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Lint to start your fire?
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No disrespect to your method, but that seems like way to much effort.
Torch or oiled paper towels for lump. Gasoline and a match for campfires.
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nolabrew said:I go camping a couple of times a year, and before I go I save up lint from my dryer and toilet paper tubes to make easy fire starters. Could I use the same thing to light my egg? I don't see why not, but I figure someone here may have some experience with some thing like this.Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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There are plenty of other methods available, but if you really want to, give it a try. I would ensure there are no synthetic materials being used for this lint collection (and probably a few loads before). Cotton only might be ok. To me, it would not be worth the risk to try it though.
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$15.00 for a charcoal chimney. Paper. Match. Done. Light, wait 10 mins, dump.
Always works. Always.
The children made those things in school, we had to take them camping, we had to light the fire with them. That is over.
No way I burn dryer lint coated with fabric softener in the egg. It is seasoned the way I like it."Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber
XL and MM
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this is easier than collecting lint and you can stock pile a years worth in 5 minutes. u use starting fluid and a match for camping fires
http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1143722/napkin-and-oil-trick-was-messy/p1
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YukonRon said:$15.00 for a charcoal chimney. Paper. Match. Done. Light, wait 10 mins, dump.
Always works. Always.
The children made those things in school, we had to take them camping, we had to light the fire with them. That is over.
No way I burn dryer lint coated with fabric softener in the egg. It is seasoned the way I like it.
I agree with you about the fabric softener and the seasoning, that's the reason I'm not sure if I want to try this.
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No risk. Burn that sh!t no problem
if you have a bunch made up for camping, have a ball
don't put in a whole paper TP roll filled with it though. Way too much
I use pape napkin and a light drizzle of oil myself. Tried it all, and it's the fastest/easiest thing for me. Note: "for me"[social media disclaimer: irony and sarcasm may be used in some or all of user's posts; emoticon usage is intended to indicate moderately jocular social interaction; the comments toward users, their usernames, and the real people (living or dead) that they refer to are not intended to be adversarial in nature; those replying to this user are entering into a tacit agreement that they are real-life or social-media acquaintances and/or have agreed to or tacitly agreed to perpetrate occasional good-natured ribbing between and among themselves and others] -
I do the towel with the oil as well. I like both. All you have to do with the chimney is one half sheet of paper, dump and BGE does the rest.
something really cool, take a small bag of potato chips, light it in the egg.
"Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber
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What else are bellybuttons good for?
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RRP said:nolabrew said:I go camping a couple of times a year, and before I go I save up lint from my dryer and toilet paper tubes to make easy fire starters. Could I use the same thing to light my egg? I don't see why not, but I figure someone here may have some experience with some thing like this.
I love how you specified human poop, as though finding dog or deer poop on the grill would have kept your faith in public grills.LBGE
Pikesville, MD
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Acn said:RRP said:nolabrew said:I go camping a couple of times a year, and before I go I save up lint from my dryer and toilet paper tubes to make easy fire starters. Could I use the same thing to light my egg? I don't see why not, but I figure someone here may have some experience with some thing like this.
I love how you specified human poop, as though finding dog or deer poop on the grill would have kept your faith in public grills.
Yeah. Maybe it was just dog poop. Did you taste it to be sure?XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle
San Antonio, TX
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Foghorn said:
I love how you specified human poop, as though finding dog or deer poop on the grill would have kept your faith in public grills.
Yeah. Maybe it was just dog poop. Did you taste it to be sure?Re-gasketing America one yard at a time. -
Rags to wipe your butt??
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Lay's potato chips work great as well for lighting charcoal......the really light thin cut ones. They burn like crazy. Learned that idea from my arson investigator buddy.
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stlcharcoal said:Lay's potato chips work great as well for lighting charcoal......the really light thin cut ones. They burn like crazy. Learned that idea from my arson investigator buddy."Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber
XL and MM
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You guys scare me...
Large BGE, Small BGE, KJ Jr, and a Cracked Vision Kub.
in Smyrna GA.
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SmyrnaGA said:You guys scare me...
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theyolksonyou said:SmyrnaGA said:You guys scare me...
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in Smyrna GA.
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CSmyrnaGA said:theyolksonyou said:SmyrnaGA said:You guys scare me..."Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber
XL and MM
Louisville, Kentucky -
First and only time I used greased paper towels was crazy. My charcoal must have been damp since it was not starting with those square cubes. I made some bacon that morning and remembered reading about it here. So I thew a wad of it on the top of the pile and went back into the kitchen to wash my hands. I came back out to a tower of flames...
Large BGE, Small BGE, KJ Jr, and a Cracked Vision Kub.
in Smyrna GA.
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Cool."Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber
XL and MM
Louisville, Kentucky -
I'd be a little worried about the makeup of the lint unless everything you wash and dry is 100% cotton. Do you want to be starting a fire in the egg with synthetic fibers (nylon, polyester, etc.)?
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njl said:I'd be a little worried about the makeup of the lint unless everything you wash and dry is 100% cotton. Do you want to be starting a fire in the egg with synthetic fibers (nylon, polyester, etc.)?
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I don't know about lint. But I know that in cold weather (below freezing) on a camping trip, a paper towel soaked with bacon grease catches fire very easily and a store-bought firestarter square does not. I was very glad that someone here had taught me that.
XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle
San Antonio, TX
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Used to cook on C4 Plastic explosive in the military .We always had some with us .Burns like Sterno .Field expediency ! Paper towel and veggy oil for my Egg #1. Home expediency .
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Hmmmmm......fabric softener in the Egg. I'll pass.South Jersey Pine Barrens. XL BGE , Assassin 24, Weber Kettle, CharBroil gasser, AMNPS
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sctdg said:Used to cook on C4 Plastic explosive in the military .We always had some with us .Burns like Sterno .Field expediency ! Paper towel and veggy oil for my Egg #1. Home expediency ."Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber
XL and MM
Louisville, Kentucky -
nolabrew said:I go camping a couple of times a year, and before I go I save up lint from my dryer and toilet paper tubes to make easy fire starters. Could I use the same thing to light my egg? I don't see why not, but I figure someone here may have some experience with some thing like this.
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For the most part those synthetic fibers don't come off as lint, they are continuous filaments as opposed to staple fibers like wool or cotton. You'll get the occasional long string out of a sock or nylon garment. Pills on a cotton/poly blend shirt are broken fibers from the cotton, for example. However, why chance it? There are so many other ways to skin that cat.
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