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  • SkinnyV
    SkinnyV Posts: 3,404
    If you have an outlet nearby…. My BGE electric starter is going strong 5 + years and counting. 
    Seattle, WA
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  • njl
    njl Posts: 1,123
    Paper towel with bacon fat buried in the center as close to the fire grate as I can get.  It works well enough, and is free.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,453
    njl said:
    Paper towel with bacon fat buried in the center as close to the fire grate as I can get.  It works well enough, and is free.
    LOL - bacon fat is too precious to me to waste that way! I save every drop of bacon fat to use in my chili and to sauté onions.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Eoin
    Eoin Posts: 4,304
    Orsi said:
    Thanks everyone for the input.  Guess I need to be a little more patient.  Will try the paper towel with vegetable oil or maybe bury the electric coil a little deeper.  I do remove the daisy when first starting the charcoal.  
    I roll up paper towels, tie a knot in the middle to hold them together and stuff them in a jam jar. Pour on some oil and it spreads evenly over time. 20 or so lighters for a few pence and they work really well.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I take old cotton t-shirts and soak in a 1:1 mixture of hydrochloric and sulfuric acid, then do some various rinse procedures 

    What am I making?
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,354
    Tie-dye?  

    “I'll have what she's having."  

        -Rob Reiner's mother!   

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • dbCooper
    dbCooper Posts: 2,678
    A visit from one of the "Three Letter Agencies"!   🙂
    LBGE, LBGE-PTR, 22" Weber, Coleman 413G
    Great Plains, USA
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    dbCooper said:
    A visit from one of the "Three Letter Agencies"!   🙂
    Depending on use, quite possibly.  Gun cotton.
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  • njl
    njl Posts: 1,123
    RRP said:
    njl said:
    Paper towel with bacon fat buried in the center as close to the fire grate as I can get.  It works well enough, and is free.
    LOL - bacon fat is too precious to me to waste that way! I save every drop of bacon fat to use in my chili and to sauté onions.
    I'm not wasting it.  Every time I cook bacon, when it's done, it goes on a plate lined with a paper towel.  Those paper towels get folded in half twice and stored in a ziplock bag in the fridge.  Those are my egg lighting stash.  I save my bacon fat too and cook with it.
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  • dbCooper
    dbCooper Posts: 2,678
    edited June 2021

    nolaegghead said:
    dbCooper said:
    A visit from one of the "Three Letter Agencies"!   🙂
    Depending on use, quite possibly.  Gun cotton.

    Taking that concept to an extreme, I recall a web video from probably 20 or more years ago.  A college professor demonstrated liquid oxygen properties to students by using LOX to start charcoal grills.  I think a good time was had by all.
    LBGE, LBGE-PTR, 22" Weber, Coleman 413G
    Great Plains, USA
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,524
    Weed torch from Harbor Freight. I hate lighting the egg any other way. Just my opinion.
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    edited June 2021
    dbCooper said:

    nolaegghead said:
    dbCooper said:
    A visit from one of the "Three Letter Agencies"!   🙂
    Depending on use, quite possibly.  Gun cotton.

    Taking that concept to an extreme, I recall a web video from probably 20 or more years ago.  A college professor demonstrated liquid oxygen properties to students by using LOX to start charcoal grills.  I think a good time was had by all.
    I started a grill using pure oxygen.  Melted a hole in it (piece of crap metal grill).  That's back in my college days.  I'm way less dummer dumber now
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,331
    nolaegghead said:
    I take old cotton t-shirts and soak in a 1:1 mixture of hydrochloric and sulfuric acid, then do some various rinse procedures 

    What am I making?
    Nitroglycerin? Meth?
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Nitrocellulos aka gun cotton 
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  • danhoo
    danhoo Posts: 720
    edited June 2021
    Tablesoon of bacon fat in a paper towel times three

    Put under chimney, light. Close lid. Return 10 mis later. Dump chimney. Done. 
    current: | Large BGE |  Genesis 1000 | Genesis E330 | 22 inch Kettle | Weber Summit Kamado
    sold:| PitBoss pro 820 |  WSM 22 | 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Air
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  • Teefus
    Teefus Posts: 1,259
    I use a regular propane torch applied to four or five spots until they're glowing good and red. Then I shut the lid, open the air vent all the way, and remove the daisy wheel so the Egg breathes easy. In 10 minutes it's burning hot. At that point I stir the coals a bit, add the plate setter and grate, close the Egg and let it settle for another 10 minutes or so to get to my desired temp. With a fresh load of lump I'll often let it go a bit longer. It's an effective process. Remember that it's not a race.
    Michiana, South of the border.
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  • dstearn
    dstearn Posts: 1,705
    I have been using the Looftlighter for years. When it bit the dust the good folks at Looftlighter sent me a new one at no charge.
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  • RyanStl
    RyanStl Posts: 1,050
    I need to get a weed burner. I feel like I'm missing out on that add a bit more lighter fuel from my Weber kettle days.  We all need some excitement.
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  • Teefus
    Teefus Posts: 1,259
    SonVolt said:
    I like to get a bon fire ripping hot, let it burn down a few hours until I have a nice bed coals, then pluck one out (careful, use a pair of tongs) to light a paper towel soaked in bacon fat, which is immediately tossed under a chimney starter until the charcoal (briquettes only) is blazing hot enough to ignite my propane torch, which makes quick work of a single BGE branded starter cube placed directly in the center of my lump. Works every time. 
    Old school. I like the way you roll.
    Michiana, South of the border.
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