Heres how i start my fire now

busmania

I was tired of the chimney starter and the small blue propane bottle (map torch?) took too long.  One day I was torching weeds in my yard and figured I would try to get the egg going with my weed torch.  holy $h!t!  it only took 30 seconds!  I will never light an egg another way except for low and slow cooks.  For high heat, this baby gets the fire going in no time!

 

http://www.harborfreight.com/propane-torch-with-push-button-igniter-91037.html

badinfluence

Just be careful with that. Many of Eggers have burnt more then lump with them. Including decks and house.

busmania

badinfluence said:

Just be careful with that. Many of Eggers have burnt more then lump with them. Including decks and house.

ah yes, I meant to mention that it is not the safest method.  luckily for me, my egg is now in a portable nest (took it out of the table for fire safety reasons) and I have a large patio.  After rolling the egg to the furthest part of my patio, I light the egg far far away from my home or any other combustables!

badinfluence

Then let her burn...lol.

Griffin

Weed burner works for me. Was using it in my pre-Egg days to start my offset as well.

fishlessman

have had one of those outside next to the egg for 12 years, its beat, rusted out, and still works
wear a hat and sunglasses and theres no need to go full throttle....but you will
)

Griffin

Never go full throttle on a fresh load of lump. Specially if you are wearing flip flops.

busmania

fishlessman said:

no need to go full throttle....but you will
)

depends on how big of a hurry I am in!  But yeah, full throttle on the harbor freight torch is like a flame thrower.  im quite impressed with what my $30 bought me a few months ago!

tksmoke

I like the Bernzamatic weed torch from Amazon.  Sure, it's more expensive ($38 with free shipping via Prime), but it has a smaller, more focused, flame thrower nozzle.  I wouldn't characterize it as unsafe, but I do always wear eye protection - no doubt there can be sparks.  I have never heard of any fires being started by use of the weed torch - except when left running unattended.....

Thatgrimguy

I need to get one of those just to kill weeds.  Especially on my beach, I bet that would work perfect.

busmania

Thatgrimguy said:

I need to get one of those just to kill weeds.  Especially on my beach, I bet that would work perfect.

With a little one around, I was tired of spraying my weeds with chemicals.  the torch gets the job done very well!I am sure my neighbors think I am crazy.

Thatgrimguy

busmania said:

Thatgrimguy said:

I need to get one of those just to kill weeds.  Especially on my beach, I bet that would work perfect.

With a little one around, I was tired of spraying my weeds with chemicals.  the torch gets the job done very well!I am sure my neighbors think I am crazy.

Sweet. That'll take care of my problem with using chemicals on the waters edge. I'm not tryign to pollute the rivers/bayous!