Well, after making a comment on an old thread regarding a bazillion dollar grill I hereby make a review/comment on firestarters. It’s been discussed about a week ago about what kind of paper cuz some kind of newspaper wasn’t available any longer. The Washington Post was brought up. Then many ensuing suggestions of types & styles of paper. Which I found extraordinarily mundane yet interesting. Which led to a comment I made of a product someone mentioned here a month or so back. Quickfire firstarters. I like the little buggers. Now I’m old school, I just started using a lighter last year from matches. Which makes me almost backwards. Well Quickfire was mentioned and I thought I’d give em a try. I ordered them & even got a thank you letter from the chief fire starter. I’m easily impressed. Just a pic or two of them in action & even my adept agility when I dumped some of them. Just put em back. Also a little comparison of the messy competition. 
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I would use the QuickFires, and then when I was done with them, I would fill that nifty container up with Weber starter cubes.Last edited by Attjack; September 19, 2019, 11:28 PM. -
I ordered them based on the post a few weeks back. They work as advertised and I also got a nice letter. However I am a bit nervous about the plastic wrapper. I didn't want it to contaminate my food.Comment
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I may have used every method except QuickFires.Comment
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I’m getting my quickfires in the mail today. I just moved into a community where the houses are squished real close together. I’m hoping the chimney will smoke less with these compared to oiled paper towels but I know it probably won’t make a difference. I had a neighbor a couple of years ago who complained any time I fired up the chimney starter. Anything to avoid a repeat of that experience.Comment
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crazytown3 oh believe me I told him that but he wasn’t the type of person who reasonable explanations resonate with
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I’m back using newspaper.Comment
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It’s summer in Eastern Washington, we use lightening strikes.Comment
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ComfortablyNumb In a couple weeks we can just put some meat on the back porch and let all the smoke in the air cold smoke our meat. -
JoeSousa Unfortunately so. Has been pleasant so far.
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If I can get the wife mad enough, spontaneous combustion.
Otherwise, Zip cubes with a dash of starter fluid.Comment
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Weed torch hooked to my spare LP Tank for my Weber Gasser. Charcoal in chimney + Weed torch = Done in 1 minute.Comment
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Mostly those ad newspapers for me. Off the driveway and into the chimney starter. But I think I'll try those when my messy a** Weber cubes are gone.Comment
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Once I started using the Weber cubes I don't think I ever used any other method again.Comment
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I keep a pack of Weber cubes around, but mostly use them to start my fire pit. With power outlets available on both my porch and patio, I amost always start my coals with an electric coil or the Looftlighter. I also have a Coleman portable gas burner on which I can set my chimney to give the coals a propane start.Comment
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Never used the Quickfires. In fact I've never seen'um. I LOVE the Weber cubes though. I take them to fish camp, regular camp, the bonfire pit in the backyard, and even my cookers! They light when wet, and light with just a spark too, done that a few times both for fun and out of necessity when my lighter was empty. I order a few boxes on Amazon at a time as an add-on when making other purchases.Comment
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Have you found a way to "recycle" all those little crumbs that break off the cubes as they punch through the foil? I love those starter cubes, but I don't love all the little white flakes they leave behind. Maybe I should just rip off the whole sheet of foil from a new box and dump them in a jar or plastic container with snap on lid.
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