Charcoal Grill Lighting Chimney

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.

Charcoal grill lighting chimney.

Place several charcoal briquettes in the grill. Safely dump it into the grill add the cooking grate and the lid and allow it to heat. Now close the charcoal grill put the lid on and wait for another 10 minutes or so. How to light a charcoal grill with a chimney.

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. You can also use a lighting cube or two for starting up the chimney. 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. Use either a long stemmed lighter or long strips of cardboard to light the charcoals.

Ensure that there is smoke coming from the chimney as the charcoal catches fire and leave it for about 10 minutes. Light the papers and place the chimney vertically above them on the grill grate. For years i used the standard method of lighting my grill with lighter fluid but after getting frustrated with mixed results every time i decided to go out and buy a chimney gr. Light the charcoal briquettes.

In this video i show you how to light a charcoal grill with a chimney.