How do you start your egg?

I have been using one bge starter or one weber white cube. Light in one spot. Just haven't seen the need for anything else. Plus with all the other eggcessories, not sure where I could put anything else.

Our good ole pal Village Idiot said he used 91% isopropyl alcohol. I have been using the fire starters like Gato, but I may try the alcohol.

Alcohol or the Weber cubes

MAPP Torch

Electric starter. Takes 10 - 15 Mins.

electric starter.

 

It's worth the money, fastest way I have found to start the fire.

Chimney starter

I light a small piece of  firestarter in the middle of a circle of lump (whatever is leftover from my last cook).  Once the core fire is going strong (~5-7 min) I add more lump.  Works every time.  

Since getting the high que grate, either paper towels or newspaper with a little vegetable oil.

My advice is slow down and enjoy the experience (cold beer). I light with one cube, split in half and placed in two different places. The high que grate mentioned earlier is a must. Never dump your charcoal into the egg. I remove all unused charcoal from the previous cook and place the cube directly on the grate and light. Then I place large pieces on the flames and wait maybe two minutes before adding the remaining charcoal. Ready to go in 10 - 15 min.

The chimney works good, costs me a couple sheets of newspaper. You can fill the chimney or partially fill it, depending on what you want to do. It's going in 5-10 minutes then you dump the hot coals into the Egg and distribute how you want you fire to burn. I find you get a nice even burn going. From there the Egg accelerates on up to whatever your target temp is.