by DragonFire » Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:08 pm
Hey Slow: another one of the egg carton starters: put a charcoal briquet in each cardboard egg carton cup. Melt parafin and pour over the charcoal. Break one charcoal egg cup off each time you need one. The cardboard carton lights quick, the parafin keeps it going for long enough to start that piece of charcoal, which then gets the other charcoal in the pile going.
I don't use "Matchlight" charcoal, or starter fluid. Here at home I plug in the electric charcoal starter (you can get them at Wally World) and start the charcoal in an old metal oil pan. I toss out whatever goes on the Dutch oven lid and arrange the rest, put the DO on it, arrange charcoal on the DO lid, and cook away...the pan keeps the wind from the coals on the bottom and hold in the heat well.
I know you weren't talking about using the DO...but the parafin/charcoal starters are an old Scout trick...works great.
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