Best way to get coals going

egghead43

What's the best way to get your coals going?  Looftligher, charcoal chimney, blow torch?

slovelad

egghead43

slovelad said:

I like it!

Jupiter Jim

Many ways to get it done and they all work, the best way is in the eye of the beholder for sure. For me this way ROCKS every time......

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Toxarch

A pear burner is one of the best ways.

Homebrewguy

I love the Looftlighter, myself. It's fast and easy.

RRP

Actually there are many methods that work, but I really wonder if your question was deeper than just how to start a fire - but instead how do you get a (bed) of coals going and the answer to that is time - irregardless how you light the lump. A nice well glowing bed of coals without flames makes for stable cooking on your egg. HTH

egghead43

I'm just looking for a quick way to get the coals going.  The Looftlighter looks cool, but it's $70 and the propane torches are much less.  I'm just trying to figure out what other accessories I might should request for Christmas.  If it was unaminous Looftlighter then I'd probably ask for one.

fishlessman

the 20 dollar weedburner from harbor freight is the quickest way, 500,000 btus of big flame

but this is the cheapest and most practical. its even faster if you light a second piece on top

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1143722/napkin-and-oil-trick-was-messy/p1

Conway_Twitty

Can y'all find the portmanteau in this thread?  I just love me some word games!

egghead43

fishlessman said:

the 20 dollar weedburner from harbor freight is the quickest way, 500,000 btus of big flame

but this is the cheapest and most practical. its even faster if you light a second piece on top

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1143722/napkin-and-oil-trick-was-messy/p1

I like this.  I've placed some napkins in a zip-lock bag with some vegetable oil. I'll give this a shot!

fishlessman

if this is your first egg, make sure to take the daisy wheel off the egg. leaving the daisy just open is not enough

onedbguru

It depends on how much you want to spend over the lifetime of your egg.  I have chosen a chimney ($14.00) and all of the newspaper ads that come in the mail seemingly every day - so there is no shortage. Occasionally a bacon grease soaked paper towels under the "left-overs". 

1/2 chimney for low-slow dumped in the center of the XL then cover and fill the firebox adding smoking chips throughout.
full chimney for everything else. 


PET PEEVE: @RRP - irregardless is not a word.  Regardless of how you use it, it is regardless. 

WeberWho

I've tried oil and napkin, starter cubes, electric heat element, butane torch, and weed burner.

Weed burner is my go to 100% percent of the time

Offpiste

Weed burner grilling.  Starter cube for low and slow.

RRP

onedbguru said:

PET PEEVE: @RRP - irregardless is not a word.  Regardless of how you use it, it is regardless. 

My most humble apologies - I hope I didn't ruin your day.

fishlessman

irregardless passes spell check, is acceptable to say, and is in the oxford dictionary hmmmm, is it a word

onedbguru

RRP said:

onedbguru said:

PET PEEVE: @RRP - irregardless is not a word.  Regardless of how you use it, it is regardless. 

My most humble apologies - I hope I didn't ruin your day.

no, just don't let it happen again... 



 

stlcharcoal

Weed burner, then a BBQ Dragon for me.  500F in 5 minutes, then north of 700F in another minute or two when you get above the charcoal's auto-ignition point.

Darby_Crenshaw

paper napkin, drizzle lightly with cooking oil, twist it, light both ends, nestle it into the lump with some bridging it, and walk away.

you'll always have the stuff on hand for it, it takes less time for me to shut the dome and walk away than with anything i have tried

Hotch

egghead43 said:

What's the best way to get your coals going?  Looftligher, charcoal chimney, blow torch?

I would ask NOLA!! He would instruct you on the most efficient way and the science behind it.

FREE NOLA!!!

Acn

onedbguru said:

It depends on how much you want to spend over the lifetime of your egg.  I have chosen a chimney ($14.00) and all of the newspaper ads that come in the mail seemingly every day - so there is no shortage. Occasionally a bacon grease soaked paper towels under the "left-overs". 

1/2 chimney for low-slow dumped in the center of the XL then cover and fill the firebox adding smoking chips throughout.
full chimney for everything else. 


PET PEEVE: @RRP - irregardless is not a word.  Regardless of how you use it, it is regardless. 

I do the chimney too, although i set it on the gas grill's side burner to get it going really quickly.

onedbguru

If I need it "quickly", I just fire up the leaf blower to provide some assistance 

burnithot

I got the looflighter I really like it just but careful on windy days or the type of lump you use it can really go to pop in ambers every where but I would recommend this bc only thing you ever have to worry bout is electricity just plug it in and fire away 

NewNashEgg

I've never had trouble with mine and I'm very much a newbie of less than 20 cooks on my LBGE. I use the veggie oil and napkin trick. Leave the lid open as well as the bottom for about 10 minutes and it's usually ready to close down for 10 minutes more to get it all glowing and toasty.

luckyboy

I asked the same question once and  l got a picture of a lady wearing next to nothing operating a flame thrower. It was. Pretty funny..

bob.bud

Shake the KAB, add new lump, pull a cooking oil soaked paper towel out of jar, place towel in lump in a position to get a good fire going, light towel, go inside to prep water I am going to be cooking, go check on fire... 

Jar = large pickle jar
Oil = oil salvaged from deep frying sessions
PPTowels = towels that were previously used and collected in the jar.

All of this is an adaptation of a previous post in another thread that described doing the same with an old coffee can. 

SmokeyPitt

luckyboy said:

I asked the same question once and  l got a picture of a lady wearing next to nothing operating a flame thrower. It was. Pretty funny..

Irregardless of whether or not this did indeed happen, I am going to need you to reproduce these pictures.  Pics or it irhappened.

Toxarch

onedbguru said:

If I need it "quickly", I just fire up the leaf blower to provide some assistance 

Was this you?
Hmmm, can't post the link. Lookup "youtube leaf blower chiminea". 

jtcBoynton

onedbguru said:

RRP said:

onedbguru said:

PET PEEVE: @RRP - irregardless is not a word.  Regardless of how you use it, it is regardless. 

My most humble apologies - I hope I didn't ruin your day.

no, just don't let it happen again... 



 

"Irregardless is a word commonly used in place of regardless or irrespective, which has caused controversy since the early twentieth century, though the word appeared in print as early as 1795. Most dictionaries list it as nonstandard or incorrect usage, and recommend that "regardless" should be used instead."

Language is an ever evolving thing.  I anticipate that in another ten years or so, the traditionalist will give up on this and it will become an accepted word.

msloan

I've had good luck with the Looftlighter.  I would have no problems recommending it.