Lighting the charcoal...torch, match or lighter?

JohnInCarolina

FreeNHim

jdMyers

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I've used and still have.  Bge fire starters
  Luffa lighters grill torches map gas and even electric ring lighters.  For me the jjgeorge grill torch is the easiest fastest and least problematical lighting solution.  Click n go

Ike

RRP said:

danhoo said:

RRP said:

Unless I missed it elsewhere in this thread I am probably in the .001% of the egger nation who prefers to use a few squirts of 91% isopropyl alcohol followed by a wooden match tossed in. Just gotta be careful or it will go BOOM! 

I used 91% iso a few times, yet finding it during the hoarding of 2020/21 was impossible.  

At least I never ran out of bacon 

I hear you, and then last year Wally World started carrying it again and I bought a few pints.

Now, in my case bacon grease is a more precious byproduct as I only fry 4 slices per week and I save it since I always saute any onions in it. So to me burning bacon grease is a waste! LOL

Ike

Evrything but the squeal, right?

StillH2OEgger

I'm in the paper towel and oil camp, which works about the same as the starter cubes and is more reliable than lighting potato or corn chips.

RRP

Ike said:

Evrything but the squeal, right?

Yes, Sir! BTW on Sunday I will be making one of our favorite big pots of chili and I will use 1/4 cup of that wonderful bacon grease to sauté onions in that grease which  I save, protect and...well...you get the idea! LOL

Botch

jdMyers said:

I
I've used and still have.  Bge fire starters, Luffa lighters grill torches map gas and even electric ring lighters.  For me the jjgeorge grill torch is the easiest fastest and least problematical lighting solution.  Click n go

Not for me; the fire starters are lit within a few seconds, I don't have to stand there aiming at a target in the coals, nor do I shoot sparks anywhere.  Fire Starters may take a bit longer than using my JJGeorge, but I'm retired so that doesn't matter.    

Ike

RRP said:

Ike said:

Evrything but the squeal, right?

Yes, Sir! BTW on Sunday I will be making one of our favorite big pots of chili and I will use 1/4 cup of that wonderful bacon grease to sauté onions in that grease which  I save, protect and...well...you get the idea! LOL

Wife really likes bacon and I really like sausage, we save the grease from each, thereby, we have some of each for seasoning and sausage-gravy & biscuits...old school here.  Especially when I have some slices of fresh mater for my biscuits/gravy,

4TheGrillOfIt

jdMyers said:

I
I've used and still have.  Bge fire starters
  Luffa lighters grill torches map gas and even electric ring lighters.  For me the jjgeorge grill torch is the easiest fastest and least problematical lighting solution.  Click n go

X2.  Definitely my preferred method.

danhoo

I might need to revisit using bacon grease to light coal and start grilling onions. 

Mark_B_Good

Propane torch with a hose extension is the best thing I've purchased to light up my coals.

HeavyG

RRP said:

danhoo said:

RRP said:

Unless I missed it elsewhere in this thread I am probably in the .001% of the egger nation who prefers to use a few squirts of 91% isopropyl alcohol followed by a wooden match tossed in. Just gotta be careful or it will go BOOM! 

I used 91% iso a few times, yet finding it during the hoarding of 2020/21 was impossible.  

At least I never ran out of bacon 

I hear you, and then last year Wally World started carrying it again and I bought a few pints.

Now, in my case bacon grease is a more precious byproduct as I only fry 4 slices per week and I save it since I always saute any onions in it. So to me burning bacon grease is a waste! LOL

Whenever you find you've run out of your saved bacon fat go buy this:

Good stuff. Has come to my rescue a few times.

bluebird66

I guess I'm old fashioned but I use a BGE fire starter cube and let the fire get going while I'm prepping my cook.

cookingdude555

I have used it all.  For me, the easiest has to be the weed burners from harbor freight.  I buy 2-3 at a time when they go on sale, and each one lasts a little over a year left out in the elements.

JohnfromKentucky

We had some sausage grease, so I took some paper towels and lightly dipped them in. The charcoal lit up easily enough.