Please don’t judge me for the briquettes, just finishing off remnants before switching to lump but had a question … everytime I light my starter it always goes out and looks like this (I’m 10 minutes deep) what am I doing wrong why am I lacking a flame?
by BoardGamer_Guy
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You have been deeply judged…
Are you leaving the lid and the bottom vent open?
Really? In front of my XL?
No using Lump get the briquettes out
Man toss the briquettes, the egg is porous, use a chimney with lump charcoal and tumble weed or someone told me that pine cones can also be used, take out the chunks until the fire is started open the tip and bottom vents all the way. You should be good in about 15 mins or so.
Never use briquettes. Will leave off flavor in egg for life.
Dis gon be gud! 🤣
With that set up, perhaps more lighter fluid! 🤢
I just use a charcoal chimney. Fill chimney with desired wood, put a fire starter in the middle of the bottom of the egg and light it, gently place chimney over, raging coals in 10-12 minutes. If you use 2 fire starters it’s like 8 minutes.
Something like this: https://a.co/d/cXmGuJY
Edit, have an oven mitt for the handle though, if it sits inside the egg it will get hot.
This has gotta be a troll post right? Right???
Warranty is gone. You should be judged deeply. I’d judge you less for burning trash.
When you use a quality lump, you use tumbleweeds to start the fire. You can also use paper towels soaked in cooking oil.
What great a day it is when the Egg is started!
It has always been my understanding that the chemicals in briquettes can be damaging to the egg. I don’t know if that’s a permanent problem or something rectified by a clean burn or two
I use a heat gun and put it in a couple of spots either 5 like on a die or a square and it lights super quick and easy.
This hurts my heart
What even is this picture? lol
No briqs no chimney. Just use a Weber lighting cube. Cut in half and place on lump, light and add more lump. If you’re BBQ Low and slow place cubes on top and burn down
My wife bought me a Grill Gun for my birthday a couple of years ago.
Best. Gift. Ever.
It’s basically a mini flamethrower and will have your coals ready for cooking in under ten minutes.
Briquettes are fine, people here are being silly. Try lighting a few starters below the charcoal in the ash area. Gets it going just like a chimney.
fold up 2-3 paper towels into a long folded tube. soak in some kind of oil, then light the paper. Put it at the base of your lump and let it go. cheap and works every time
Get some fire starter “brick” things like these. https://a.co/d/d44r76K
Put a couple oriented vertical about 1/3 of the way in from left & right. Light. Make a small charcoal stack above.
Open bottom vent. Leave lid open. Wait 10-15min.
It’ll work for briquettes or lump.
You can DIY the lighter bricks too. The ones I linked are now stupid expensive. There are cheap versions too. They’re basically cellulose and wax/paraffin.
Careful, if you feed it wood it’ll get an appetite for your whole deck
Go with lump charcoal, won’t have this problem again
Jesus. How do you post this photo like that? Think of the kids!
This is horrific. Toss the briquette charcoal, bro. Get lump charcoal. Use [these](https://a.co/d/0jc4cpm), digging a “hole” for one. Once lit, build a “log cabin” of lump charcoal around it and cover with another layer of lump.
You’re killing me, smalls.
That’s what you get for using briquettes
this smoke must be so bitter.
I use a firestarter log in mine and the briquettes light right up. Just gotta remember at the end of the season to use a Creosote Sweeping Log to clean it out.
I use a cheap heat gun from Harbor Freight! My FIL actually told me that. We don’t use anything else that could affect the flavor. Ive used briquettes when in a bind but normally I use Cowboy or Jealous Devil Lump charcoal.
Use the force!
Or a GrillGun torch 😁