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Can you light your egg with kinlen

Jwork328
Jwork328 Posts: 66
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can you light a green egg with kinlen
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  • Terrebandit
    Terrebandit Posts: 1,750
    I suppose you could but why would you want to do that?
    Dave - Austin, TX
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  • onedbguru
    onedbguru Posts: 1,648
    as long as it doesn't have a wax or petroleum-based starter fluid.
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    Yes.

    And wax is not an issue. All the starter cubes are paraffin based
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  • GregW
    GregW Posts: 2,678
    I might steer clear of heart pine.
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  • Jwork328
    Jwork328 Posts: 66
    I was in the woods and forgot my starters 
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  • Black_Badger
    Black_Badger Posts: 1,182
    What the hell is kinlen?
    Finally back in the Badger State!

    Middleton, WI
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  • DaveRichardson
    DaveRichardson Posts: 2,324
    Kindling.....  Small pieces of wood used as an aide to starting fires. Some also call it fat wood. 


    LBGE since 2014

    Griffin, GA 

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  • Black_Badger
    Black_Badger Posts: 1,182
    (haha) Ah, KINDLING. That makes more sense.

    I always use a paper towel and cooking oil to start my Egg. Works like a charm.

    B_B
    Finally back in the Badger State!

    Middleton, WI
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    I think it would work fine.  It might make some not-so-pleasant smoke for a while but once it burns off it would be fine.  

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    I did not know what kinlen was either....  Ha ha ha. Sure I would use some if needed and in a pinch.  Just make sure it is really dry and use as little as possible. 
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    Caliking said:   Meat in bung is my favorite. 
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    Why use asittle as possible? Hell, i use it to smoke. Stand ing there at the egg, you can bust up a maple or oak branch into bits and toss it thru the grid. Easy way to get smoking wood without buying it. 

    Never bought any wood unless it was something exotic. 

    If you kindle with wood, it'll burn up quickly. 
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    Jwork328 said:
    can you light a green egg with kinlen
    Just some info worthy of note. The name "Kindling" is used different from region to region. As such, be wary if you are buying it instead of cutting it your self. In the deep south, the word "Kindling" usually refers to lighter'd or fatwood. This comes from the heart of southern pines and contains sap and pine resin. You would be wise to avoid this for smoking. We use it to light our fireplaces and wood stoves. It works great for this. Not so much for smoking my friend. Again, the term is used different from region to region so just be sure of what you are actually getting.

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  • luckyboy
    luckyboy Posts: 284
    Using kindling would be equal to using pine tar or turpentine to start you egg lump.
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  • DaveRichardson
    DaveRichardson Posts: 2,324
    Judging from his pic, he's a southern guy. That looks like a Vol to me, but I've gone blind to the myriad of orange that's around me....

    yes, @sgh is correct, true southern kindling is heart of pine with a crapload of sap. If he's out camping, I hope he's not felling pines for the campfire!

    LBGE since 2014

    Griffin, GA 

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,584
    up here its just dead branches or twigs, birch paper bark, pineneedles, lichen, leaves, wood chips etc. anything found in the woods that lights easily =) you would never buy it, its pretty much everywhere to be found
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    What he said

    i find it funny people warn against using dried wood found in your yard in the egg. Then go out and buy dried wood from someone else's yard to smoke with

    by all means though, if you are mystified and stymied by wood, best bet is to purchase it in a plastic bag. Preferably with extra shipping costs. That way you know it is legit.  ;)
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,584
    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    What he said

    i find it funny people warn against using dried wood found in your yard in the egg. Then go out and buy dried wood from someone else's yard to smoke with

    by all means though, if you are mystified and stymied by wood, best bet is to purchase it in a plastic bag. Preferably with extra shipping costs. That way you know it is legit.  ;)
    its pretty difficult to find smoking wood around here, all i have is oak, sugar maple, cherry, hickory, grape vine, apple, rosemary, and lilac around the house
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    i like to gather all that yard stuff up and bag it for the curb, then i go to home depot and pay $7 a bag for hickory and maple chunks. [sarcasm]

    before any says "but what about the bark?!?!?!"  ...shagbark hickory is maybe the single sweetest smelling smoke i use.  and there's no wood, it's ALL bark.


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  • luckyboy
    luckyboy Posts: 284
    Have you tried green hickory nuts ? They can have a bitter smoke flavor.
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    you shouldn't use the green husk, but throwing in a hickory nut will give you some nice smoke.  pecans, walnuts too.  i don't do it, but others have
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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,131
    @Darby_Crenshaw  the reason I said use as little as possible is because I was trying to steer the OP to get the charcol burning, but NOT have any undesirable flavors included.  Sure you could use small maple/oak/hickory etc twigs and even branches if you want more if that is what flavor want. You could also use pine needles tightly wound dry grass etc, but I would want to use as little of that as possible. Heck, as I stated in another post reciently, I have some smoking woods on my property and I make my own wood chunks (really sticks). Do I buy those other woods I do not source locally- yes.  But would I start my egg with plenty of oak if I did not want that smoke profile? No. 
    That is how I was looking at it....
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    Caliking said:   Meat in bung is my favorite. 
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