I live in a windy area and for the past few weeks have been trouble getting my egg lit. Thank you to everyone in this group who contributed to my last post and helped me learn about a charcoal chimney starter. I used it for the first time last week and it was the quickest I’ve been able to get my egg lit during a windy day.
Follow up question. How would I use it so I don’t leave burn marks on my cement? I saw YouTube vids of people lighting it on top of their grills with the lid open, but not sure I’d be able to do that on a windy day. (See 2nd pic)
by bclem_
6 Comments
Removing the grate entirely and setting the chimney in there has always worked for me on smokers and grills alike.
I set mine inside the open egg on some big chunks so it avoids scorching (and gets everything going). But I only use the chimney when I’m grilling or doing the pizza oven-not when smoking. If the latter I just light the top of the pile, not with the chimney.
Enjoy!
I light mine in the egg with the grate off and just dump it directly, instead of having to walk it over to dump into the egg.
Two options here, kick ash basket which makes your egg a chimney effectively or get a concrete or stone paver and set chimney on that. P
Is the starter gigantic or is the egg tiny?
get a 1′ x 1′ paver to put it on