Paraffin Wax fire starters?

Plaid Palace · 01-12-2013, 11:56 AM

I am just about out of my KJ firestarters that were given to me when I bought the grill. I was wanting a more convenient and cheaper option to get. I see Lowes carries a Frontier and Weber paraffin wax fire starter. Are these safe to use with a Kamado cooker?

I know you are only suppose to use natural lump charcoal in them but wasn't sure about the fire starter.

yakdung · 01-12-2013, 12:02 PM

I not certain. I use a chimney starter igniting a few coals and lift them onto the pile of unlit fuel using long tongs. A lot of the fancy pants items in the BBQ section simply to extract $ from your back pocket.
Good luck,

chriscw81 · 01-12-2013, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BamaMatt42

I am just about out of my KJ firestarters that were given to me when I bought the grill. I was wanting a more convenient and cheaper option to get. I see Lowes carries a Frontier and Weber paraffin wax fire starter. Are these safe to use with a Kamado cooker?

I know you are only suppose to use natural lump charcoal in them but wasn't sure about the fire starter.

I use the ones made by Weber all the time. I actually use half at a time.

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gtr · 01-12-2013, 12:09 PM

I love the Weber cubes. They are part of my grand scheme to make my life easy.

Foxfire · 01-12-2013, 12:21 PM

I'm all but certain the Kamado Joe fire starters are rebranded Rutland Safe Light squares. They seem to vary in price from store to store, but the cheapest I've found them is $3.29 for a 24 pack at Ace Hardware.

http://www.acehardware.com/product/i...ductId=1791190

caseydog · 01-12-2013, 12:24 PM

I use the Weber cubes with my chimney. They are a good value, IMO.

CD

Jason TQ · 01-12-2013, 12:31 PM

Yeah the Weber cubes are awesome. Just bought 2 packs last week as I was running low.

whitelightnin92 · 01-12-2013, 01:08 PM

I make my own. Paraffin is cheap and saw dust is easy to find. I fill up a 48-egg carton with saw dust, then melt the paraffin and pour it over the saw dust. Let it cool and cut the egg container into individual eggs and store them in a zip lock bag. My last batch I made about 150 of them and it cost me next to nothing.

Bludawg · 01-12-2013, 01:14 PM

Texas Match AKA Weed burner, flame on

sfisch · 01-12-2013, 02:27 PM

No problem with the Weber cubes, been using them for a few years now.

Soybomb · 01-12-2013, 03:14 PM

Weber cubes are awesome. Also there's no safety related reason you're only supposed to use lump in a kamado. Its really just a matter of practicality. A kamado has a small firebox and the amount of ash made by briquettes would smother a fire long before the end of a long cooktime. Lump can do the long cooks without putting itself out.

Smoothsmoke · 01-12-2013, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by whitelightnin92

I make my own. Paraffin is cheap and saw dust is easy to find. I fill up a 48-egg carton with saw dust, then melt the paraffin and pour it over the saw dust. Let it cool and cut the egg container into individual eggs and store them in a zip lock bag. My last batch I made about 150 of them and it cost me next to nothing.

Tell me more if you can. Where can you buy the raw material? Like the paraffin that you melt? Can you even purchase saw dust? Any particular brand of paraffin? Thanks!

Is it this?
http://www.walmart.com/ip/21072778?a...l5=pla&veh=sem

or
http://www.usartsupply.com/ItemDetai...FSFyQgodZ3kAqA

Smoothsmoke · 01-12-2013, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BamaMatt42

I am just about out of my KJ firestarters that were given to me when I bought the grill. I was wanting a more convenient and cheaper option to get. I see Lowes carries a Frontier and Weber paraffin wax fire starter. Are these safe to use with a Kamado cooker?

I know you are only suppose to use natural lump charcoal in them but wasn't sure about the fire starter.

Parrafins are good to go in a ceramic. I use them all the time.

caseydog · 01-12-2013, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smoothsmoke

Tell me more if you can. Where can you buy the raw material? Like the paraffin that you melt? Can you even purchase saw dust? Thanks

Look for Gulf Wax. It was once made by Gulf Oil, and the brand still exists. It is used for canning, so it would be near mason jars in a store.

I made paraffin starters back in my backpacking days, but the Weber cubes are so cheap, and already made, that I just use them, now.

CD

Amigatec · 01-12-2013, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smoothsmoke

Tell me more if you can. Where can you buy the raw material? Like the paraffin that you melt? Can you even purchase saw dust? Any particular brand of paraffin? Thanks!

Is it this?
http://www.walmart.com/ip/21072778?a...l5=pla&veh=sem

or
http://www.usartsupply.com/ItemDetai...FSFyQgodZ3kAqA

Any place that sells canning supplies will have paraffin.

01-12-2013, 11:56 AM	#1
Plaid Palace On the road to being a farker Join Date: 11-16-12 Location: Birmingham, AL	Paraffin Wax fire starters? I am just about out of my KJ firestarters that were given to me when I bought the grill. I was wanting a more convenient and cheaper option to get. I see Lowes carries a Frontier and Weber paraffin wax fire starter. Are these safe to use with a Kamado cooker? I know you are only suppose to use natural lump charcoal in them but wasn't sure about the fire starter. __________________ Kamado Joe Classic

01-12-2013, 12:09 PM	#4
gtr somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-16-10 Location: Culver City, CA	I love the Weber cubes. They are part of my grand scheme to make my life easy. __________________ 50" Klose BYC, Spitjack XB85, 22.5 WSM, Backwoods Chubby, UDS, WRK, 26" & 22.5" Weber Kettles, Jumbo Joe, WGA, WSJ/MUDS, Kanka Grill, a piece of expanded metal I throw over the fire pit sometimes, Stealthy Black & Vol Orange Thermapens Displaced East Tennesseean Proud recipient of a Tick Former outlaw MOINK baller, now IMBAS Certified, but still lookin' over my shoulder. "Relax, it's only BBQ." - Bigmista, 2013 "Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one." - Miles Davis Avatar by my son! WTFWGALD?

01-12-2013, 12:21 PM	#5
Foxfire Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 08-28-12 Location: San Jose, CA	I'm all but certain the Kamado Joe fire starters are rebranded Rutland Safe Light squares. They seem to vary in price from store to store, but the cheapest I've found them is $3.29 for a 24 pack at Ace Hardware. http://www.acehardware.com/product/i...ductId=1791190 __________________ ~ [I]Scott[/I] ~ [COLOR="Blue"]Blue [/COLOR]Weber Performer + Craycort CI • [COLOR="red"]Brick Red[/COLOR] Weber One-Touch Platinum • Weber 26.75 Kettle • Akorn Kamado • ET 732 • Record-crushing [COLOR="Orange"][B]ORANGE[/B][/COLOR] Thermapen • UDS In Progress

01-12-2013, 12:31 PM	#7
Jason TQ somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-10-11 Location: Lawrenceville, GA	Yeah the Weber cubes are awesome. Just bought 2 packs last week as I was running low. __________________ -Jason I didn't choose D-Canoe life..........

01-12-2013, 01:08 PM	#8
whitelightnin92 On the road to being a farker Join Date: 12-06-11 Location: Roy,Utah	I make my own. Paraffin is cheap and saw dust is easy to find. I fill up a 48-egg carton with saw dust, then melt the paraffin and pour it over the saw dust. Let it cool and cut the egg container into individual eggs and store them in a zip lock bag. My last batch I made about 150 of them and it cost me next to nothing. __________________ Weber Spirit E-320, UDS with IQue 110, Orange Thermapen, Maverick ET-732

01-12-2013, 12:02 PM	#2
yakdung is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 04-12-10 Location: Houston, Texas	I not certain. I use a chimney starter igniting a few coals and lift them onto the pile of unlit fuel using long tongs. A lot of the fancy pants items in the BBQ section simply to extract $ from your back pocket. Good luck,

01-12-2013, 12:24 PM	#6
caseydog somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-08-10 Location: Texas	I use the Weber cubes with my chimney. They are a good value, IMO. CD

01-12-2013, 01:14 PM	#9
Bludawg somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-04-09 Location: Jonesboro,Tx	Texas Match AKA Weed burner, flame on __________________ I'm a Proxy Vegetarian> Cows eat grass & I eat cows.

01-12-2013, 02:27 PM	#10
sfisch is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-05-05 Location: Holly, Michigan	No problem with the Weber cubes, been using them for a few years now. __________________ Scott Rubbed, Smoked & Sauced BBQ Team Sponsored by Bars Leaks/Rislone Humphreys Battle Box Chargriller Akorn, Akorn Jr. Certified Moink Baller, CBJ# 53817
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01-12-2013, 03:14 PM	#11
Soybomb Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 02-19-11 Location: USA	Weber cubes are awesome. Also there's no safety related reason you're only supposed to use lump in a kamado. Its really just a matter of practicality. A kamado has a small firebox and the amount of ash made by briquettes would smother a fire long before the end of a long cooktime. Lump can do the long cooks without putting itself out.