Chimney of lump over the propane starter in the Performer. 3 minutes with the gas on and maybe another 7 with the gas off and you're ready to go. The beautiful thing about lump is it doesn't need to be completely ashen to start cooking.
That's the key part. If you can't taste it and don't mind the smell as it gets up to temp then you're good.
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Story time about lighter fluid.
Growing up, there was no match light Charcoal or propane/NG bbqs at that time. In the summer when we had family bbqs my father would light the bbq Charcoal always with lighter fluid. Now, my father was known to be a stubborn inpatient man and nobody could get the concept through his head that it takes a few minutes for the coals to start to turn white and be ready for cooking.
So, whenever our family had a bbq all the kids in the neighborhood would come to watch the bonfire that my father would create as he proceeded to dump the whole bottle of lighter fluid on the lit coals within a 5-10 minute window.
Then one year he learned the hard way. Match light charcoal came onto the market. We tried and tried to explain To him that lighter fluid is not needed for these. It was useless talking to him. He was so stubborn. He Dumped out the match light into the bbq then soaked them with lighter fluid as usual. When he lit them up he lost the hair on his arms, eyebrows and lost half of his beard. He had his glasses on so that saved his eyes and eye lashes. He was bald already, so no hair lost there. His cheeks And forehead had like a mild sunburn.
Once we were sure he was not seriously injured we all decided to have a laugh at him and gave him the “learned your lesson” speeches.
or Coleman fuel. Have started some very exciting campfires using the stuff.word of advice, don't use Benzene...just sayin...:shock: