Look At What I Found To Light My Cookers

Midnight Smoke · Jan 28, 2013

Picked this up at yard sale for a $1.00 and it works. :grin: It sure cannot be a weed burner its to small.

Not sure what is was designed for, never remember seeing one like it. Anyone know?

I guess I can use my Mapp gas with it????

MS2SB · Jan 28, 2013

It's a small weed burner. I've got one and it works great for lighting a grill. Your Mapp gas or any standard propane small propane cylinder will work.
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bwsawman · Jan 28, 2013

Nice find especially for $1

Big Kahuna · Jan 28, 2013

I bought the same unit here in Canada, it is advertised as a weed burner. Have tried it and it takes a while to burn weeds, but of course I use it for starting my Kamado smoker. A tank usually lasts me six months. Word to the wise make sure the valve is all the way closed tight or you will be replacing the gas canister a lot more quickly than that. Great unit and it only cost me $20, not as good a deal as yours but I have used it for the last three years and am still using the same igniter unit.

bosshawgs · Jan 28, 2013

For those with bigger smokers harbor freight sells a weed burner that hooks to a 20 lb propane tank. I i light the charcoal in my meadow creek with it all the time.

landarc · Jan 28, 2013

Nice score on that, gonna make lighting up a lot easier

mbshop · Jan 28, 2013

i keep wanting to get one but the price and the real practicality for me just doesn't pass muster. but at that price i would scoop it up. great find !

seattlepitboss · Jan 28, 2013

I cheat. I use a standard Weber chimney, but set it down on a lit outdoor wok burner. Works perfectly, no muss, no fuss.

gooberguy · Jan 28, 2013

Big Kahuna said:
I bought the same unit here in Canada, it is advertised as a weed burner. Have tried it and it takes a while to burn weeds, but of course I use it for starting my Kamado smoker. A tank usually lasts me six months. Word to the wise make sure the valve is all the way closed tight or you will be replacing the gas canister a lot more quickly than that. Great unit and it only cost me $20, not as good a deal as yours but I have used it for the last three years and am still using the same igniter unit.

When you say it takes a while to burn weeds, I think you will find that all it takes is swipe at the weed with the flame to kill the weed, you don't actually have to burn it. These were used years ago mounted on cultivators in cotton fields and were called flame cultivators. The tractors were moving at several miles an hour with the burners pointed at the base of the rows and they did a good job, the propane was just too expensive.

caliking · Jan 28, 2013

for $1? That is a sweet buy for sure. I have the HF weed burner which works great, but hate lugging it around.

Happy Hapgood · Jan 28, 2013

Very Cool!

Still Smokin · Jan 28, 2013

That is a deal, I just paid $30+ for the same model

martyleach · Jan 28, 2013

Heck of a deal!!

bbqbull · Jan 28, 2013

Yeppers you got the deal of the century!!!
I have owned mine for a few years. Excellent for starting my lg.BGE, big steel keg and I have been known to smoke some thorny weeds with it. I change my little propane tank about once a year.
It also serves as a great ice melter on the sidewalk when I am out of rock salt.

Midnight Smoke · Jan 28, 2013

bbqbull said:
It also serves as a great ice melter on the sidewalk when I am out of rock salt.

That is one thing I do not think I will ever get the chance to try out here. :wink:

I need to get to the butcher and find something to cook this weekend, can't wait to fire up the Egg with it!

PrinceofQ · Jan 28, 2013

Got one of these for a review and love it! I use it for almost all my cooks now too.

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Offthehook · Jan 28, 2013

Midnight Smoke said:
That is one thing I do not think I will ever get the chance to try out here. :wink:

I need to get to the butcher and find something to cook this weekend, can't wait to fire up the Egg with it!

I saw your Kamodo restoration years ago, I have Almost the same one by the way.

flyingbassman5 · Jan 28, 2013

Looks like a cane that an old war vet turned into a flame thrower :twitch:

For $1 though, I'd take it!

Midnight Smoke · Jan 28, 2013

flyingbassman5 said:
Looks like a cane that an old war vet turned into a flame thrower :twitch:

For $1 though, I'd take it!

Funny, that is what I 1st thought it was, a homemade cane. At times I could use one of those , so it can lite my fire and keep me upright when needed...:fear:

When I bought it there was no tank attached so it was a gamble.

funugy · Jan 29, 2013

For those of you that own one, how well does it work to light your coals? Doe it takes long to get the coals going? How long is it? Would it reach the charcoal basket easily in a UDS?

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