| Should I bother setting up the chimney starter or | | | | place it in the chimney starter. When this is done, fill |
| should I go for the lighter fluid instead? These are | | | | the bottom with newspaper or any other redundant |
| common questions which runs through the mind of | | | | paper material. |
| beginner level cookers. For what reason should you | | | | Step 3 |
| use lighter fluid? It helps you light up the charcoal | | | | Grab your lighter and start lighting up the newspaper. |
| pretty quickly. On the other hand, it can leave a | | | | Make sure this is done over a non flammable surface |
| horrible taste in your food if you pour more than the | | | | or you may have some nasty burns later. Once the |
| appropriate volume of fluid. instead, you can try using | | | | newspaper starts burning, place the chimney starter |
| chimney starters which does not require the use of | | | | somewhere which is secure and watch it burn the |
| lighter fluids. How? Read on to find out. | | | | charcoal. What you would like to see happening is for |
| To start you off, you need the following equipments. | | | | fire generated by the newspaper to start heating |
| A charcoal grill, chimney starter, newspaper, lighters | | | | and burning up the charcoal inside the chimney. Wait |
| (preferably long) and oven mitts for burn prevention. | | | | until all the charcoal starts burning. |
| Step 1 | | | | Step 4 |
| Clean the charcoal grill to remove any stains from | | | | Now comes the dangerous part. Carefully, hold the |
| previous grillings. Cleaning the grill helps to improve the | | | | chimney starter with your oven mitts and transfer |
| overall quality of your meal. | | | | the burning charcoal into the grill. Your next job is to |
| Step 2 | | | | then spread out the charcoal evenly. You can use |
| Grab your Chimney starter and fill a decent amount | | | | any equipment to do this, preferably tools with a long |
| of charcoal, enough to cover a layer of it in the | | | | handle. When white ash starts to appear on the |
| charcoal grill. If you are not sure then place the | | | | surface then you are ready to cook! |
| charcoal in the grill first to measure the amount then | | | | |