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Anyone try lighting a chimney starter on a side burner?
blind99
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I'm not sure if this is a bad idea or not so if I'm doing something really dumb let me know. It was cold and rainy tonight and I was worried my chimney starter wasn't going to work. Starter cubes would have helped but I'm out. So I popped open the side burner on the gasser and fired it up... seemed to do the trick. Liking the Fogo alot. Egg was up to 400 and ready to cook in 15 minutes.
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Mmmmm....what can I use this fancy yard art for?..... :-? Ooh! I know! A lighter! B-)seems like a good idea to me.
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I used to use a chimney back during my briquette days.................I don't see anything wrong with that..John in the Willamette Valley of Oregon
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That's all a gasser is good for. That's how I used to do it before I realized a torch was better/easier.
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Brother that's about the only way that I light lump now. I fire the burner on Unit #6 up and set the chimney on it. Works like a charm. I use to use a weed burner exclusively, but I find this method works just as good if not better and doesn't use near as much gas. You are not alone sir.
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It works but I burned my house down doing it.
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Little Steven said:It works but I burned my house down doing it.@SGH I wish I could name my cookers "Unit #X" but I'd be afraid your Unit #6 would show up at my back door and eat my puny gas grill for a snackI'm probably going to do it like that again but maybe I should keep a fire extinguisher nearby.Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
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I used to do that back when I used a chimney with my Weber. Worked great.Clarendon Hills, IL
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blind99 said:Little Steven said:It works but I burned my house down doing it.@SGH I wish I could name my cookers "Unit #X" but I'd be afraid your Unit #6 would show up at my back door and eat my puny gas grill for a snackI'm probably going to do it like that again but maybe I should keep a fire extinguisher nearby.
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Little Steven said:It works but I burned my house down doing it.Son uses his side burner all the time, for both lump and briquettes, his gasser is about 20' from the house mind you.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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Little Steven said:blind99 said:Little Steven said:It works but I burned my house down doing it.@SGH I wish I could name my cookers "Unit #X" but I'd be afraid your Unit #6 would show up at my back door and eat my puny gas grill for a snackI'm probably going to do it like that again but maybe I should keep a fire extinguisher nearby.Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
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I tried lighting the lump in a chimney once. Thought it sucked and didn't see the point anyway. I just light it in the egg. Btw, if you're out of cubes, use oil and paper towels. Or just forget the cubes and go with oil and towels to begin with.How do you get the chimney full of hot coals from the gas burner to the egg without embers falling out?
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I always use a chimney starter.
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The burner is about a foot from the egg so it wasn't far - just tipped it on over and in. The pieces of lump were newish and big, nothing fell through. I use the paper towel and oil method a lot, I like it a lot actually. It was just so darned cold and windy and rainy, my butane lighter could hardly stay on.Carolina Q said:I tried lighting the lump in a chimney once. Thought it sucked and didn't see the point anyway. I just light it in the egg. Btw, if you're out of cubes, use oil and paper towels. Or just forget the cubes and go with oil and towels to begin with.
How do you get the chimney full of hot coals from the gas burner to the egg without embers falling out?
I'm not going to do the chimney on the gasser when kids are around. If it tipped over it could be a real disaster.Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle -
I tried to use this method on my piece of crap gasser but side burner no longer works. It is now my storage cabinet for eggcessories.
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I almost always use a starter chimney. I take the old lump out, clear the air holes, place the loaded chimney over lit cube on the bottom grate and dump it when its ready. I don't know why but mine seems to come up to temp quicker and stabilize faster if the new lump is on the bottom, it probably has more to with the cleanout than the burn. The added benefit to cleanout is it allows one more time with their favorite adult beverage.
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BYS1981 said:I always use a chimney starter.
I light my lump in my egg with an electric starter.
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blind99 said:I'm not sure if this is a bad idea or not so if I'm doing something really dumb let me know. It was cold and rainy tonight and I was worried my chimney starter wasn't going to work. Starter cubes would have helped but I'm out. So I popped open the side burner on the gasser and fired it up... seemed to do the trick. Liking the Fogo alot. Egg was up to 400 and ready to cook in 15 minutes.
Large BGE in a Sole' Gourmet Table
Using the Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter,
and a BBQ Guru temp controller.
Medium BGE in custom modified off-road nest.
Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter, and a Party-Q temp controller.
Location: somewhere West of the Mason-Dixon Line -
Seems risky to me. I usually put the chimney on the Weber grill and use 1/4 of a Super Cedar firestarter to get it started.
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blind99 said:Little Steven said:blind99 said:Little Steven said:It works but I burned my house down doing it.@SGH I wish I could name my cookers "Unit #X" but I'd be afraid your Unit #6 would show up at my back door and eat my puny gas grill for a snackI'm probably going to do it like that again but maybe I should keep a fire extinguisher nearby.
Steve
Caledon, ON
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I like the chimney starter and is a good choice for some and not good for others. My Egg is on a concrete patio so any hot coals that may fall thru is not an issue. I place lump, on the bottom, that is bigger than the holes in the chimney starter. That lessens the chance of hot embers falling thru. I put newspaper or sheets of paper from the phonebook in the bottom. Add lump to the Egg and place the chimney starter on top of that. Open the bottom vent, remove the top cap, light the paper, and pull the dome down a little to cover the chimney starter. After 10 minutes the lump is fire up in the starter plus the lump below it is glowing. I then raise the dome, pick up the chimney starter, give it a good shake, and then pour it in. Occasional a small piece of lump will fall out. Not a big deal for concrete but not good for a wooden deck.
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Maybe that's why I got a new phone book delivered this week. We couldn't figure out who still uses them. Lump starter. :-bd
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One 3" phone book is good for a long time. I put the yellow pages to good use!
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Little Steven said:No one was hurt and the house sustained less than complete damage. We were out for a year and a half and ended up having to sue the insurance company (which cost 150K in legals). The house is worth a considerable amount more than it was but we put a couple of hundred grand in improvements. Would I go through it again. Not a chance in hell. Most of the money we spent was making it fireproof.
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