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hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper one of my favorite ways to cook is on a charcoal Weber
barbecue grill there's something about cooking over flames
charcoal it is just fun that makes the flavor the best it can be lighting charcoal can be a little
challenging and the thing that I dislike the most about cooking on charcoal is
getting the charcoal to light I don't like adding lighter fluid I
don't like putting chemicals that are going to go on something that is going
to be in my food so I was really pleased when I discovered the lightning nuggets fire starters
lightning Nuggets are fire starters that are made out of a heavy pitch wood
sawdust and paraffin wax so there's nothing chemically about them you don't
need newspapers you don't need kindling you don't need lighter fluid to light charcoal these
lightning nugget fire starters are great for barbecues wood stoves fireplaces and
campfires I've been using them in my fire pit out at granny camp and they
work great for example today it was a beautiful sunny morning when I planned
out having a barbecue and then the wind came up it was blowing 40 miles an
hour it was pouring rain so everything is wet but the weather cleared up I'm
going to go ahead and barbecue anyway because I'm going to use my lightning
nugget fire starters to light my charcoal to make sure that my charcoal gets lit gets going so if you look at
the lightning nuggets they're shaped like a hemisphere they're a little cup
and you want to put the flat side up you want to set it into your grill and light
it let it burn for about 30 seconds before you add more fuel or your
charcoal an easy trick hack to light charcoal a thing I also like to do when I'm lighting my barbecue is I made
a DIY charcoal lighting chimney I'll place the fire nugget fire starter in the bottom of
the Weber barbecue charcoal grill and light it and then wait about 30 seconds place the charcoal
chimney over it and load it with a few scoops of charcoal then let your
charcoal heat up until it starts to get ashy and gray and you remove your
charcoal chimney place your grill rack let your rack get hot
and you're ready to start grilling cooking your meal I'm going to go ahead now and light
the Weber kettle barbecue charcoal grill using the lightning nugget fire starter and then place the DIY homemade charcoal chimney and the
charcoal and let you see how it works place the lightning nugget with the
curved side down the flat side up and then you're just going to light it if
you don't have a utility lighter try some of the long fireplace matches
because these can take a little bit to get them lit and you don't want to burn
your fingers using just matches just light it along one edge and wait about
thirty seconds for it to get started before you add anything else these fire
nuggets burn for about 22 minutes and the flames can get up to like eight
inches tall so even if you're using it in a fire pit or in your fireplace or
your wood stove if your wood is wet these fire nuggets fire starters go a long way towards getting that
fire going you can see how it lights right up it's gets going and it's
burning nice and hot so I can go ahead and place my diy homemade charcoal chimney to make a diy homemade charcoal lighting chimney I just
took a number 10 can remove both ends and then took a church key can opener and punched holes all
the way around the can so I have my homemade charcoal chimney
so I'm going to place that over the fire nugget fire starter and add some charcoal
whether you're using a lightning nugget or any other kind of way fire starters to light your
charcoal the hardest thing is waiting for it to catch fire and be ready but be
patient let it go allow the charcoal to burn for 15 to 20 minutes I bought the lightning nuggets fire starters on Amazon
and they were 12 dollars for 50 of them so they're about 25 cents each so for
about 25 cents you can light your charcoal you can light your wood stove you
can light your pellet stove you can light your fire pit your campfire
try the lightning nuggets fire starters and see if they don't help you get your charcoal
going the easiest way possible to light charcoal no more lighter fluid no kindling no
newspaper none of the mess or chemicals your charcoal lights easily and it's ready to make
your best barbecues ever I made this one just the way I like it
try the lightning nuggets fire starters to light your charcoal see if they don't help you get your charcoal barbecue grill going better and help you
enjoy your time the out-of-doors even more
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