Charcoal Grill Lighting Chimney

Place several charcoal briquettes in the grill.

Charcoal grill lighting chimney.

A charcoal chimney is traditionally used to light charcoal briquettes before adding them into a charcoal grill or smoker. The briquettes should be stacked in a conical pile then covered liberally with lighter fluid. The charcoal is ready when the center of the chimney glows deep orange flames lick out from the empty spaces and the top coals just start to ash over. How to light a charcoal grill without a chimney starter.

How to light a charcoal grill with a chimney. Use either a long stemmed lighter or long strips of cardboard to light the charcoals. In this video i show you how to light a charcoal grill with a chimney. Ensure that there is smoke coming from the chimney as the charcoal catches fire and leave it for about 10 minutes.

Take the chimney up by the handle open the grate on your grill and pour the charcoal briquettes very slowly inside too fast and you create a rush of sparks plus the chance of a spill. Now close the charcoal grill put the lid on and wait for another 10 minutes or so. Safely dump it into the grill add the cooking grate and the lid and allow it to heat. Light the papers and place the chimney vertically above them on the grill grate.

A simple and time honored tradition of lighting the coals in the charcoal chimney is wadding up sheets of newspaper into a ball and then placing them under the bottom of the chimney.