Lighters and charcoal quality

Dang! My new sack of Rockwood might self ignite and burn down my garage! Of course the Looflighter and Rockwood are on opposite sides of the garage, I might be safe.

YukonRon said:

Mikee said:

tikigriller said:

I just recently went with the paper towel route and quite frankly, I can't understand why anyone would do it any other way. It gets the job done, and it feels almost free. I doubt I will buy any other fire starters once I run out. 

Buy a Weber Chimney. It's the best. The cost per light is meaningless and the lump gets hot, glowing, and smoke free in minutes. For the mini, I like a fire starter. Sure its expensive, but its simple and very quick. I don't wash ash blowing around.

You never have used a paper towel in cooking oil, have you? No ash, as it falls to the bottom of the bge, no mess.
What do you use to ignite the chimney? A starter cube? Just curious.
I have a Weber chimney, stopped using it when I learned of the paper towel and cooking oil method. Cheap and easy. No mess. No ash flying around.

I've used the paper towel in cooking oil, I used to just save the ones I used to oil grates before cooking.  To me, storing them was more of a mess than it was worth, and both the paper towel and starter cubes were succeptable to being blown out by the wind.  

Now I only use the chimney, set it on the gasser's side burner until it's ready and then dump in.