has enough for about 5 times fire starting [https://i.imgur.com/xE0E3g0.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/xE0E3g0.jpeg)
Piece of the paper from the charcoal bag, or paper grocery bag inside a Weber chimney under the charcoal
Chimney w a wad of paper under it.
Legit thought those were marshmallows
I use a sock soaked in everclear and some Kleenex