When he said lighter fluid I was like are you shitting me? Then he tossed it like a boss and I was like, my man!

Btw, you can use burned down charcoal. It’s completely ok. Put it in the chimney bc it will light quickly and help light the new charcoal. Your food will not taste any different from using left over charcoal.

Got my first charcoal bbq, a real nice one and first did it without one of these. Jesus it was hard work, got a chimney, they are gods gift to bbqs

I haven't used starter fluid in 20 years. Don't know why more people don't know about this? Had a few of these in garage and gave one to neighbor and explained the lighting advantages, saw him lighting coal a few days later. He filled chimney with charcoal then proceeded to douse all the coal in chimney with.....starter fluid and threw match on it.

I fill my chimney starter with charcoal. (NO NEWSPAPER) Then set it over a burner on my outdoor stove. Light the burner, and in about 3 minutes, the charcoal is all lit.

Thumbs up for throwing out the starter fluid, scared me for a minute! Cheers!!

6:38 "this can either make enemies or friends of your neighbors depending on if you share what you're cooking"😂🤣

The chimney starter is an amazing invention. It works perfectly every time. It’s the only way to go. I don’t roll the paper though. I just crumple up several pages.

Thanks I'm going to grill early in the morning and surprise my husband, for Father's y. Great video 👍

*safety Note ! Do not place the chimney starter directly on the concrete patio. My concrete on the patio got so hot it exploded and charcoal went flying luckily no one was around .

I got nervous when I seen lighter fluid, but then you tossed it. Never been needed except for fact.. ppl love to see huge flames. A true grill master. Kudos, sir.

Just bought myself a Chimney Starter Set and watching this video has really helped, “now where’s the hubby”...!! We gonna bbq.. thanks for the tip..👍🏼

My dad did it just like you do, newspaper in the bottom of the chimney, but in addition to the newspaper he'd soak a little cooking oil into the bottom two layers of briquettes. He said that added a little more fuel to the fire to get them started. My uncle did it a bit different... he'd take a paper napkin and get it wet with some cooking oil, then he'd roll some newspaper over the napkin. Just like you do he'd make two or three rolls and put them in the bottom of the chimney. In either case the oil would burn a little longer than the paper did by itself.

I love how you tossed the lighter fluid away. I learned about the chimney starter 7 years ago, and I haven't touched lighter fluid since then.

I just watched before this, guy started his grill with Olive Oil. Soaked 1 sheet of paper towel placed bottom of grill put the charcoal on top leaving the 4 corners of towel showing (where you light) poured some olive oil over the coals lite quickly, but smelled good. To me The news paper (the ink) does have its own taste, I'm trying the olive next time.

Hi it's april marsh from greenville South Carolina. I want to say thank you so much for your video it was very helpful especially to me. See my daddy was always the one to do the grilling and he passed away 8 years ago and with everything that is going on in the world with this covid 19 and being restricted to the house I decided to learn how to grill. Seeing as I have been laid off of my job since april8th and I am 46yrs old and I am not on any social media and I just went to an android phone 6 months ago. My niece is the one that taught me about u tube. So thank for taking your time and doing this u tube video. Because it was a very big help to me. April marsh

Glad to see you toss the lighter fluid. I've been using hard wood charcoal and a chimney starter for years now. I also put some brown cardboard soaked in vegetable oil in it and it really gets burning pretty quick.

Hi, I got a bit frustrated with my husband taking so long to light the BBQ so I have just finished making my own DIY charcoal chimney starter and I really appreciate this "how to...". MY DIY project cost €2 to make! I used a catering size chopped tomato tin can, cut the top and bottom off, used a church key to punch holes along the bottom for vents. I screwed 4 screws into can about 1" from bottom vents and replaced the top of the can and pushed it down to where the 4 screws were. I made a handle with 2 L shaped shelf fittings and a piece of broom handle and recycled an old coffee tin for a shield from the heat and attached this to the handle. I cannot wait to use it tomorrow (Irish weather permitting of course). Hubby will be coaxed into watching your video first!!! Thanks you

Chimney starter is legit and the proper and effective way to start a fire. I use it before dumping coals into my smoker.

9 years later. Thank you mate!

Yeah, the whole process is a learning experience, everyone on here is going to have different ways to do everything that works for them & not someone else. I don't even know why I started fooling around with charcoal again. I guess it's just more fun & more traditional then propane. Just handling it & smelling it burn reminds me of family cook outs from back in the day & I remember the fun times with my dad & grandpa on the grill. I miss them a lot & stuff like this brings it all back for me & my son for a little while. Keep that fire burning.

Thanks a lot. I have seen this done on cooking shows, but they run through it so fast, you really can't tell. This gave me all I need to know.

Great job on the video production bro.. no wife, no kids- did it all by yourself. Impressive!

This is the best video of starting charcoal fire. I watched many, but this one works for me.

Used mine this evening as it got delivered this morning, and how fast my charcoal was ready to cook with, great tool. Thank you for the introduction.

I just lit my charcoal grill on the first try with the help of a chimney starter, and this very informative video. Thank you for making it!

American living in Glasgow, just purchased a Weber compact grill and chimney! I'll have to show my boyfriend (who's Scottish and not accustomed to BBQs) this video! It's not as scary as he thinks it might be! :)

10yrs later still great video. Good, easy listening, straight to the point with a little bit of side humor. Thanks for the video….😊

Good video. I purchased my first Weber kettle grill and a chimney starter today. I like to research what i'm doing and learning so much. I never realized there was so very much to know about BBQ.

ha! you had me going with the lighter fluid, but I cheered a bit out loud when you tossed it! haha :D great video man! Thanks a lot for taking the time to make it and to share it with all us grilling noobs!

Where there is happiness and laughter, there is a BBQ.

Quality Detail... Just yesterday I was about to get one at Home depot, the instructions weren't clear on how to use it so I opted for the tumbleweed fire starter and lump charcoal. Thanks for the clear and easy instructions.

Very informative. My friend somehow ended up with a chimney starter with his grill, but had no idea how to use it. I had never seen one before, so we just bypassed it and went with the lighter fluid method. Next time I will know what to do.

Loved this video! I have never used one of those and was debating between the electric starter and this option. I not only liked the way that you explained things but I love your humble spirit ...anytime you deal with the Internet , social media etc...you can expect all the " experts" to come out of the woodwork lol ..you handle yourself so well ...❤❤❤thanks for the tips

Just learning to BBQ!! I appreciate this brother. God bless you

That paper tube rolling method is a great idea. I always squirt just I little bit of lighter fluid on the top portion of the coal in the chimney to speed up the process.

That other wire handle on the chimney is a handle for your other hand to help guide the coals as you dump them. I never use it, but weaker arms/hands benefit from it. Great video BTW!

Thank you for this video! I finally picked up my chimney starter and I’m looking forward to using it!

This is really clear, really helpful! I just wish we could see our teacher's face! Thank you!

Thanks for the vid! Use that lighter fluid to remove those nasty glued labels from glass bottles. It's much more affordable than the tiny bottle of Gooey-Begone. More than a decade ago, I bought a small bag (lifetime supply) of match-light briquettes and I place one on the bottom of the container and use far-less smoky newspaper.in the lower chamber. I just got The Chimney of Insanity, but I haven't tried it yet. The adventure proceeds!

Thanks for giving me confidence to go out and grill my lamb burgers and use my Weber grill for the first time! Wow, it has been six years since you posted this. Hope you are doing well.

Thank you very helpful. Got my first chimney, watched this video and I was good to go.

This is truly the best way to start your grill, thanks for making this video.

Man! that rap a round paper method is on point. Got my fire red hot in minutes. Good looking out.

The Weber chimney starter is a must have for a charcoal grill, (unless you have a performer or self igniting grill). I tried newspaper for the first time yesterday, but it causes a lot of residue, personally I would recommend using fire starter cubes. I get 24 for $3.30 at Home Depot and I would say it's well worth it.

Thank for this video, clear instructions, very helpful! I'm actually getting a Weber Kettle Grill tomorrow and this will help a lot once I put the thing together haha. I used to have a gas grill and it was old and decided to change it up, so as a first-time charcoal grill owner this will be a good video to reference once I get started.

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I agree with all the comments about using very little newspaper. Starts the charcoal faster. I spray the paper with oil and that produces a good flame. I haven't used briquettes for years, since the stores began selling Lump Charcoal. It's what my father and his friends used in Argentina for the weekend "asado".Sort of a ritual, it was, and still now briquettes are unknown there. For larger cooks seasoned chunks of wood were lit at around 10 in the morning, by 4 in the afternoon people aproached the meat with some bread in the left hand, sharp knife in the right and cut themselves a slice of their favorite beef or maybe a chorizo or two. Chimichurri, Malbec, friends and family completed the day. I do really appreciate your effort in helping people with an informative video. It's one of the best things about You Tube.

WOW! Me and my wife love the way you explain things...

Great video! I'm new to grilling and I have had problems keeping the fire going by using lighter fluid. I've tried laying the coals in a pyramid form, but most of the time it still goes out. Last time I built half the pyramid and soaked in lighter fluid then built the rest of the pyramid and soaked again. That worked, but the flame it gave was too high. It was a little dangerous. So after seeing this video, I'm definitely getting a chimney lighter. Thanks for the video!

Nine years later and I just got myself one of these :)

Hey man, Kain Nosgoth here- I'm an old veteran now. And tonight my cousin and I cooed for a whole group of people. He commandeered my oven and did the chicken breasts, and I went and cooked the 'taters. I took about 6 whole 'taters, and about 3 or 4 bunches of sliced 'taters. I oiled up a few slices of aluminum foil, laid a bed of onions and carrots, salt and pepper, and rolled em' up and placed em' directly over the fire. At around 20-25 minutes fr the sliced, and 30+ for the whole 'taters which were pretty big, I took it all off of the grill and they were so done you could run a fork clear through to the other side! Our guests loved em' especially the nice layer of melted Romano cheese they had on them! I think my cousin and I got the job! It's 3 hours later and the charcoal is STILL red hot, sadly it's dark here in the East and I have no more to cook for tonight, but there will be other days, that I can promise! Hope you're cookin' up a storm in your part of the woods too!

thank you for making this video! it's very thorough with some great tips

I liked this video. The information was specific to my situation and I immediately went out and bought a starter that was made in the USA. Thanks man!

Nice video. I also add a ring of paper inside the tube w the charcoal to enhance the process.

If you have a small lot and neighbours near you i recommend smokeless starter. Much better than newspapers.

Great video, very helpful! The mistake I made the first time I used it, was to wait until the coals were completely white. By that time, there wasn't a lot of life left to the coals. Luckily it worked out okay, since I was just making a couple burgers. Thanks for the video!

I have a chimney and used to light it this way now all I use is a tin of chafing gel you substitute the paper for the tin of gel one tin last a couple of hours so you get quite a few starts, in America I think they are called sterno gel really easy and no mess from the burnt paper.

I have a Weber BBQ but always use lighter fluid. I have been somewhat apprehensive on using a Chimney Starter. Thank you for this :) I will do this for sure. My wife and I thank you. ROCK ON!!!!!!!

Hank Hill will no doubt be upset with me but I have switched back to charcoal from propane. I have never used a chimney starter but the grill manufacturer recommended using one. I have seen them but never saw one in action. Thanks for the video! I am out the door on the way to Lowe's to pick one up. Great video!!!

Good video, I suggest lumpwood charcoal, it's better than the random contents of the briquette stuff. Sure it's more expensive but it's considered to be better by most and I agree the flavour/aroma is better. Since lumpwood is more expensive, I find, I like to put a few cheap briquettes at the bottom of the chimney so just forms a base then put the lumpwood in, the stuff in the bottom tends to turn to ash and disintegrate the fastest anyway which is exactly what I want. Also yes you can use less paper or fuel than in the video but will be take longer to get the charcoals ready, I use a natural wood wool firelighters to start it, which will burn for a good 10 mins, really speeding up the process, I sometimes add newspaper but I feel that when you burn something like newspaper which has ink on it you are contaminating the charcoals....

Nice !!! :) Simple , to the point , all the info needed , it may seem like a simple thing, but from experience the amount of people that do not know how to light coals efficiently without using lighter fluid, starter blocks etc , is scary !! ( I'm an in-betweener , I use either the chimney method or for certain burns just start off a few bricks with a burner )

This video was exactly what i needed, looked at like, three other videos and they beat around the bush trying to point out every tiny feature and be all scientific about it, your video was on point!

From Australia. No one talks or knows about the chimney starters and prefer to use gas. It was a great comprehensive and articulate video. I was using my chimney ask wrong . I've got it now. Good work! (Please be careful with all those leaves around)

Just picked one of these up a Walmart, was looking for a good tutorial on these. Thanks bro!

Thanks! Great video, I was planning to buy one and now I saw how to do with newspaper. :)

Summer 2022, so 8 years on and your video continues to help us. Thank you. Greetings from Spain.

Good job mate. That's how we do it in Aus also. Annoyed the neighbours at first until they tried my ribs.

Great video..........thanks for taking the time to do this! I will be following your example to a "T"

Thanks for the video. This is my first time ever using one of these. I bought one at a yard sell for $2. This will save me time and money sure!

I use a propane torch to light the bottom row of charcoal. I don’t have all that ash flying around from the newspaper when i’m ready to start cooking. I have also found that the charcoal is ready when the chimney quits smoking. About 20 minutes.

I used to collect newspapers binned at work at the end of the day. Then tightly roll two of them from the folds, tie .with thin steel wire and trim. Stored out of sight, they appeared when everyone decided it was time for a barbecue. They went out to collect wood from the countryside. I would place the rolls crisscross in the big brick and steel plate barbie. The locals and me would cook our sausages and steaks My work team would return and ask how we had a barbecue without wood. It was so funny. Cleaning was a breeze as there only was little coils of black steel wire. I always carried newspaper rolls in my car. Half size rolls work too, as newspaper tears very easily from the fold.

Thank you! I'm so excited to use mine!

The Chimney Starter was made also to avoid smoke, but if you use paper the smoke is esagerate. So use only the little cube to light the charcoal

Great instruction i bought a starter ive never looked back they work great and yer the neighbors have complained but as I told them it's not as bad as listing to them swearing at each other when there drunk they got embarrassed never said a word again lol n I keep cooking

Bought me a chimney starter and I love it!

I just bought one so this helped a lot, thanks bro

@Spoif While it may seem like holding the wire handle will provide some benefit, I've simply not seen that play out in real life. The last thing I want is to have my hand over top of the flames, and the chimney, even when full, isn't very heavy. Two hands simply aren't needed.

We've watched this three times, so far. We have learned not to rush the process. Thanks so much for your videos.

Great video. I use 3 to 4 loosely waded up pieces of our local entertainment newspapers. Thanks!

Will be buying a chimney starter Thanks for the video

Thanks allot, I was thinking about getting one of these. But, I never knew the principle of how it works. Thanks for the video. ..

Now the neighborhood knows where their Sunday paper is. Cool vid dude

Thank you for taking the time to demonstrate how YOU choose to do this. It cleared up a lot of confusion for me. Even if I don’t end up doing it exactly you way, it was really helpful and worth my time to watch. 😀

Excellent video, really informative, thanks for uploading 👍🏻

that was the best guide i saw on youtube so helpful I'm going to try this tomorrow

You are awesome! Such a big help. I am grilling the very first time today

Thank you. We haven't grilled out in years. We needed the tutorial.

Good descriptive demo.

Thanks for posting man. Don't worry about those other guys commenting, they don't know anything. Your method works good enough. I tried Kingsford & Royal Oak with no problems. Cooks up fast & hot. Got the chimney at Lowes $14.98 + tax. Saw a junker at Target for less but it was small & didn't have the extra features - didn't buy it. Charcoal was cheap there tho. Anyway, I just have to laugh at everyone that criticizes your video. It's your method & it works for you. If they disagree with whatever it is they don't like, then they can go through all the trouble to make their own video, edit it, & post it. Happy grilling to you sir.

Great video. Very knowledgeable and experienced Pitmaster

Wow! Thanks for this wonderful video. I wish I saw it earlier when I bought my weber. I have be going through difficult times with lighter fluid and is difficult. Thanks Thanks 😊 🙏

Very nice video, but let me point out a few things that I don't do and get excellent results. I been using the Weber Chimney Starter for years. You DO NOT NEED ALL THAT NEWSPAPER! I use only TWO (2) SHEETS and get the same results as you get. WITH A LOT LESS SMOKE! No joking or kidding or trying to be a smart guy. Two sheets, that's it, rolled up like in this video and within 5 to 8 or so minutes you charcoal is lit. Secondly, get away from using those charcoal briquettes and start using HARDWOOD LUMP CHARCOAL. It is all natural, not additivies. Those Kingsford Briquettes contain chemicals. Chemicals are needed so the charcoal can be formed into briquettes. Not good. Go natural, get yourself a big bag of Royal Oak Hardwood Lump Charcoal. It burns hotter than the Kingsford Briquettes so you get more heat, this is especially good when cooking steaks on the grill, but Lump Charcoal does not burn as long as the briquettes. Not critizing, just informing.

I like your comment regarding the newspaper, "It's disposable." I guess so, you're about to set it on fire!

Even better instruction than Weber’s on video on this product. Thank you!

I'm a woman who loves 😍 grilled food so when it's time for spring shopping I will be getting one of these

These are brilliant. $12 well spent.

Great video man, you convinced me to buy one.

Good video, I’ve been using one for years now, the only thing I recommend is using an oven glove or something for your hands , it gets extremely hot

Great idea on rolling the news paper. I Never would have thought of that. I will try that next time I grill. I use small to medium size brown paper bags. You could buy a pack of 50, or 100 for under five bucks at a supermarket.