How do you start your charcoal chimney?

[Skinsfan1311]

The gas start on my Performer

[troymeister]

Part of the bag...Easy Peasy.

[RolfTaylor]

Paper towels used that wiped grease of something. I keep a Ziploc of them in the outdoor fridge. Recycle baby!

Yep. great idea. Keep those bacon towels and use em!

[RichieB]

Weber Cubes, works every time.

[Mark The Q-er]

Newspaper with a paper towel tube stuck in the middle. Charcoal lights in no time

[DTro]

I use either newspaper or tumbleweeds. Newspaper is quicker. I tear the paper in half, and half again, and again, and again until I have thin strips. If you hold it in one hand it's like a pom-pom, so I shake it and cheer for the grill angels, then crumble, stuff, and light. Sure is fun!

[Panhead John]

You’re easily entertained…….😂

[DTro]

Panhead John Yep. Easily entertained. Bet you're gonna try it now. 😄

[Panhead John]

Damn straight I am!

[rlozinak]

Newspapers

[Grillin Dad]

I like egg cartons. A bit harder to light than newspaper, but they burn as lot longer

[Finster]

picked up a few bags of these at Lowes for 6 bucks a piece...
works for me...

[Bkhuna]

Weber Performer gas flame. Tumbleweeds as a back up.

[kjbarth]

Newspapers.

[jfmorris]

On my Performer I use the gas ignition, as I've said before. However, on the other grills, I had been using Weber starter cubes or Royal Oak tumbleweeds, but had trouble finding them in stock at times the past year. I recently filled a small mason jar with cotton balls and isopropyl alcohol from the bathroom cabinet, and guess what? Those work BETTER than the starter cubes or tumbleweeds! They burn higher and longer, and have been great for starting fires in a chimney or in my kamado over the past several months.

[Steve R.]

Panhead John, Tumbleweeds are the store-bought stuff I have now. Works great, but I'm always on the lookout for a cheaper alternative that also works great.

[jfmorris]

Panhead John and Steve R. I used the cotton ball and alcohol hack after running out of Tumbleweeds, and finding that Lowe's had neither those nor the Weber starter cubes in stock. I think in the long run its cheaper than the Tumbleweeds, and certainly works in a pinch.

[Panhead John]

I might just give that a shot then. Thanks

[fracmeister]

paper towel I used to wipe grease up from frying pans. I keep them in a 1 gallon ziploc in the outdoor kitchen fridge. If I am out i add a bit of canola to a paper towel and squeeze it to distribute. never fails.

[rappture]

Cotton balls soaked in 91% isopropyl alcohol. I keep a pint mason jar of them in garage.

[Alan Brice]

Melt brand "Fire Starters" pressed wax n saw dust. A little slot in an empty tuna tin under some crumpled paper in the bottom of the chimney. Stand a corner in the tin. If it is a windy day a bit of grease on the crumple. Appx 10 cents ea @ $15 for 160 of them. I think Huskee turned me on to them. Don’t quote

[Huskee]

Yep! But the genius tuna can thing was LA Pork Butt