Hey guise I'm trying to get my hands on a cheap source of firestarting material for various purposes mainly for lighting the charcoal grill/charcoal chimney.
I was thinking instead of buying the Weber brand firestarters I usually use (these are some sort of white waxy solid that burn for several minutes) I can just buy a fire log and slice it up into numerous little cubes of firestarter.
What do you recommend?
I use those little white lightweight fuel cubes you described. They work fine. It would be shocking to find someone who couldn't start a fire with them.
>>914389
those Duraflame things are the bee's tits. there are bunch of neato /diy/ firestarter thingies but none of them are worth the trouble imo. i think you've got the best solition right there
>>914389
>mainly for lighting the charcoal grill/charcoal chimney.
Get a jet butane lighter and just grab a coal to use as a starter. Once you get one going, pile them up and the others will soon take. Just add a bit of air pressure.
Buy a fucking propane torch. Stop overthinking this.
>>914389
When you say charcoal chimney, are you talking about one of these?
I just use newspaper to start mine and have never had an issue.
>>914389
Trioxaine.
cotton balls in vaseline
>>914389
Fritos
>>914784
*cotton balls in parafine
>>914548
Yup exactly.
Sometimes I just cook food right over a chimney, Absolutely insane heat flows out the top so they are good for flash roasting kabobs or even just putting a grill grate right over.