Lighter Fluid? How often do you use it?

[TripleB]

I don’t use lighter fluid, but newspaper. Though lighter fluid is probably better for the environment and health than newspaper.

[W.A.]

Use it if you have to. Everyone else can screw off

[Rocinante]

Aromatic hydrocarbons or soy ink and bleached paper. I know which one I would prefer, however, I load up my chimney and put it on the side burner of my gasser. Works like a charm.....

[Panhead John]

Wow! Never knew this would blow up as big as ecowper ‘s chili post a while back. Many opinions here, that’s good. Can’t wait to start my next post.....”Do people outside Texas, REALLY know how to cook?” 😂😂 Just Kidding! Leave me alone.

[smokin fool]

People outside of Texas do cook, its whether or not you can get some poor sap to eat it or not.....in my case anyway.
I think you would be a fool to ignore Texas, and Southwest cooking also, as being a major contributor of how we season and cook food in the last decade plus.
May be a short sighted comment on my behalf but in this household it holds true.

[ecowper]

Well done sir

[jfarley]

Never. Too many other good ways to get a fire going.

[Stuey1515]

I was going to throw in my two bobs worth but I think you have learned your lesson Panhead John haha

[Panhead John]

Apparently I haven’t Stuey1515 See my above post. LOL

[Old Glory]

I was a propane grill guy for years. Then got back into charcoal with a BGE. Can’t use lighter fluid because of the ceramic. Once I started using a chimney there was no need for lighter fluid. I can close my eyes and still remember the smell though.

I used those electric coils, looftlighter, bbq dragon, they all work but the easiest way for me is two Weber cubes. I don’t get the paper anymore so I never have newspaper on hand.

[Al S.]

I have several quarts in the garage that I buy on sale, but only use it for lighting my fire pit when the logs are less than perfectly seasoned. For cooking, chimney only, with cubes & paper.

[hoovarmin]

That's a good tip.

[surfdog]

I have a bottle...but never use it for cooking.

[ComfortablyNumb]

I have a few bottles, but they for getting me lit, not the charcoal!

[lostclusters]

I stopped using lighter fluid when I discovery the charcoal chimney.

[Joetee]

Not in at least 25 years I think.

[klflowers]

Late as usual. I don't use it anymore because I am not only a chimney snob, but a PROUD chimney snob. So before the covid thing I was at a cousin's house up in Ohio, and he was grilling some burgers and brats. He went and got a big can of lighter fluid to start the coals, and I was just - aghast (see, snob word). Me: what the hell are you doing??? Don't use that crap!!! Him: sit down and shut the... well, just shut up and have another beer, dumb ass (I come from a very loving family). Bottom line, he made some excellent food. But did I learn anything - NO. I bought him a chimney before I left; he told me that now that pot is almost legal in Ohio, he was going to explore using it as a planter.

I am still a proud chimney snob though.

[ComfortablyNumb]

If there is one place on earth where drugs should be legal it's Ohio....

[Razor]

I think it was about 1995 or ‘96. Can’t remember exactly.

[Craigar]

BernzOmatic TS8000. I use propane instead of MAP, because I'm a cheap bastard, and I have ditched my chimney because I have found it is just one more useless step in getting my fire going.

[ComfortablyNumb]

Cheap bastard? I knew we had something in common!

[Panhead John]

Don’t think for a minute y’all got the market cornered on being a cheap bastard.