Down at my dad’s for Father’s Day weekend and we decided to grill some burgers. I asked for some paper to put under the charcoal to get it lit. Easy peasy. The paper burns off, the coals are lit, and you’re off to the races. Nope. That won’t work according to my dad and uncle. They know better and have done this 1000 times. So far they’ve used gasoline, and a propane torch and still can’t get it lit. I’m just watching amused.
by Manofmanyhats19
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my FIL once pissed all over the coals with lighter fluid and our food had that awful taste of lighter fluid and there was a big uncontrollable fire before we started cooking. Fire was so hot my arm hairs burnt off
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That fire won’t start with an empty cup. Somebody get that man a beer!
Gasoline?!? Jeezus…
That ain’t propane, it’s MAPP Pro gas. If they can’t get it going with MAPP, they need to walk away
Your dad and I look about the same age. I have no problem telling him he’s doing it wrong 🤣🤣. Just kidding let dad be dad.
I light charcoal the same as you OP.
Just get a chimney starter. If you store the charcoal in a humid environment you’ll need an Iranian tactical atomic bomb to light them.
Your post is not about who’s more experienced, yes you can use paper, or gasoline as a marinade for the meat, but about ego. Anyone who has bbq for some time knows that it’s a pain in the ass to lit wet charcoal/briquettes especially in humid weather with some wind.
If you have a propane torch , just keep it over the coals for 5 min and it will lit up eventually. It will smoke a lot if the coals are wet but it will work, you don’t need gasoline, paper or a bible.
BBq is about friendship, shared experiences and a cold beer, not about ego.
I use a propane torch to light the paper in my chimney
Dad’s gunna dad..
If they actually put gasoline on the coals and then used a torch, you’d know it because there would be a huge fireball. There’s no way they used gasoline on coals.
I would be disowned by my dad if I couldn’t start a fire. How’d the gasoline burgers come out? I’m curious 😂
Does this cylinder say flammable or inflammable?
you might as well just go grab another grill and show them how to do it to correct way… 🤣
Never met anyone who wears those sandals and knows how to grill.
His face is definitely not close enough
If you can’t light charcoal you shouldn’t be allowed to drive…or vote
Sometimes it’s not about the destination, but the journey.
Especially when you get to stand there with a cold one chuckling at your dad and drunk uncle.
I’m not justifying these hooligans, but I always start my BBQ with a torch, it’s simple. Small pile of charcoal, light in three or four spots (hold flame on a spot for 15-20 seconds and move on), once that little pile is going in a few minutes, dump more charcoal on top, let it burn a bit and you’re all set.
I’ve never done just paper… but paper in a chimney is super easy too.
Edit to add: gasoline (or lighter fluid) on a BBQ is a hard no! We’re putting FOOD on there, not old pallets!
Ya can’t fix stubborn
Is that Randy? He knows his way around a grill and burgers 🍔
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I guess you’re not too hungry 😆
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a guy I know used LOX… he has several patents.
For Christmas buy him a damn charcoal chimney
Anybody that uses gasoline, outside of an emergency situation, is a menace to society 😁😁
I came home from work and there was some grilled stuff, i was happy…i decided to clean up after them. I got outside and my mower gas can was next to the grill and my propane tanks…i damn near fainted from laughing and crying because i almost lost my family 🤣🤣
*king of the hill theme tune plays*
I’ve done that. Never used gas but I’d use 92 octane for sure
you need 6 more guys staring and commenting, and hank Hill going “you dumb fraks that’s why ya go with good ole propane , ya jack asses would be cooking 5 minutes ago. ” maybe he’d start it with a “wahhaa”
Get him a cheap electric leaf blower. One you have to plug in.
This reminds me of this one time one of my elders had a propane torch and leaf blower going inside the grill to light the coals. They had to step away and told me, “Watch this real quick and make sure it doesn’t blow up.”
Tf. I just shut the torch off lol.
Uncle is lucky that plastic cup didn’t melt in his hand.
I have this flamethrower looking thing called the Grill Gun. I hang the chimney from Shepard hooks and blast the bottom with that bad boy
I never used a charcoal chimney until recently. Growing up is realizing your dad probably wasn’t good at half the shit you thought he was.
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They’re wearing the exact same shorts and i don’t think that it’s intentional.
And this is why you use a charcoal chimney
I’d never eat from a fire that used gasoline
How long before you buy your dad a chimney and some newspaper?
I mean the Big Gulp cup might* work…
My map torch don’t work upside down… also, newspaper aside. I always “cheat” w/ 3 Weber wax cubes to get it going guaranteed
Hopefully you get em a propane grill for next year
No chimney starter? Chimney starter is the proper way. Im last though, I just use the tumbleweeds or speedlight cubes
Serious question, why havent they just squirted lighter fluid on the charcoal and lit it?
Or did that fail and they moved on to gas, the logical next step. I have a big kettle grill and i absolutely use lighter fluid, its just so quick and easy. But my mom has an aversion to it so by the time i was 6 or 7 shed made me in charge of the grill, and she had taught me to chop kindling from our firewood and lay fire tower, she called it. Originally i used newspaper inside of the tower as shown, but I got good at taking off paper thin slices off the wood with my hatchet and before long i didnt use paper, just kindling. I still do it when i take the kids camping just to seem like more of an expert, but at home i squott about an oz or so of lighter fluid and let her rip
The matching shorts should’ve helped them get the coals lit. Weird.