Loof lighter died....

EggNashville

what do you fine folks use to fire up the egg?

td66snrf

Mapp gas attached to a Bernzomatic TS4000

WeberWho

I've tried fire starters, veg oil and napkin, electric starter, mapp torch, and finally the weed torch. Hands down the weed torch wins every time. I light everything from the mini to the XL. I hate lighting an egg any other way. Quick and easy. You can get to 350 degrees in just a few minutes

Darby_Crenshaw

Easiest simplest fastest cheapest:

light (light!) drizzle of oil on a papper napkin or towel. Twist into a tight bowtie or spindle. Light both ends. Bury in some lump. Set vents and walk away

obe for low and slows. Two for higher temp cooks

nolan8v

Cheap HF propane torch:
http://www.harborfreight.com/propane-torch-91033.html

StillH2OEgger

Perhaps ignorance is bliss in my case, but I just don't see the need for anything more than vegetable oil and twisted paper towel(s).

CPARKTX

So did mine. Switched to MAP torch, but be sure to get the one with the really long neck

jtcBoynton

I use a BernzOMatic JT850 Lawn and Garden Torch.  Lights the egg nicely and is fun to use to burn up weeds between pavers.

Tony_T

 Looftlighter, just get a new one.  (how long did the old one last?)

smbishop

My Looflighter stopped working, turned out to be the plug at the end of the cord.  I replaced it and it worked again...

smbishop

Tony_T said:

 Looftlighter, just get a new one.  (how long did the old one last?)

My first one lasted about a year and a half, didn't think to check the three pronged plug on that one.  Have had this one about two years...  I am not against the other methods, this one just works and I am used to it...

Canugghead

Take it apart, may be there's a fuse that's not too hard to replace?  

chrisdiaz73

Mine died this weekend too and I was at a loss!  Couldn't remember how to light my grill without it!!!  Turns out had to use the old chimney!  Worked fine but delayed my grill start by a bit!

Tony_T

Since I got a Looftlighter, I don't think twice to fire up the Egg to grill just one burger just for myself.  (Before, I used to use the square firestarters, and it just took too long to get a fire going for just one burger). 

JMCXL

$20 heat gun from harbo freight

eggo

I have a looflighter and seldom use it. Seems to spark too much. I have used twisted/oiled paper towels but keep going back to the electric starter. Plug it in and come back in 20 to hot coals. What am I doing wrong here?

dougcrann

Weedburner...unless we are really dry...have tried the oil soaked paper towels...about as slow going as using starter blocks. 

blasting

WeberWho said:

I've tried fire starters, veg oil and napkin, electric starter, mapp torch, and finally the weed torch. Hands down the weed torch wins every time. I light everything from the mini to the XL. I hate lighting an egg any other way. Quick and easy. You can get to 350 degrees in just a few minutes

Man, I am so uncool.  I have a 500, 000 btu Red Dragon, and 3 mapp torches, and I still use a chimney starter.  I'm gonna give the Red Dragon another go and try and be one of the cool kids.

shtgunal3

Mostly this....

shtgunal3

I also have the big weed torch from harbor freight but the bernzomatic is smaller and easier.

matoch

I was withon minutes of buying a looftlighter when i saw this post the other day. I biught a mapp pro torch and it works well but I'm not sure how long a tank will last.

westernbbq

Chimney, charcoal, and the political section from the newspaper.   Works without fail. I think the hot air from political section has something to do with it.....

johnkitchens

matoch said:

I was withon minutes of buying a looftlighter when i saw this post the other day. I biught a mapp pro torch and it works well but I'm not sure how long a tank will last.

A LOOOONG time. I am on my second tank in a year and half. 

jaydub58

Still a big fan of rubbing alcohol and a match. 
Quick, easy, no chemical smell or taste.   Great! 

matoch

johnkitchens said:

matoch said:

I was withon minutes of buying a looftlighter when i saw this post the other day. I biught a mapp pro torch and it works well but I'm not sure how long a tank will last.

A LOOOONG time. I am on my second tank in a year and half. 

Thats good to know. I biught a second tank just in case. I thiught it sounded different the last time I used it and it made me wonder if i had used the majority of it. 

tonkaegger

I'll be brief: Weed burner.
(Red Dragon)  It's so fast from unlit to cooking.

HoustonEgger

Ditto on the Mapp gas attached to a Bernzomatic TS4000 - my tank has lasted almost a year with 2-3 times a week usage

Focker

It can be challenging to light fires during windy, or damp, or humid conditions with the Rutland starters and/or bacon grease soaked towels.  They work 95 percent of the time.  It's that 5 percent, walking out to a cold egg after a supposed startup, then babysitting, that ticks me off.  For this reason, a Harbor Freight Weedburner will be in the toybox soon.  Have used them with other eggas, they are nice.  And I'll use it to burn weeds, of course.  Roundup is getting ridiculous every year.

SkySaw

shtgunal3 said:

Mostly this....

Is Map a safe option? I used to use one of those cane shaped propane weed burners until one day the flame disappeared from the mouth of the burner, traveled up the tube, and emerged at the connection between the weed burner and the propane bottle. I turned off the bottle and nothing happened but it scared the crap out of me. Since then I have been using the olive oil and paper towel option. However, I would like to return to the 5 minute starts.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

oil soaked paper towel & benzo for about 1 second to get it going. penny per light if that.

Tony_T

SkySaw said:

shtgunal3 said:

Mostly this..

Since then I have been using the olive oil and paper towel option. However, I would like to return to the 5 minute starts.

Looftlighter