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| − | Lighting charcoal | + | Lighting charcoal briquettes without lighter fluid is easy with this '''homemade Charcoal Chimney''' |
== Materials Needed == | == Materials Needed == | ||
| − | * A charcoal chimney (see How to [[Make a charcoal | + | * A charcoal chimney (see How to [[Make a charcoal chimney]] or [[#Amazon's Related Products]]) |
* Charcoal | * Charcoal | ||
* Newspaper | * Newspaper | ||
* a grill | * a grill | ||
| + | * tongs | ||
| + | * Oven mits | ||
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| + | == Lighting the Charcoal == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Begin by filling your charcoal chimney to the top with charcoal | ||
| + | * Loosely wad a sheet of newspaper and place it under the chimney in the center of your grill | ||
| + | * CAREFULLY light the paper through the air holes (you may have to lift the chimney to get to the paper and light from underneath) | ||
| + | ** You may have to do this more than once, I had to do it twice for this tutorial. | ||
| + | * Once the Charcoal begins to wait a while and it will flame on and ignite the rest of the coal in the chimney | ||
| + | * When the charcoal in the chimney is ashen white (see Fig.5 ) then put on your oven mits, be EXTREMELY CAREFUL and dump the coals into your grill | ||
| + | * spread them evenly with your tongs | ||
| + | * Barbecue away! | ||
== Images == | == Images == | ||
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{| border="0" align="center" | {| border="0" align="center" | ||
| − | |[[image:lightcharcoal01.jpg.jpg|thumb|left|Fig 1. ]] | + | |[[image:lightcharcoal01.jpg.jpg|thumb|left|Fig 1. Placing the newspaper under the chimney]] |
|[[image:lightcharcoal02.jpg|thumb|left|Fig 2. ]] | |[[image:lightcharcoal02.jpg|thumb|left|Fig 2. ]] | ||
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| − | |[[image:lightcharcoal03.jpg|thumb|left|Fig 3. ]] | + | |[[image:lightcharcoal03.jpg|thumb|left|Fig 3. Lightning the paper]] |
| − | |[[image:lightcharcoal04.jpg|thumb|left|Fig 4. ]] | + | |[[image:lightcharcoal04.jpg|thumb|left|Fig 4. It's working on it's own now]] |
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| − | |[[image:lightcharcoal05.jpg|thumb|left|Fig 5. ]] | + | |[[image:lightcharcoal05.jpg|thumb|left|Fig 5. Ashen white coals ready to be dumped]] |
| − | |[[image:lightcharcoal06.jpg|thumb|left|Fig 6. ]] | + | |[[image:lightcharcoal06.jpg|thumb|left|Fig 6. Dumped coals spread out on grill]] |
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== More to come == | == More to come == | ||
| − | This tutorial is unfinished I will finish it shortly | + | |
| + | This tutorial is unfinished I will finish it shortly. | ||
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| + | |||
| + | == Bibliography == | ||
| + | * (ISBN 1563058669 | ||
| + | * (ISBN 0761120149 | ||
| + | * (ISBN 1558322973 | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Amazon's Related Products == | ||
| + | * (ASIN B00004U9VV | ||
| + | * (ASIN B00004RALR | ||
| + | * (ASIN B000F64UKA | ||
Revision as of 18:56, 11 July 2006
Lighting charcoal briquettes without lighter fluid is easy with this homemade Charcoal Chimney
Contents
Materials Needed
- A charcoal chimney (see How to Make a charcoal chimney or #Amazon's Related Products)
- Charcoal
- Newspaper
- a grill
- tongs
- Oven mits
Lighting the Charcoal
- Begin by filling your charcoal chimney to the top with charcoal
- Loosely wad a sheet of newspaper and place it under the chimney in the center of your grill
- CAREFULLY light the paper through the air holes (you may have to lift the chimney to get to the paper and light from underneath)
- You may have to do this more than once, I had to do it twice for this tutorial.
- Once the Charcoal begins to wait a while and it will flame on and ignite the rest of the coal in the chimney
- When the charcoal in the chimney is ashen white (see Fig.5 ) then put on your oven mits, be EXTREMELY CAREFUL and dump the coals into your grill
- spread them evenly with your tongs
- Barbecue away!
Images
More to come
This tutorial is unfinished I will finish it shortly.
Bibliography
- (ISBN 1563058669
- (ISBN 0761120149
- (ISBN 1558322973
Amazon's Related Products
- (ASIN B00004U9VV
- (ASIN B00004RALR
- (ASIN B000F64UKA
See Also
- How to Make a charcoal chimney
External Links
- Chimney Starter Wikipedia Article
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