Lump Charcoal Chimney Starter

You can use either newspaper or lighter cubes to get the coals going.

Lump charcoal chimney starter.

Adhering to a few simple rules will allow you to light your grill with only charcoal lighter fluid and paper scraps and without the time and fuss of preparing a chimney starter. In case you see a piece that is too large to fit into the chimney do not throw it away. Wrapping it all up. Using a chimney starter your coals can be lit and ready to cook in as little as 15 minutes.

In fact you might find it easier to start your grill without the use of a chimney starter. A chimney starter is a metal cylinder usually with a grate near the bottom and a series of air vents all the way up the chimney. It will probably take about half or a quarter of the bag based on the size of your chimney. That s enough volume to fit up to 100 charcoal briquettes or a generous amount of lump charcoal.

First of all the rapidfire chimney starter has a very simple design. Using one couldn t be easier. An intuitive handle design keeps the handle cool and safe even when you have an ignited charcoal fire. The dimensions of the chimney starter are 8 inches tall by 12 inches in diameter.

Although using this device can be convenient it certainly isn t necessary. You should be ready to cook within 15 minutes. It s basically a hollow metal cylinder with holes on both ends a small wire grate inside and a set of handles to hold the starter and to pour the charcoal. The chimney starter works by drawing air up from the bottom and allowing the briquettes or lump charcoal resting on top of the grate to ignite.