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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:41:22 AM EDT
Years ago I got tired of briquettes and the lump charcoal wasn't readily available around here. Recently I happened to pickup one of those lil Lodge grills at the scrap yard for $10 thinking I would try this fancy lump stuff. Holy crap, this shit gets H.O.T! I bought some lamb chops to try this lump char coal out on and didnt really want to use lighter fluid as it would make them taste funny (Most likely) and change the flavor I was hoping for with the charcoal and the charred lamb fat. Then inspiration struck, I would use 91% rubbing alcohol to light the lump with.  Then I realized that while the Alcohol wouldn't leave any residual flavors behind, it would most likely just burn off too quick to light the lump efficiently. Then it came to me, just like I add diesel to the gas When I light the burn pile so it doesn't flash up and burn my beard off, I could add Vegetable oil to the Alcohol to get a longer burn!  Worked great and only took 20ish min for the charcoal to be ready. Not only did the lump cook the chops in less that 2 min, I got a really nice char without over cooking the meat due to the ultra high heat. I burned all the hair off my hands flipping the chops, but man were they tasty. Now Im so hooked on the high heat cooking using lump coal, I might just retire my gas grill. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:42:32 AM EDT
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:44:02 AM EDT
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Lump coal for the win! Did the vegetable oil burn off good? Seems like it might be smoky and linger around....I'll have to try it though.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:44:14 AM EDT
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A chimney starter has lump ready in 15 minutes with just newspaper
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:44:37 AM EDT
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. +1 The only way to start charcoal, and lump charcoal is the only charcoal, briquets are nothing but glue and cardboard. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:45:34 AM EDT
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. Agreed And if you want a slow low heat fire for cooking ribs, pork butt etc, use a starter cube |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:46:05 AM EDT
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. This. It's a little challenging on windy days, but it's my preferred method. I never use lighter fluid anymore. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:48:13 AM EDT
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FPNI. I start my fires with 3 pieces of wadded up newspaper and an aim n' flame. Congrats on making the pump OP.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:50:58 AM EDT
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. The way the FPNI almost every fucking time is God damned uncanny. Some scientist should study this phenomenon. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:51:40 AM EDT
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I like to use the Green Egg all natural charcoal starters , they do not leave a taste on the charcoal because they have no chemical shit in them and get lump charcoal going easily.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:51:49 AM EDT
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This. It's a little challenging on windy days, but it's my preferred method. I never use lighter fluid anymore. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. This. It's a little challenging on windy days, but it's my preferred method. I never use lighter fluid anymore. A little wind is a good thing! More draft.The chimney actually protects the flame IMHO. I never have an issue other than if it's a have down pour. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:52:15 AM EDT
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Like others have said, buy a chimney.
You can still use your idea with one of those, too. I light my chimney with a couple wadded paper towels that are partially soaked with used cooking oil. It helps to make sure that the paper burns long enough to light things well. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:53:12 AM EDT
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Gas is for pussies...
(I just found this out after many years of being a pussy  )
Charcoal is the only way to cook meat 
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:57:40 AM EDT
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Buy chimney. Fill with lump. Place on top of gas grill side burner. Ignite. Wait 8 minutes. Pour. Cook.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:57:47 AM EDT
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A chimney is on the short list now that I have had my come to charcoal-Jesus moment.
Do the chimneys hold enough to fill the grill or do you add more on top of the lit coals? And yes, the oil burned off completely by the time the coals were ready, smelled great cooking off too.  |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:58:21 AM EDT
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. This. And I don't use lump in my grills, but usually go low and slow anyway. I use Royal Oak lump mixed with Kingsford in my smoker, really easy to hold the temp. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 8:59:01 AM EDT
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Charcoal chimney.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 9:03:01 AM EDT
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Lump charcoal... without all the tiny useless pieces. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 9:05:33 AM EDT
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A chimney is on the short list now that I have had my come to charcoal-Jesus moment. Do the chimneys hold enough to fill the grill or do you add more on top of the lit coals? And yes, the oil burned off completely by the time the coals were ready, smelled great cooking off too.
I guess that depends on your grill, how hot you want it, how long you're gonna cook,... I only fill mine about 1/2 way for my smoker, WSM 18". I have seen a smaller chimney, too, and will buy it next time I see it. I don't use it for my grills. I cheat. I have Weber Performer Platinums, with propane ignition. 
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Posted: 8/27/2016 9:13:37 AM EDT
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Meh, buy a blowtorch from home improvement store and just use that.. That's what I do.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 9:18:33 AM EDT
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. FPNI. Five half-pages of newspaper crumbled up are all I need to start mine. They are the cat's ass. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 9:19:51 AM EDT
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Not hard OP
  
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Posted: 8/27/2016 9:21:43 AM EDT
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I use a chimney and a paper towel with a dab of vegetable oil.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 9:25:50 AM EDT
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I use a chimney and Weber paraffin starter cubes.
And I use briquettes for about 95% of my grilling and smoking adventures. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 9:32:01 AM EDT
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Or electric ignighter.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 9:32:04 AM EDT
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This is the way.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 9:44:53 AM EDT
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Best way to light lump is a heat gun, core lit in 20-30 second, then just wait for the egg to get to desired temp, maybe 15 minutes for grilling. You are all using big green eggs, right?
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Posted: 8/27/2016 9:51:14 AM EDT
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IMO high heat is the entire reason to grill.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 9:51:21 AM EDT
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 9:56:34 AM EDT
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Hey OP, I hear they have these things called Chimneys You should check 'em out
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Posted: 8/27/2016 10:04:41 AM EDT
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I use a chimney and a paper towel with a dab of vegetable oil. Except I use my bacon grease soaked paper towels. Only takes one. Save them up when I fry a pound. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 10:05:01 AM EDT
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Newspaper and chimney, or paraffin cubes and chimney for grilling / wok cooking on my kettle grill.
Kamado Joe, or now Rutland, starter cubes in my Kamados for all types of cooking from smoking to searing. 144 starter cubes for 17 bucks |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 10:07:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Buy chimney. Fill with lump. Place on top of gas grill side burner. Ignite. Wait 8 minutes. Pour. Cook. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 10:07:50 AM EDT
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Get a Weber chimney.
The cheap off brand ones are crap. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 10:11:21 AM EDT
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. FPNI |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 10:17:17 AM EDT
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I use one of those electric loops you plug in. no chemicals. it works great. ready to grill in 15 min.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 10:19:21 AM EDT
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FPNI Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. FPNI This Chimney starter and newspaper. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 10:19:41 AM EDT
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Even faster than the chimney is a butane torch and something to fan the coals with. I've got a torch that goes on the butane canisters that you use with those single burners stoves; hit the coals with that until they are glowing red then fan them with something- I use a plastic lid off of some crackers that I had sitting around. Takes like five minutes to have a glowing bed of coals; be careful of sparks.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 10:21:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. FPNI |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 10:24:19 AM EDT
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Weber performer and I use the propane starter or a weber chimney. A nice bed of coals and its 600*.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 10:25:45 AM EDT
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. This and don't get a cheap one. At least get a Weber. You know, "cry once, buy once." |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 10:30:04 AM EDT
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'Nuther vote for the large Weber (7416) Rapid Fire chimney starter and a few sheets of crumpled newspaper (a tablespoon or so of old vegetable oil on the newspaper guarantees a quick start).
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Posted: 8/27/2016 10:30:20 AM EDT
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I have a Weber chimney, I far prefer my electric starter. Just shove into the lump, plug it in and come back in 10 minutes.
Kharn |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 10:38:11 AM EDT
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. wrong 
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Posted: 8/27/2016 11:00:04 AM EDT
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wrong <a href="http://s42.photobucket.com/user/taylorwso/media/IMAG0017_zpsfaeb2gog.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e303/taylorwso/IMAG0017_zpsfaeb2gog.jpg</a> Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. wrong <a href="http://s42.photobucket.com/user/taylorwso/media/IMAG0017_zpsfaeb2gog.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e303/taylorwso/IMAG0017_zpsfaeb2gog.jpg</a> That looks like some kind of homemade weapon from Fallout. 
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Posted: 8/27/2016 11:12:33 AM EDT
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Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. This. My lump is ready in under 10 minutes this way. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 11:19:26 AM EDT
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A chimney starter has lump ready in 15 minutes with just newspaper The newspaper can sometimes burn out before the coals light, so I drizzle about a tablespoon of cooking oil over the newspaper first. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 11:25:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This. And I don't use lump in my grills, but usually go low and slow anyway. I use Royal Oak lump mixed with Kingsford in my smoker, really easy to hold the temp. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Buy a charcoal chimney. It is the best way to get charcoal going. This. And I don't use lump in my grills, but usually go low and slow anyway. I use Royal Oak lump mixed with Kingsford in my smoker, really easy to hold the temp. What ratio do you use? I've found (and I won't claim it couldn't be something I'm doing wrong...) it difficult to maintain an even, low temp with lump. /hijack |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 11:28:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/27/2016 11:30:15 AM EDT
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Take a chimney starter and place it over your ribeye for 90 seconds each side... Place a grill grate over the top and cook the steak another 90 seconds each side and your done...
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Posted: 8/27/2016 11:39:22 AM EDT
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Anyone make their own lump charcoal?
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