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Summary: You don't need no stinkin' lighter fluid
Comment: This is without a doubt one of the greatest inventions ever. It probably ranks up there with the wheel, sliced bread, and people that don't like the NY Yankees (but love the Mets). Seriously, all you need to do is put the coals into the chimney, stuff some newspaper in the bottom and use one, yes one, match to light the paper. In five minutes, your coals are ready. Put an oven mitt on and flip the starter and ready to start grilling.
Note that the item states that it is meant for the 18" grill, but you get enough coals in there for the 22 1/2 inch grill as well.
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Summary: A must buy if you are in the market for a chimney starter
Comment: This is definitely a must buy if you are looking to purchase a chimney starter for your grill. If you still use charcoal lighter fluid to start your grill then you need to kick that stuff to the curb and get a chimney starter.
I recommend this starter over most others that I have used and seen because of the holes in the side on the chimney starter that are located about halfway up the side. These holes allow more oxygen to get into where the charcoal is which allows the charcoal to burn more quickly.
With this chimney starter completly full you can have all of the charcoal lit and ready for grilling in less than 10 minutes. Plus you only need about 2 crumpled up pages of newspaper to do so!!!!
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Summary: TRIP TO EMERGENCY ROOM INCLUDED FREE IN COST OF WEBER CHARCOAL STARTER!!!
Comment: I cannot even begin to express my disappointment completely enough in this tool. First off I can tell you that it does work. It works fantastically. It works so well, however, that I enjoyed a trip to the emergency room!
First I filled up the chamber with charcoal. It holds a lot. I mean a lot of charcoal. This is good. I imagine I can cook for a good long while with the amount of charcoal in the container. Impressive.
Take three sheets of newspaper, crumple them up, put them in the bottom and light them. Okay, sounds easy enough. I do so and light the paper. First off flames are shooting out of the holes in the bottom along with thick, billowing clouds of black smoke. This is certainly not expected. I end up choking on the fumes. I am completely overcome to the point that I know if I don't open a window, I will likely pass out. I go ahead and open a window and that helps a little, but not enough, so I open up one more on the other side of the room. The cross ventilation works and clears the room of the smoke fairly quickly so I am willing to keep going and give this a try. So far, however, I am not impressed.
After about five minutes the flames go out at the bottom along with no more black smoke. I look down and see no smoke so I know this is not working so I need to do something to remedy. I take my can of lighter fluid and pour it down the middle of the can.
WOW!!! Fire shoots straight up from the middle like a volcano. Flames roll over the ceiling and the can of lighter fluid explodes in my hand. I end up with a face, chest, head, neck and breast full of shrapnel in the emergency room and I have burn marks all over the basement walls and ceiling.
My wife tells me that eventually the charcoal did catch. I cannot tell you for sure, however, as after three nights in the hospital the coals were most certainly out so I was not able to witness this.
My solemn advice is to run, don't walk, as fast as you can from this device and stick to traditional lighter fluid and a pyramid. Once the fuel burns off there is no taste and I can tell you that I have never burned myself with the fluid.
Thank you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome
Comment: Unfortunately it is rare when a product exceeds my expectations. It is also rare that I become motivated enough to write a review of a product. However, in the case of The Weber Chimney Starter, my expectations were exceeded and I am so impressed that I am actually writing a review.
This product is great. Buy it. Buy it for your family. Buy it for your neighbors. Buy it for your mailman. It is AWESOME.
Customer Rating:
Summary: One more 5 star rating added to the pile
Comment: I bought this today, used it about 3 hours ago and i'm still hyped up about it. I actually can't wait to use it again. I didn't know if it would work as people are saying, but it does, and then some. I didn't have newspaper laying around anywhere so i used 4-5 paper towels, stuffed them into the bottom and filled it halfway full with charcoal (which is plenty for my grill) and presto, ashed over red hot coals all over in about 10 minutes, if that. No more lighter fluid has to be used and the food turns out fantastic, all you taste is the smoke and whatever seasoning you wish to add. No more burgers that taste like pure gasoline (ha). I now wish I had a Weber grill based on this product alone. I'm not recommending this product, I'm telling you that you NEED this product, It's truly amazing. Now if only Weber would start processing and selling their own meats, we would be set...
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