Chimney or torch?

[Timothy F. Lewis]

Ill be doing a Sidewinder method nine pound butt Saturday, torch ignition. Weather is supposed to be deliciously cool this weekend! This should be a good weekend for a nice slow smoke!

 

[Rich Dahl]

Ain't lighting a chimney hard on a gas burner?

Sounds like hot ashes could create havoc on the burner and the orifices.

On both the butane stove and the repurposed side burner I just get the coals started then move the chimney to the fire grate of whatever grill or smoker I'm using to heat up. Very little or no ash falls on the burner. Been doing that for years with the stove and 2 years with the side burner without any problems at all.

 

[Phil Perrin]

I refer to Ikea as the "Soul-sucking death maze"

We've been to the local one enough that we know where the shortcuts are to what we want.
Vary rarely do we wander upstairs to the "showrooms".

 

[BFletcher]

.. flip the cone inside the chimney.

Cool! I'm gonna try this. I use cubes but I want to see how this works when lighting 8-12 KBB's for smoking. Thanks!

 

[Dwain Pannell]

Chalk me up to the chimney. I have both large and small. Large for the 22” grill and WSM, small for the Joe and 14” WSM.

 

[Jason in CA]

I've always found adding less coal to the large chimney works well when I need less. Is there a benefit to having/using the smaller chimney for less that I'm not aware of?

 

[JeffG]

I made this Chimney starter stand from a bunch of discarded parts from work. I added a garage sale $4.99 Lodge cast iron pan to finish it off. Yes it weighs around 60 Lbs and is hard to move , but thats what I was looking for.






Lodge handle works perfect to hold smaller chimney.



Putting the little chimney to work on the second part of high heat rib cook.



Those new torches look mighty fine though.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

Ah, yes! “The careful re use of pieces discarded or erstwhile cast off from others to a more beneficial or practical use.” Also known as either “recycling” or practical brilliance!
My chimney holder is 3/4” galvanized pipe sections which are “outboard” support on the double barreled “Performer” as the original cantilever concept needed a little support. The other option would have required a pipe bender which I do not possess.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

I've always found adding less coal to the large chimney works well when I need less. Is there a benefit to having/using the smaller chimney for less that I'm not aware of?

You can always put less in the big jug but you can’t put a gallon in a quart!

 

[Rusty James]

Are you brining corn, JeffG?

 

[JeffG]

Are you brining corn, JeffG?

Rusty

Just soaking the corn in water for an hour before it hits the BBQ,