Starter cubes.

ButtBurner said:

geez i just 2 sheets of newpaper and my charcoal chimney.

simple enough, always works, never have to buy anything. Always have newpapers around

those cubes would be handy starting the fireplace

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Gnaws on Pigs said:

That's great if you're lighting a bunch of coal at once for grilling, but if you're starting a fire for an all-day indirect slow cook in a kamado, say, one or half of one of those little cubes is great to light just a couple pieces of lump in the center of your pile, so that it will burn slowly a few lumps at a time and keep you at smoking temp all day without having to add coal.

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ButtBurner said:

ok. what I do is just put 10-20 briqs in it. Lights the same a full chimney. then pour that on my pile

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Gnaws on Pigs said:

About what I would want in this situation I'm talking about is maybe half a briq lit, maybe 1 whole one. Now when I'm grilling with briquettes, I do the same thing you're talking about.

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