One good way is to tightly crumple up a few pages of newspaper and place it in the bottom of your grill. If you have lighter fluid, soak it. Pile your coals over the newspaper and then light it. My personal favorite though is to jsut douse the heck out of the coals with lighter fluid, stand back and let 'er rip. I make a point to let all the lighter fluid burn off before cooking. Get an empty 3lb alluminum coffee can. Drill several half inch holes in bottom and sides. Fill with charcoal bricks and place on lit high heat outdoor fish fryer. Once the charcoal bricks in the can become mostly gray remove from fryer and pour bricks into your pit. I use a pair of offset pliers or channel locks to handle hot can. Two 3lb cans of bricks is plenty for most cooks but if your cooking a large cut of meat you may need three. This only takes a few minutes and completely eliminates the need and taste of lighter fluid. This really is much faster than simply pouring lighter on the bricks in your grill and waiting for them to burn off the lighter fluid and turn gray.JN
First you go buy some charcoal and lighter fluid then, you put charcoal in the grill and put lighter fluid on it then you light it then you can cook you YUMMY hamburgers:) That's how you love a gril:)))
When using charcoal, I prefer to use the ready to light kind so that you don't have to worry about messing with lighter fluid.
because you have to slam it on the ground for it to explode don't light it that will never explode.
It is not recommended to light charcoal with naptha due to its high volatility, which can lead to uncontrolled and potentially dangerous fires. It is safer to use charcoal starter fluid or a charcoal chimney starter to light charcoal.
To heat up a charcoal grill effectively, start by arranging the charcoal in a pyramid shape and then light it using either lighter fluid or a chimney starter. Let the charcoal burn until it is covered with white ash, which indicates it is hot and ready for cooking. Spread out the charcoal evenly before placing the grill grate on top to start cooking.
Well, you can add a little bit, since Charcoal lighter fluid is mainly kerosene, or a light form of kerosene. In winter, diesel fuel is actually cut with kerosene as an additive to prevent clouding . It lowers the solidification of the diesel fuel. So its probably OK to add a bit,.....maybe a quart or so to the older diesel engines. ITs probably OK for even newer diesels as long as its a quart or less. Do not run 100% lighter fluid in a diesel engine. There is no lubricity, and the cetane is not adequate.
Vine charcoal is softer and darker, making it ideal for sketching and creating light, delicate lines. Willow charcoal is harder and lighter, suitable for shading and creating bold, dark lines.
you dip them in lighter fluid then take a match and light it
I have used the gel from a can of Sterno. Just smear blobs intermittently on your pile of coals and light. It seems to burn cleaner and is not as "explosive" as lighter fluid.
First of all don't be scared of lighting the grill, I too was very scared of lighting my grill for the first time. Just remember fire safety. Stack your charcoal in a pyramid and hit it with lighter fluid on the four corners then the top of the pyramid. And soak them good, if you don't the wont light as easily. Take a long match and light it and light your corners then the top, once you get them lit add some more lighter fluid. After your coals turn ashy, spread them with tongs in an even layer. You will be ready to grill at this point. I found it easy to use the easy light charcoal briquettes the first few times I used my grill.
ANS1:The charcoal provides you with more nitrosamines and the residues of the gasoline you used to light it. I'd go with propane. ANS2:The charcoal provides less fossil fuels than gas.(just that tiny bit from your lighter) I'd go with charcoal.
use a lighter